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Num pang with lemongrass chicken

Num Pang With Lemongrass Chicken

This is the easiest num pang sandwich to prepare if you're a beginner or lack access to Southeast Asian ingredients.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer, dinner, lunch, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Cambodian
Servings 2
Calories 706 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 stalks Lemongrass
  • 5 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Fish sauce
  • ½ tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tspn Oyster sauce
  • 1 tspn MSG
  • ½ tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp Cambodian dipping sauce You can get the dipping sauce recipe here
  • ½ Red bell pepper
  • 1 Cucumbers
  • 2 Medium-sized baguettes Any similar bread will do (we used bolillos here because baguettes were sold out at our local bakery)
  • ½ pound boneless chicken breast

Instructions
 

  • Cut the chicken breast into ½-inch pieces.
    Cut chicken
  • Slice the garlic.
    Cut garlic
  • Cut the lemongrass into thin slices.
    Slice lemongrass
  • Heat a tablespoon of cooking oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add lemongrass and garlic to the oil, and fry until the garlic turns brown.
    Fry lemongrass and garlic
  • Add chicken to the frying pan and stir together with the lemongrass and garlic. Continue frying over medium heat for 10 minutes.
    Add chicken to the frying pan
  • Add the fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and MSG to the frying pan and stir together.
  • Remove the chicken from the frying pan and set aside.
    Remove chicken from frying pan
  • Wash and slice the cucumbers, red peppers, cilantro, and lettuce, which will be used as filling in the sandwich while the chicken is cooling off.
    Prepare vegetables for the filling
  • Slice the baguette in half, lengthwise.
    slice the baguette in half lengthwise
  • Add the Cambodian spicy dipping sauce to the mayo and mix together.
  • Spread the mayo onto both surfaces inside the baguette.
    Spread mayo
  • Place the cucumbers, lettuce, and red peppers inside the baguette.
  • Add the chicken to the num pang sandwich.
  • Garnish the sandwich with cilantro.
    Num pang with lemongrass chicken

Nutrition

Calories: 706kcalCarbohydrates: 82.3gProtein: 55.5gFat: 17.6gSaturated Fat: 4.2gCholesterol: 128mgSodium: 1861mgPotassium: 1054mgCalcium: 134mgIron: 9mg
Keyword lemongrass chicken sandwich, num pang, num pang sach, num pang sandwich
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