Thai
Kai Pad Khing (Chicken with Ginger)
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Kai Pad Khing (Chicken with Ginger) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and 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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Soak the wood ear in warm water for 15 minutes until soft, trim off the hard knots and slice it into strips. Meanwhile julienne the ginger. Young ginger is milder and juicier if the market has it.
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Slice the chicken thinly. Thigh stays juicier, but skinless breast works exactly the same way and is a little leaner.
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Heat the oil in a wok, fry the chopped garlic for a few seconds, then add the chicken and stir fry on high heat for about 3 minutes until it is nearly cooked.
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Add the ginger, the onion cut in wedges and the wood ear, and toss for 2 minutes. Season with the oyster sauce, light soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar, and splash in the water so there is a little sauce.
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Toss in the scallions cut into short lengths, and the split chilies if anyone wants heat, then serve straight away with rice as one of the dishes on the table.
Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kai Pad Khing (Chicken with Ginger), 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
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. Kai Pad Khing (Chicken with Ginger) carries gluten, shellfish, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Shellfish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Gaeng Som Pla (Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables) |
| Fish | Yes | Jok Moo (Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs) |
| 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
- 280 kcal
- Protein
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 13 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 570 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kai Pad Khing (Chicken with Ginger) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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