Lemongrass Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole Yellow Chicken
• ¾ cup finely chopped lemongrass
• 3 tbs coarsely ground black pepper
• 3 tbs lime juice
• 4 tbs honey
• ¼ cup fish sauce
• ½ cup canola oil
• ½ green papaya, peeled and deseeded – optional (can replace with pineapple)
• 1 ½ cup cold water
• ¼ cup of large dice shallots or onions
• 3 tbs finely chopped lemongrass
• 4 tbs sugar
• 2 tbs coarsely ground black pepper
• 4 tbs lime juice
• 4 tbs fish sauce
• 2 tbs thinly sliced garlic
• ⅓ cup oyster sauce – optional
• 4 pieces of bird’s eye chili, deseeded and chopped – optional
• 12 leaves of green leaf lettuce
• 1 cup fresh picked mint leaves
• 1 cup fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 1 cucumber, sliced into thin discs
• ½ cup peanuts, roasted and crushed – optional