Lemongrass Chicken With Melon Salad - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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4 None chicken breasts
20 g fresh ginger, sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
4 stalks lemon grass, bruised with the back of a knife
4 tbsp dry white wine
1/2 None cantaloupe melon, peeled and sliced
1 None lime, juiced
1 tbsp honey
4 tbsp sunflower oil
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 None lettuce, torn
2 None shallots, finely sliced
2 small chilies, finely sliced
2 None spring onions, finely sliced
None None fresh mint leaves for garnish
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Place chicken in the middle of a large sheet of parchment paper. Add ginger, garlic and lemongrass, season then drizzle with wine. Gather edges of parchment paper and twist at the top to close. Place on a baking tray and bake for 40 mins. Remove chicken from oven and pull apart meat into bite sized chunks.
Whisk 2 tbsp melon puree, lime juice, honey, oil and fish sauce. Toss with melon, lettuce, shallots, chilies and spring onions. Serve with pulled chicken, garnished with mint.
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