Vietnam

Cơm Gà Hội An

Name: Cơm Gà Hội An
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 600 g Whole chicken portion; 300 g Jasmine rice; 1 tsp Turmeric; 1 handful Onion & Vietnamese coriander (rau ram); some of each Lime & fish sauce; some of each Ginger & garlic

Yellow chicken rice from the old town of Hội An

Cơm gà Hội An is the famous chicken-rice speciality of the Vietnamese port town Hội An, bright yellow from cooking in chicken broth with turmeric.

The poached chicken is shredded and served with a fresh herb-and-onion salad over the fragrant rice.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Whole chicken portion600 g
Jasmine rice300 g
Turmeric1 tsp
Onion & Vietnamese coriander (rau ram)1 handful
Lime & fish saucesome of each
Ginger & garlicsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Gently poach the chicken in water with ginger, keep the broth.
Cook the rice with turmeric in the chicken broth.
Shred the chicken.
Mix onion, herbs, lime and fish sauce into a salad.
Plate the rice, top with chicken and herb salad, serve.

Make it original

Jasmine rice and fish sauce for cơm gà Hội An are in the Asia Boutique.

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