Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Recipe - Better Than Takeout!

Hello lovely viewers! Here are the tools I used in the video: Weber grill: amzn.to/3oByJGu (affiliate) Mortar & pestle: krokcraft.com/ (this was a gift, but not sponsored) WRITTEN RECIPE: hot-thai-kitchen.com/lemongrass-chicken/ SUPPORT THE SHOW and watch my videos AD-FREE and get bonus content by joining us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/pailinskitchen IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS about this recipe be sure to first watch the whole video and read the blog post on the website with lots of extra info. hot-thai-kitchen.com/lemongrass-chicken/ If you still have questions you can post it here for the community to answer, or tweet me on Twitter @hotthaikitchen, or refer to the contact page on my website. If you leave questions in the comments I may not see them due to the large volume of comments. As always, thank you for watching! - Pai

I can't wait to try this! Here is a little tip to help prevent your meat from sticking to the grill. Cut a potato in half and rub it over your heated grill bars. The starch from the potato will bind to grill and make it a nice slippery non-stick surface naturally 🙂

Vietnamese here (Saigon to be exact). If boneless chicken thigh was more accessible in Vietnam, this would be authentic. If I can have boneless chicken thigh, I would store them like Pai suggest. The flavour is spot on. Vietnamese would marinade minced lemon grass with also most everything: pork, beef, chicken, fish, even tofu. Grill, Stir fry, Pan Fry, Stew. This chicken dish can be found at some higher end banh mi seller, not our everyday stuff. Again, I wish I could find boneless chicken thigh more easily so I can create this dish 😭

Hello from France, we do have lots of vietnamese restaurants and rhey serve this kind of chicken very often. Thank you Pailin for all your videos, you explain so well. Please keep on going.

It’s really amazing how you use mortar and pestle to prepare the ingredients.Thanks Pailin for sharing this yummy chicken recipe.

I'm making it today! Grill lemongrass pork or chicken brings back a lot of good memories for me and wife. We often frequent a Vietnamese restaurant near our campus (U of WIndsor) some 30+ years ago, just for the grill protein with cold noodles. Thanks Pailin! I always enjoy your video. Your cheerful demeanor always cheer me up after watching your excellently produced videos.

Totally authentic! It's more of a street food over charcoal grill thing in Vietnam, but still definitely legit the way it's served over here. It's also a close cousin to gà xào sả ớt - basically the same ingredients but it's stir fried in chunks and becomes a much more homey, saucy, over-rice dish. Thanks so much for another Viet dish, Pai! :)

I made this tonight on my grill. It came out sooooo good. I marinated the chicken overnight.I should have taken a picture. I love getting this out and now can make it at home!

Should have chili in paste as well. Garlic + chili + Lemon grass.. Can have honey +oyster sauce+ water , mix well for brushing on top when grilling. That will provide shiny and inviting aroma for the whole neighbor to come !!!!

How our Vietnamese household makes it is : Lemongrass Oyster Sauce Fish Sauce Sesame Oil Ketchup Sugar/and or Honey ABC Sauce (optional, helps with colour) Salt (not too much as we have lots of salty elements) Black Pepper Garlic (optional) Marinate for a minimum of an hour - whenever you want Grill, Cast Iron Pan, Air Fry or the Oven (slowest method) This is a great marinade to do with Chicken Wings as well for family barbecues. Typically eaten with Vermicelli, veggies and Vietnamese fish sauce .

My mom makes a similar dish, she uses bone in thighs and sometimes fry it on the stove. Total comfort food 🤗

Thanks Pailin, your presentation is always clear and precise.

Made this the other night. Super easy and delicious! There were no leftovers! I love this channel!

Thanks so much Pailin! Your recipes are always great & authentic!

Even if you are eating it with rice, I like pairing it with banh mi toppings, cilantro, cucumber, do chua, chili pepper slices, and I use lettuce wraps instead of rice to reduce the carbs.

You are absolutely a delight to watch, and the recipes are fabulous. Sometimes when I wake up in the night I watch your show for a while and then make a fab meal for breakfast with Thai influence. Thank you graciously.

Pai you must be a psychic, I haven’t had lemongrass chicken in ages and was thinking about it so much lately!! Some Vietnamese restaurants in Hawaii made it as a stir fry, so it had this delicious sauce that was soooo perfect with rice. I’ll try this recipe both ways, it looks too delicious to try only once! 🍽

I make a version of this on a regular basis for banh mi and salads. It never gets old! I add a shallot to the marinade.

Love this recipe! I have eaten a lot in vietnamese restaurants, and I feel like this recipe has a much freshier taste!

Pai, a quick tip for making vietnamese "nuoc mam" next time, skip the water and add in some coconut water instead! Also, it takes 2 seconds to whip up "mo hanh" which is just chopped up scallion (and a bit of garlic), sauteed in lard or oil with some salt. Spoon this on top of the chicken and you'll essentially get a version of our "com tam". Happy cooking! :)