Khao Mun Gai

Khao = Rice, Mun = Fat and Gai = Chicken. You cook the rice in chicken broth and ginger, and topped with the boiled chicken with yummy roasted shallots, greens and a spicy sauce. It's a popular street food dish in Thailand and super easy to make.

Ingredients:

1 Whole Chicken

3 cups of Jasmine Rice

4 inches of Roasted Ginger sliced into large chucks

1 tsp Salt

1 tbsp Soy Sauce

1 Onion quartered

2 Shallots sliced

1/2 tbsp Oil

1 Cucumber sliced

Cilantro chopped

Sauce:

3/4 cup Sugar

2 cups of Water

5 Thai Chili

2 Garlic cloves

1 tbsp Fish Sauce

1/2 Lemon

Instructions:

1. Place the whole cleaned chicken into a large pot, cover it with water and start to boil.

2. Add in the quartered onion with 1 tsp salt and 1 tbsp of soy sauce.

3. Peel the ginger, place it in foil and roast over the stove for a few mins, once it has a nice char, remove it and slice into large pieces to be placed in the rice cooker.

4. After at least 30 minutes of boiling, take 6 cups of the broth and place it the rice cooker with 3 cups of rice. Place the roasted ginger slices on top of the rice and cook according to your rice cooker.

5. Take the sliced shallots with 1/2 tbsp of oil and saute them until they are crispy and set aside.

6. To make the sauce, add 2 tbsp of sugar with 1 tbsp of water into a small sauce pan and roast it for about 1 minute to make it brown and fragrant. Add in the rest of the sugar and water and boil until the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and set aside.

7. In a mortar and pestle, add in the Thai chili and garlic gloves and start to grind them. Add in the fish sauce and lemon and add to the sugar water and set aside.

8. Take out the chicken and slice it all up, place desired amount on top of the rice with the roasted shallots, garnish with cucumbers, cilantro and the spicy sauce and enjoy! You can use the remaining broth as a side soup, just add cilantro.