Heat a cooking pot and pour-in cooking oil.
Saute garlic when the oil is hot.
Put-in onions, ginger, and lemon grass, and then cook for 1 minute.
Add the chicken. Stir and cook until the color turns light brown (about 3 to 5 minutes)
Add ground black pepper and fish sauce. Stir.
Put-in the young coconut meat, young coconut water, and chicken broth. Allow to boil, and then simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
Add the green papaya. Cook for 5 minutes.
Put-in the hot pepper leaves and cook for a minute more.
Turn the heat off, and then transfer to a serving bowl.
Serve with steamed rice.
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