A special chicken dish, served with rice and a really nice sauce (check here for the recipe of the sauce). The name is khao man gai (ข้าวมันไก่), which is simple translated in chicken with rice. The dish includes boiled chicken, rice cooked in the chicken broth and oil, the special sauce, and finally a chicken soup side. Here is the recipe.
Khao Man Gai (chicken with rice)
Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 3 hours Total time: 3 hours 30 minutes Serves: 4 portions
This recipe is split in 3 parts:
the chicken
the rice
the soup
The sauce is essential with this recipe, you will find the recipe here.
INGREDIENTS
Part 1: Chicken
1 whole chicken
½ tbsp. salt
Water to cover chicken
Part 2: Rice
½ kg. uncooked rice
Chicken stock (2 cups of stock to 1 cup of rice)
⅛ tablespoon salt
50 gram garlic
Vegetable oil for frying
Part 3: Soup
The rest of the chicken stock
½ wax gourd (about 500 gram)
Sprigs of cilantro
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
EQUIPMENT
a big pot for boiling the chicken and make the soup
a wok
a strainer
a rice cooker or pan for cooking the rice
serving bowls for the soup
Plates for rice and chicken
small bowl for sauce
PREPARATION
Part 1: the chicken : Make sure the chicken is gutted and cleaned completely
Part 2: the rice. Mince the garlic. * Wash the rice
Part 3: the soup. Take of the skin of the wax gourd, remove the seeds and dice the gourd into 5 cm pieces. * Remove the oil that is on top of the chicken stock (scoop with a spoon). * Chop up the cilantro.
METHOD
Part 1: Boil the chicken
Put enough water into a pot to cover your chicken, and then bring it to a boil (without the chicken!). Once your water is boiling, reduce the heat to low.
Add the salt into the water and dissolve it.
Add the chicken to the boiling water and boil for about 30 - 40 minutes
Once the chicken is firm, remove the chicken from the pot, an let it cool down.
After cooling down, you can slice the chicken in thin parts
Part 2: Rice
Mince the garlic
Add vegetable oil to a wok and deep fry the garlic on a medium low heat until golden brown.
Remove the garlic from the oil, strain and drain it.
Add the rice to the rice cooker.
Add the fried garlic to the uncooked rice
Add the chicken stock to the uncooked rice.
Add a bit of salt.
Mix the rice, the broth, the salt and garlic.
Cook the rice.
Part 3: the soup
Bring the chicken stock to a boil.
Add the gourd
Add salt and pepper to taste.
The soup is ready when the gourd is soft.
Add the cilantro, stir it in the soup
Serving the khao man gai
Scoop the soup with some wax gourd in serving bowls
Add some sauce to a small bowl
Scoop the rice on the plate,
Drape the chicken on the plate
Serve!
This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND. Come and taste the wonderful homemade, fresh, organic food and drinks, while you enjoy the view over the rain forest and valley! A MEAL WITH A VIEW!