BrÛlÉed Chicken Breast Vietnamese Style Food

GRILLED VIETNAMESE CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Rinse chicken; pat dry. Combine sesame oil and crushed red pepper; brush over chicken.
• Grill chicken on the lightly greased rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes or until tender and no longer pink, turning once.
• Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small saucepan,* stir together sugar, peanut butter, soy sauce, oil, garlic, and 2 tablespoons water. Heat on grill rack until sugar is dissolved, stirring frequently. For the last 1 minute of grilling, place split rolls on the grill rack to toast.
• To serve, place cooked chicken breasts on bottom halves of rolls; spoon on sauce and top with radish sprouts, broccoli, peanuts (if desired), and roll tops. Makes 4 servings.
• *Note: The heat from the grill will blacken the outside of the saucepan, so use an old one or a small cast-iron skillet.

BRÛLÉED CHICKEN BREAST, VIETNAMESE-STYLE

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, whisk together the fish sauce, water, shallots, garlic, chile, granulated sugar and pepper until the sugar dissolves. Add the chicken breasts, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours. 2. Preheat the oven to 400°. Remove the chicken from the brine and pat dry with a paper towel. Reserve the marinating liquid and aromatics. Heat a large, ovenproof skillet over high heat for 2 minutes and then add 1 tablespoon of oil. Place the chicken in the pan skin-side down, cook for 1 minute and then transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes. 3. Set a fine-mesh sieve over a medium bowl and strain the reserved liquid into the bowl. In a small saucepan set over medium-high heat, add the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil and the strained aromatics. Cook until sizzling and softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in the liquid and simmer until reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat. 4. Remove the chicken breasts from the oven and transfer them skin-side up to a sheet pan lined with a wire rack. Adjust an oven rack to the upper-middle position and heat the broiler to high. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar evenly over the breasts and place the breasts under the broiler, cooking until the chickens' skin is glossy and the sugar is browned, 2 to 3 minutes (watch the broiler carefully as broiler times do vary; the sugar can also be brûléed using a handheld kitchen torch). 5. To serve, slice each breast crosswise into ½-inch-thick pieces. Divide the sauce between 4 plates, place a few slices of chicken on each plate and then sprinkle with cilantro. Serve.

VIETNAMESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• heat a large pan over medium heat.Add sugar and water and cook until sugar start to melt and turn brown.
• Stir frequently for 15 minutes.Then, remove the pan and pour the caramel into a bowl.
• Clean the pan with hot water. Heat olive oil and add onion, garlic and ginger. Cook for 5 minutes then, remove it in a bowl.
• Add 2 thin cut chicken breasts that have been seasoned with salt and pepper to the pan and cook it for 10 minutes.
• Add caramel, soya sauce and the reserved onion, garlic and ginger.
• Reduce the heat and cook it for 20 minutes.

GRILLED VIETNAMESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat grill.
• Place all the ingredients except the chicken in a shallow glass baking dish and stir them together.
• Make shallow slits across the chicken breast, going a little deeper in the thick end.
• Make shallow slits long ways, resulting in a slight diamond pattern in the meat.
• Put the chicken in the marinade and make sure some gets in the slits.
• This only needs to marinade for 10 or 15 minutes to pick up the flavor, I believe this is because of the slits.
• Place on grill and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until no longer pink.
• Turn once during cooking.