Thailand

Khao Man Gai

Name: Khao Man Gai
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 600 g Chicken portions (thigh/breast); 300 g Jasmine rice; some of each Ginger & garlic; 2 tbsp Fermented soybean paste (taucheo); for the sauce Chilli & lime; to serve Cucumber & coriander

Thai rice with poached chicken

Khao man gai is the Thai version of Hainanese chicken rice, brought by Chinese immigrants and turned into a street classic.

Tenderly poached chicken rests on rice cooked in the chicken broth with garlic and ginger - alongside a spicy soybean-chilli sauce.

Servings3

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken portions (thigh/breast)600 g
Jasmine rice300 g
Ginger & garlicsome of each
Fermented soybean paste (taucheo)2 tbsp
Chilli & limefor the sauce
Cucumber & corianderto serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Gently poach the chicken in water with ginger, keep the broth.
Fry the garlic, sweat the rice in it.
Cook the rice in the chicken broth.
Stir soybean paste, chilli, lime and a little broth into a sauce.
Slice the chicken, plate on rice, serve with sauce.

Make it original

Jasmine rice and taucheo for khao man gai are in the Asia Boutique.

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