Thai-style Roast Chicken
This aromatic and flavorful Lemongrass and Ginger Roast Chicken with Lime Noodles recipe is a delightful blend of zesty and spicy flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. The tender roast chicken is infused with a fragrant paste made from ginger, garlic, lemongrass, chili, and lime, creating a succulent and mouthwatering dish. Paired with refreshing lime noodles tossed in a tangy dressing, this meal is a perfect balance of savory and citrusy notes that will surely become a favorite in your recipe collection.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 5 cm piece ginger, chopped
- 2 garlic gloves, chopped
- 2 stalks lemongrass, inner leaves finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
- 2 limes, zested and juiced
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil, plus 1 tbsp for roasting
- 1.5 kg chicken
- For the noodles:
- 2 limes, juiced
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp light brown soft sugar
- 300g fresh rice noodles, warmed following pack instructions
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 cucumber, deseeded and sliced into half moons
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1 red chili, deseeded and sliced
- 100g beansprouts
- 1 bunch spring onions, sliced
- small handful fresh coriander leaves
- small handful fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to gas 5, 190C, fan 170C. In a blender, blitz the ginger, garlic, inner leaves of the lemongrass (reserve the stripped outer leaves), chili, lime zest and juice (reserve the lime skins) and 1 tablespoon of oil until just pureed. Season with a little salt.
- Lift the skin from the neck end of the chicken and push your hand in between the skin and the meat, separating them as far over the chicken and down into the legs as you can. Push the paste under the skin and pat to distribute evenly. Put the chicken in a roasting tin, rub with the teaspoon of oil and season with a little salt and pepper. Put the lime skins and outer leaves of the lemongrass into the cavity. Put in the oven and cook for 1 hour and 20 minutes, until cooked through or the juices from the leg run clear when pierced with a skewer.
- Just before the chicken is ready, mix the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar in a small pan and warm gently to melt the sugar. In a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients for the noodles ans toss together with the warm sauce. Serve with the chicken, spooning over some of the chicken juices.
Yield
Serves 6
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