Another day, another food diary. This time, a delicious fried chicken dish that will just make your tastebuds dance: chicken stir-fried with lemongrass and chile, or gà xào xảớt in Vietnamese.
After reading many good reviews, I recently purchased the Kindle version of Andrea Nguyen's wonderful cookbook Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors. Having already followed a few of Nguyen's recipes on her website Viet World Kitchen, I knew I'd get a lot out of the book. This was the first recipe from the cookbook that I tried, and to say that I wasn't disappointed would be the understatement of the year. What you'll see below is the recipe as spelled out by Nguyen, but I have also made a few adjustments at the end that (IMO) only make the dish better.
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