Vietnamese Roast Chicken Recipe

Vietnamese Roast Chicken Recipe also known as Vietnamese chicken, Fish Sauce Chicken is a flavour packed roast chicken made with a pungent tasty marinade like lemon, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, chilli & crushed lemongrass. This dish is perfect to serve for any weeknight dinner with rice or a side salad.

Vietnamese Roast Chicken Recipe

Roast chicken is absolutely everyone's favourite. This roast chicken is even more special because it has lemon grass and few other spices in them. Those marination gives Vietnamese touch to the roast chicken.

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About Vietnamese Roast Chicken

Vietnamese roast chicken has become my new favorite roast chicken recipe. It is flavour packed, pungent and so delicious. The chicken has all the Vietnamese flavours in the marination which penetrates into the chicken once it is baked.

Perfect marination for Vietnamese roast chicken includes, shallots, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, coriander leaves, chillies, lemon, fish sauce, brown sugar and soy sauce. I added oil and vinegar for more intense flavour.

This roast chicken makes great weekday dinner. Marinate chicken in the morning or day before. Roast chicken in the evening and by dinner you have perfect chicken. Roast a chicken at the beginning of the week and turn it into more meals all week long.

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I've discovered a few tips along the way that create a juicy, tender and superbly flavor packed chicken that's good enough to serve for Sunday supper or easy enough for a quick weeknight dinner.

Use dark meat alone, I like to use chicken thighs and drumsticks for juicy chicken. Marinate chicken at least 2 to 4 hours minimum, preferably overnight. Perfect temp to roast chicken is 220 degree C.

The best oven temperature to roast chicken. We're roasting our chicken, not baking it. That's why a high temperature will ensure a crispy exterior that's juicy on the inside.

Always take your chicken from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking to take the chill off and ensure a more even cooking time.

Ingredients

• Chicken - I like to use chicken drumsticks and thigh with bone-in. This results in juicy and flavourful chicken than chicken breast. Also the chicken doesn't dry out.
• Fresh Ingredients - ginger, garlic, shallots, coriander leaves and lemon grass is used in the marination.
• Sauces - I used fish sauce, vinegar and soy sauce. Try to use good quality fish sauce, I like to use red boat brand which is perfect.
• Seasonings - Salt, brown sugar (palm sugar) which helps with browning. Chilli flakes and lemon juice adds taste and flavour.
• Oil - Use olive oil or groundnut oil for roasting which helps keep the chicken moist and juicy.

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Marination

1)Take all your marination ingredients. We are going to grind them together and apply over chicken. It is so easy.

I used ginger, garlic, shallots, coriander leaves, lemon grass as fresh ingredients. Sauces - vinegar, soy and fish sauce which gives the Vietnamese flavour. For Seasonings- salt, sugar, red chilli flakes, brown sugar and lemon juice is used.

2)Take your chicken thighs and chicken drumsticks. I used 6 chicken thighs and 2 drumsticks. Make deep slashes on the chicken and pat them dry completely.

3)Take all marination ingredients in a blender. We are going to grind it to a coarse paste. Don't add any water.

4)Make it into a slightly coarse puree.

5)Add the marinade to the chicken. Massage the chicken with the marinade.

6)Cover and let the chicken marinate for at least 2 to 4 hours. Preferably overnight.

Roasting Chicken

7)Remove the chicken at least 30 minutes before baking from fridge , so it can come to room temp. Preheat oven to 220 degree C. Line a roasting tray with foil, place a wire rack on top of the roasting tray.

8)Place chicken on the roasting tray. Leave space between them so it can roast evenly.

9)Place the tray in the middle rack of the preheated oven and roast a total of 1 hour. Around 20 minutes in, remove the tray from oven.

10)Take the remaining marinade, apply all over the chicken top.

11)Drizzle little oil on top of the chicken. Place it back into the oven and continue baking.

12)Once the chicken is baked, remove from oven and check whether it is cooked. if not return back into the oven for another 10 to 15 minutes.

Once chicken is baked, remove from oven. Let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.

13)Enjoy.

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Expert Tips

• Roast your chicken at 220°C and baste occasionally while cooking. Basting chicken with the juices from the bottom of pan often helps to make the chicken juicy.
• Roasting chicken with skins on is important to make the chicken juicy. Roasting chicken with skins on makes it super crispy and juicy.
• Don't over bake the chicken , else it will get dry.
• Marinate the chicken for best result. I usually marinate it overnight. But marinate it for 2 to 3 hours.

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