Saigon Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Marinade
    1/2 lime, juice of
    1/2 lemon, juice of
    2 shallots
    6 garlic cloves
    1/4 cup lemongrass
    2 tablespoons fish sauce
    3 tablespoons soy sauce
    1 teaspoon black pepper
    1 -2 teaspoon hot ground chili paste
    1/4 cup honey
    1/4 cup vegetable oil (peanut preferred)
    Chicken
    1 4 lbs chicken parts, for bbq or 2 Cornish hens
    Optional
    to make marinade spicier add thai bird chile (or more)
Preparation
    Mince marinade ingredients by hand or process in food processor.
    Marinate chicken at least 2 hours, or overnight in the refrigerator.
    If roasting entire chicken, can put an onion and a lemon inside chicken. Roast at 350 approximately 1 hour with occasional basting.
    If barbecuing pieces, baste with marinade and cook until it is as you like. I tend to cook long over medium-low coals with mesquite chips.

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