Thai Chicken with Ginger and Mushrooms - Gai King
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 onion, cut into slivers
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped gingerroot
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
- 8 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
- 5 green onions, chopped into 1 inch pieces
- Thai red chili pepper, slivered (amount to taste)
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar or 1 teaspoon palm sugar
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- steamed jasmine rice
directions
- In a small dish, mix together vinegar, fish sauce and brown sugar until brown sugar dissolves; set aside.
- Heat oil in wok and stir-fry onions, garlic and chicken for 2 minutes for 2-3 minutes or until onions are limp.
- Add soy sauce, ginger, mint, mushrooms, green onions, chilies and cook until chicken is cooked through.
- Working fast, add vinegar, brown sugar, and fish sauce mixture to chicken and take off the heat.
- Serve at once with steamed jasmine rice.
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Reviews
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I thought this was a great recipe to make at home for those who aren't very experienced in Thai cuisine (like me). While it's not a restaurant quality final result, it was fabulous as a way to get my kids to try something different. We all enjoyed it though I did tweak it a little by reducing the garlic and the chilli to make it a little milder. I would highly recommend this to those who are new to Asian cooking as it was a fairly straight forward recipe which gives a great result.
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Very nice. Both dh & myself liked it. I would like a touch more sauce, maybe next time I will double the sauce. I did not add the mint leaves. Not only since I didn't have them, I just couldn't imagine we would like them. I also used button mushroom because that's all I had, but I had to pick them out of dh serving anyway, as he has some kind of mushroom phobia. I purchased some Thai peppers at the local farmers market, and this is one of my first experiences with them. I like them! Thank you very much, I am sure we will make this again.
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Tweaks
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My only change was to use dried shiitake mushrooms rehydrated, and to substitute some lemongrass for mint. This made a light sauce that was delicious and tasty. My only complaint is that the fish sauce came on a wee bit too strong for me, and I tend to like the stuff. Next time I'll use 1T. Also, not much sauce for the accompanying steamed jasmine rice.
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