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🍽️ Thai-style Chicken Foil Packets with Lemongrass

270 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 2 lime leaves
• 20 g ginger (1 piece)
• 1 garlic clove
• 175 g carrots (2 carrots)
• 250 g leek (1 stalk)
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 340 g chicken breast fillet (2 chicken breast fillets)
• salt
• pepper
• 0.5 lime
• 125 ml coconut water (Tetra-Pak)
• 4 sprigs cilantro

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the lemongrass stalks in half crosswise.
2. 2. Flatten the lemongrass pieces using the back of a knife to release the flavors.
3. 3. Chop the lime leaves into coarse pieces.
4. 4. Peel the ginger and the garlic.
5. 5. Cut the ginger and garlic into thin strips.
6. 6. Peel the carrots.
7. 7. Slice the carrots into thin rounds.
8. 8. Cut the leek in half crosswise.
9. 9. Wash the leek thoroughly.
10. 10. Cut the white parts of the leek into pieces about 2 centimeters wide.
11. 11. Cut two pieces of aluminum foil, each measuring approximately 30 by 30 centimeters.
12. 12. Spread one teaspoon of olive oil onto each piece of foil.
13. 13. Wash the chicken breast fillets.
14. 14. Pat the fillets dry with kitchen paper.
15. 15. Place the chicken fillets onto the prepared foil pieces.
16. 16. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
17. 17. Distribute the prepared vegetable and spice ingredients evenly over the chicken fillets.
18. 18. Season the toppings lightly with salt and pepper as well.
19. 19. Close the foil packets, but leave a small opening.
20. 20. Squeeze the lime to extract the juice.
21. 21. Mix two teaspoons of lime juice with the coconut water.
22. 22. Pour the liquid into the packets through the small opening.
23. 23. Seal the packets completely.
24. 24. Place the packets onto a baking sheet.
25. 25. Preheat the oven.
26. 26. Bake the packets for approximately 30 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius conventional heat (or 180 degrees Celsius fan-forced, or gas mark 3).
27. 27. Wash the coriander (cilantro).
28. 28. Shake the coriander dry.
29. 29. Pluck the coriander leaves from the stems.
30. 30. Remove the packets from the oven.
31. 31. Cut open the top of the packets.
32. 32. Sprinkle the dish with the fresh coriander leaves.
33. 33. Serve the chicken directly in the packets.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 270
• Protein: 43 g · Fett/Fat: 5 g · Carbs: 11 g