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Khao Man Gai: boiled chicken with rice and a special sauce

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:

  1. the chicken

  2. the rice

  3. 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!



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