Chicken With Mushrooms, Lemongrass And Chili

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 14 ounces chicken breasts, skinless, boneless and diced into 1in pieces
• 1 red pepper, stalk removed, deseeded and chopped
• 3 field mushrooms, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 in piece ginger, finely chopped
• 5 scallions, chopped
• 2 stalks lemongrass, finely chopped
• 3 red chili peppers, deseeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons mint leaves, plus extra for garnish
• 1 3/4 cups coconut milk

Recipe

• 1 heat a drizzle of olive oil in a frying pan and brown the chicken on all sides. remove from the pan and set aside on a plate.
• 2 return the pan to the heat with a bit more olive oil. lightly fry the red pepper and mushroom until they begin to soften.
• 3 add the browned chicken back into the pan, followed by the garlic, ginger, scallions, lemongrass and chili peppers. cook for 3-4 minutes until softened.
• 4 pour in the coconut milk and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat. add the fish sauce, sugar, lime juice and mint.
• 5 serve with basmati rice and a garnish of mint leaves.