Vietnamese
Ga Kho Gung (Ginger Braised Chicken)
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Ga Kho Gung (Ginger Braised Chicken) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pat the chicken thighs dry and season with a little of the black pepper.
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Melt the sugar in the oil in a heavy pot over medium heat, swirling, until it turns a light amber caramel, about 4 minutes.
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Carefully add the shallots, garlic, and half the ginger, standing back as it sputters, and stir 30 seconds.
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Add the chicken skin-side down and sear until lightly browned, about 4 minutes per side.
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Pour in the fish sauce and water, add the remaining ginger and black pepper, and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and cook over low heat, turning the chicken occasionally, until it is very tender, about 25 minutes.
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Uncover and simmer a few minutes more until the sauce reduces to a thick, glossy glaze that coats the chicken.
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Scatter with scallions and serve hot over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ga Kho Gung (Ginger Braised Chicken), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ga Kho Gung (Ginger Braised Chicken) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 720 kcal
- Protein
- 45 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 37 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 1040 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ga Kho Gung (Ginger Braised Chicken) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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