Vietnam

Gà Kho Gừng

Name: Gà Kho Gừng
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 700 g Chicken pieces (bone-in); 1 large piece Fresh ginger; 2 tbsp Sugar (for caramel); 3 tbsp Fish sauce; some of each Shallots & garlic; to taste Pepper & chilli; to garnish Spring onion

Vietnamese caramelised ginger chicken

Gà kho gừng is a Vietnamese braise of chicken in a caramel fish sauce with plenty of ginger - a warming everyday dish.

The dark caramel gives colour and depth, the ginger a pleasant heat; braised until the chicken is tender and the sauce syrupy.

Servings4

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken pieces (bone-in)700 g
Fresh ginger1 large piece
Sugar (for caramel)2 tbsp
Fish sauce3 tbsp
Shallots & garlicsome of each
Pepper & chillito taste
Spring onionto garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Melt the sugar to a dark caramel.
Sear shallots, garlic and chicken in it.
Pour in fish sauce and a little water.
Add plenty of ginger strips and braise.
Reduce until the sauce clings syrupy, garnish.

Make it original

Fish sauce for gà kho gừng is in the Asia Boutique.

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