Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken

Recipe taken from Gimme Some Oven

I grew lemongrass in the back, and haven't used it all season, so wanted to use.  

I served with (Vietnamese) jasmine rice and broccoli.

Ingredients:

-1/4 cup lime juice (used 2 limes)

-3 Tbsp fish sauce (felt was a bit too much/salty)

-2 Tbsp maple syrup (or brown sugar)

-2 Tbsp avocado oil

-1 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce

-4 small garlic cloves

-2 stalks lemongrass, tender white parts only, roughly chopped

-1 medium shallot, peeled and halved (or half of a small red onion)

-2 lbs chicken breasts cut into pieces

-pepper (wasn't listed in ingredients, but then listed in instructions?)

Instructions:

1. Combine lime juice, fish sauce, maple syrup, oil, soy sauce, black pepper, garlic, lemongrass, and shallot in a blender or food processor.  Puree until smooth.

2. Set aside a little bit of marinade for Vietnamese rice (if doing).

3. Marinate with chicken for at least 30 min

4. Dump in pan and cook.

Vietnamese rice:

I had an extra shallot!

Cooked shallot + serrano + extra marinade --> add to cooked rice

Notes:

Recipe calls for grilling, but I just dumped the whole thing in the pan and chicken basically boiled.  I wanted to cook the chicken with the marinade, though.

Could consider leaving chicken as tenders and bake in oven without the marinade.

Served with broccoli.