Ga Gone Thai

i began with Recipezaar's Ga Kho but was in a BIG hurry and misread the directions. That, plus my usual tweaking, left me with a wonderful dish which is even quicker to prepare. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Serves: 2-4
• Yields: 6 pieces and sauce

Ingredients

• 6  pieces chicken (i used 3 whole legs, cut up)
• 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2  tablespoons dark soy sauce (thick)
• 2  tablespoons fish sauce
• 1  lime, juice of (Kaffir lime as pos.)
• 1 1⁄2-2  tablespoons palm sugar (substitute brown)
• 2  inches galangal, finely grated
• 3 -4  garlic cloves, grated
• 1  long shallots or 3  round shallots, finely diced
• 5 -6  black peppercorns, freshly crushed or ground

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Into a covered (you can cover with parchment or aluminium foil since you'll be removing it later) casserole add oil, soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar.
3. Stir just a bit.
4. (It is not necessary to dissolve the sugar.) Using a microplane grater (try www. leevalley. com) grate galangal and garlic.
5. Add to casserole with shallot (s) and black pepper.
6. Add chicken and toss with"sauce".
7. Freshly squeeze the lime juice over the whole mess and toss again.
8. Cover casserole and bake for about 45 minutes.
9. Remove cover and bake until nicely browned and meat pulls away from bones.