BBQ Chicken and lime leaf

We learnt how to cook this flavoursome chicken dish during our recent cooking class at the famous Morning Glory Cooking School in Hoi An, Vietnam.

BBQ chicken with mango salad

Ingredients
800g boneless chicken thighs, skin off
1/3 cup fresh turmeric or 1 Tbsp ground turmeric
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
1/2 tsp five spice
1 Tbsp sugar
1/3 cup lemongrass, pounded
4 kaffir lime leaves, sliced finely
2 Tbsp garlic, pounded
2 Tbsp shallots, pounded
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp fish sauce
8 wooden skewers soaked in water for an hour

Method
1 Cut thighs into 16 pieces. Place in a bowl. Add salt, sugar, black pepper and five spice and mix well.
2 Pound turmeric, add to chicken with garlic, shallots, lemongrass, chilli, lime leaves, sesame oil, and fish sauce. Mix well. You may like to wear plastic gloves to stop your hands turning yellow if using fresh turmeric.
3 Marinate for 30 minutes.
4 Thread 2 pieces onto each skewer. Grill 5-6 minutes on each side on a low heat.

Serves for as a main and is lovely accompanied with a mango salad.