Pandan Chicken has been my favourite starter for a long time. This starter may sound difficult to prepare, but actually, it is not. When you need to serve a starter, you should consider making pandan chicken.
Here are the simple ingredients that you will need for this recipe.
Ingredients
- 400 grams of chicken breast (cut into 1-inch cube)
- 30 – 35 pandan leaves (wash well and dry them) & 35 toothpicks
- 1 stalk lemongrass (serai) take the white part only – slice it before putting it in the blender
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1-inch ginger
- 1 medium onion
- 5 green birds eye chilli
- ¼ cup water
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- 1.5 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 2 cups oil for frying
Method
- Take a blender and put in lemongrass, garlic, ginger, onion and 5 birds eye chilli. Now add ¼ cups water and grind the above into a smooth paste.
- Now take a bowl, put in the cubed chicken pieces and add in the ground ingredients. Mix well.
- Add brown sugar, coriander powder, turmeric, salt, cornflour, sesame oil and oyster sauce. Mix well again. Leave it to marinate for a minimum of 2 hours.
- To assemble the pandan chicken, take 1 pandan leaf and leave 1 inch from the bottom and then place the chicken on the leaf. Now roll the leaf from the bottom continuously until you reach the top.
- Use a toothpick to prick through the chicken so that the leaf is intact. Make sure the folding does not open up. Done. Continue doing so until you finish all the folding.
- Take a wok and add 2 cups of oil. Heat your oil on medium flame, and fry all the pandan chicken. Fry in a few batches. Your Thai Pandan Chicken Starter is ready.
Final thoughts
- Fry 8 to 10 pandan chicken pieces at a time. You should fry for at least 3 to 4 minutes.
- If you want your chicken spicier, you may add ½ teaspoon of black pepper powder.
- Serve your chicken hot with chilli sauce.
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