Vietnamese Ginger Chicken (Ga Kho)

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- Ready In:
- 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken, any part, chopped into about 2-inch pieces, I prefer thighs bone in and skin, I chop each thigh into
- 2 tablespoons fresh ginger (peeled and coarsely chopped)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper (to taste)
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fish sauce (to taste)
- 1 tablespoon scallion (green part only, chopped into 1/4-inch pices) (optional)
directions
- Heat a heavy saucepan on medium high for about a minute until pan is hot, add sugar and turn heat down to medium. Caramelize sugar for about 1 minute. Keep a close watch to make sure sugar is brown, but not burnt.
- Add ginger and stir for about 10 seconds.
- Add remaining ingredients except scallions. Turn the pieces and brown the chicken for about 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until liquid in the pan is reduced to half. Sauce should be brown and thick. About 10 minutes if you're using boned in whole thighs. If you're using boneless, skinless chicken the cooking time is reduced to about 6 minutes. Over cooking will make the meat tough.
- Garnish with scallion and serve with steamed rice.
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Reviews
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This chicken dish is a sheer delight,cooked it for my parents for tonights dinner and had compliments all night about how pleasant it was.<br/><br/>Instead of using fresh ginger,I used sushi ginger and tasted amazing. I also used boneless thighs so it was so tender and juicy.<br/><br/>I give this dish 5/5 stars,because its an easy, convenient dish to prepare and cook and it tastes great.
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Nado2003
United States