Gai Pad King (Ginger and Chicken Stir Fry)

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Gai Pad King (Ginger and Chicken Stir Fry)

Gai Pad King (Ginger and Chicken Stir Fry) is a traditional Thai recipe for a classic stir-fry of chicken, onion, ginger and garlic with Jew's Ear (tree ear) mushrooms in a sugar and fish sauce base. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Thai version of: Ginger and Chicken Stir Fry (Gai Pad King).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

30 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Wild Food Chicken Recipes Fowl Recipes Thailand Recipes

Ingredients:

100g Wood Ear (Jew's Ear) mushrooms, soaked in water for 20 minutes then shred
2 tsp sugar (preferably palm sugar, but demerara will do)
1 onion, halved and then sliced into thin wedges
40g ginger, cut into thin juliennes about 3cm long
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tbsp Nam Pla (fish sauce)
250g chicken, cut into strips
oil for frying

Method

Add 1 tsp oil to a hot wok over medium high heat. Add the garlic and some of the ginger and fry for a minute (the garlic should begin to brown). Add the chicken and stir-fry for 1 minute before adding the onion, the remainder of the ginger and the fungus. Stir to combine then add the Nam Pla and sugar.

Stir for a few minutes so that everything heats through and the flavours combine.

Serve with Thai Jasmine rice.