Thai Lime Chicken With Bok Choy

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 8 chicken thigh fillets (or 4 breast fillets)
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 -3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lime zest (optional)
• 2 tablespoons grated palm sugar or 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 small red thai chile, chopped finely (if you don't like your dish too hot, omit the seeds)
• 2 -3 baby bok choy, quartered lengthways
• 1 lime, cut into four slices
• 2 green onions, sliced thinly
• 1/4 cup firmly packed cilantro leaf

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in large frying pan; cook chicken in batches until cooked through.
• 2 meanwhile place fish sauce, lime juice (and zest), sugar, garlic and chilli in a screw-top jar and shake well.
• 3 boil, steam or microwave bok choy until tender; drain.
• 4 add lime slices to same frying pan and cook until both sides are browned.
• 5 divide chicken among service plates.
• 6 the original recipe states to spoon the dressing over the chicken, and top with the onion and cilantro. i prefer to add the dressing and half the onion and cilantro to the pan and deglaze the pan for a minute or two, then spoon it onto the chicken, topping with the remainder of the onion and cilantro.
• 7 serve with bok choy, lime slices and jasmine rice.