Recipe: Tasty Ga Kho Gung (Braised Ginger Chicken)

Ga Kho Gung (Braised Ginger Chicken). One of my favorite Vietnamese braised dishes is ginger chicken or Ga Kho Gung. It's a simple dish of bite-size pieces of chicken, braised and caramelized in a clay pot with ginger, garlic, shallots and fish sauce. It is typically served family-style with steamed rice and a vegetable dish.

He made us a special chicken dish from his hometown. Ga Kho Gung is a dish that brings a lot of laughs to my family. My mom goes to work really early in the morning and she usually wake up extra early to prepare lunch in advance for my the rest of the family. You can cook Ga Kho Gung (Braised Ginger Chicken) using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ga Kho Gung (Braised Ginger Chicken)

1. It's of chicken (6 thighs) dark meat, remove as much fat/skin as possible, and cut into small pieces.
2. Prepare of fish sauce.
3. You need of sugar.
4. It's of onion, chopped(diced).
5. You need of garlic (minced).
6. Prepare of (about the size of your thumb) ginger, jullian.
7. It's of green onion (chopped).
8. You need of salt.
9. Prepare of ground pepper to taste.
10. You need of water.

One afternoon I came home from school to a huge pot of ga kho gung. Ướp gà với tỏi, hành tím băm, muối, đường, tiêu, bột nêm, nước mắm, tiêu và gừng cắt sợi. When cooking this home-style Vietnamese dish - a recipe from the chef behind Melbourne's Annam and Pho Nom - keep the chicken on the bone for maximum flavour. Then devour it with a big bowl of fluffy jasmine rice, served piping hot, straight out of the steamer. For example, chicken or fish is paired with ginger, shrimp or pork is paired with green onions, and beef with garlic.

Ga Kho Gung (Braised Ginger Chicken) step by step

1. On high heat caramelize sugar(about 1 min), then add chicken, garlic, onion, ginger. Stir for 2 minutes or until chicken opaque. Add salt, fish sauce, pepper and water, stir and cover for about 10 min or till chicken cooked.
2. Garnish with green onion. See how easy it is!.

It is often served with steamed rice, and a couple of other dishes and a soup for family dinners. All dishes are served at the same time. Gà kho is an aromatic, sweet, spicy, and pungent yet balanced combination of flavors that pair amazingly well with chicken. It's quite easy to make too! When I think about thịt kho (dishes with caramelized meats) from my family's meals, it covers a lot of dishes.

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