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Here's everything you need to make this delicious dish. Jaggery can be hard to find, so note that you can substitute palm sugar or brown sugar. The end result still tastes the same no matter what you use.

The Ingredients To Gather: 

• 250 g chicken breast

• 10 cm stick lemongrass, crushed but otherwise whole

• 2 tbsp Sunflower oil

• 3 shallots, finely chopped

• 2 tomatoes, finely chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 cm ginger, finely chopped

• 1 ½ tsp chilli powder

• 1 ½ tsp fish sauce

• 1 ½ tsp jaggery (substitutes: palm sugar or brown sugar)

• ½ tsp turmeric

The Instructions To Follow: 

• Heat the oil in a large non-stick wok or frying pan.
• Add the onions and garlic and stir fry until translucent.
• Add half of the tomatoes and cook over a medium high heat until soft. Add the remaining tomatoes and repeat. This is recommended to avoid the tomatoes becoming stodgy.
• Add the ginger and lemongrass. Stir fry until the sauce becomes a richer, deeper red colour.
• Add the spices, fish sauce, jaggery (or sugar substitutes). Stir and reduce the heat.
• Add the chicken pieces with 1 ½ to 2 cups of water and mix. Cover and simmer on a low heat for approximately 30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
• Remove the lemongrass pieces, and serve immediately with steamed white rice.

Finished!

This recipe serves four, so don't count on their being any leftovers. We like it because it uses an ingredient most everyone likes — chicken — but gives it an exciting new flair that will have them seeing this dinnertime staple in a whole new light. This recipe is the perfect excuse to get creative in the kitchen and try something new for dinner tonight.

Article Source: Wandercooks