Chicken - Khao Man Ghai Sunday
Here it is – a version of a Rick Stein recipe I saw years ago Khao Man Ghai.....that is...basically....poached chicken...but hey...what a poached chicken!
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Ingredients
- 1.5kg free-range chicken
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 3 sticks of lemon grass split
- 5 garlic cloves a red chilli pierced
- Small piece of ginger peeled
- tablespoon of cumin seeds
- 6 spring onions trimmed or 4 small shallots finely chopped
- Handful of roughly chopped fresh coriander.
Details
servings 4
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 60mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Pop the chicken in a large pan – I use a pasta pan. Pop half the coriander, half the onions, half the garlic and a stick of the lemon grass in the cavity. Then add the ginger, chilli, cumin seeds and the rest of the garlic, lemon grass, coriander and onions to the pan. Grind over lots of black pepper and a sprinkle or two of rock salt. Top up the pan carefully with cold water until it is completely immersed. Pop a lid on – bring to the boil..then turn down the heat very low and leave for an hour.
Step 2
When you take it out, be careful as you could end up with poultry carnage as the carcass will be close to falling apart. Transfer to a plate and skin. All of the meat will easily drop off the bone. This is a very, very economical dish as nothing is wasted. The stock can be used for a soup the next day. I served it with a saffron flavoured basmati rice and lightly stir fried choi sum in sesame seed oil...oh....and lots of different sauces e.g sweet chilli, plum. barbecue, hot chilli etc etc. After you have piled some chicken on the rice, ladle over a spoon or two of the wondrous stock.
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