Hội An

Cơm gà Hội An

Name: Cơm gà Hội An
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken about 1.2 kg chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 2 litres water; a thumb sliced ginger; 4 shallots; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 2 cups jasmine rice rinsed rice; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 tbsp or chicken fat cooking oil (vegetable oil); 5 cloves minced garlic; 1 very thinly sliced onion; 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar; 2 tsp sugar; Lemon, lime juice; 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce; Mint leaves, Vietnamese coriander (rau răm) or mint; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); Raw papaya (green papaya), green papaya, pickled; Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles), sliced

Turmeric rice cooked in chicken broth, with a sharp herby chicken salad on top.

70 minTime

56 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayTurmeric chicken broth rice with shredded chicken herb salad.

The original

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3 gfibresame

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Cơm gà Hội An.

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Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 whole chicken, about 1.2 kg

Water2 litres

Gingera thumb, sliced

Shallots4

Salt1½ tsp

Rice2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp, or chicken fat

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Onion1, very thinly sliced

Vinegar1½ tbsp

Sugar2 tsp

Lemonlime juice

Fish sauce1½ tbsp

Mint leavesVietnamese coriander (rau răm) or mint

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Raw papaya (green papaya)green papaya, pickled

Fresh red chillies (fresh red chiles)sliced

Method

5 steps

1Poach the chicken with ginger, shallots and salt in the water for 35 minutes at a bare simmer, until the juices run clear and no pink remains.
2Plunge into ice water, then drain. Keep the broth.
3Fry the garlic in oil, add the rice and turmeric and stir 2 minutes. Cook in 600 ml of the broth for 15 minutes, then rest 10.
4Soak the onion in vinegar and sugar for 10 minutes. Shred the chicken and toss with the onion, fish sauce, lime and herbs.
5Serve rice topped with chicken salad, papaya pickle and chilli, and a bowl of the hot broth.

Serve it like this

Mound the rice on a plate, chicken salad on top, papaya pickle and chilli on the side, a small bowl of broth with herbs alongside.

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