Vietnamese Caramel Ginger Chicken

Name: Vietnamese Caramel Ginger Chicken
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 22 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 kg / 2 lb skinless chicken thigh fillets (, cut into large 5cm/2" pieces (Note 1)); 3 tbsp fish sauce; 1 bird’s eye chilli or Thai chilli (, deseeded, finely minced (optional) - Note 2); 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 1/4 cup brown sugar (, tightly packed); 1/3 cup ginger (, finely julienned (about 5 cm/2" thick piece)); 2 eschallots (, halved then finely sliced (sub half red onion) (Note 3)); 1/2 cup boiling water; Fresh coriander/cilantro or green onion slices ((recommended)); Red chilli (, finely sliced (optional)); Jamine rice (, white rice or other plain rice of choice)

Instructions

Prep:7minCook:15min

Recipe video above. Vietnamese caramel sauce is a popular sweet/savoury used in Vietnamese dishes. Here, it's used for bite size chicken pieces that get coated in the glaze with a generous dose of ginger. It's quick, easy, something different and outrageously good!Recipe adapted from Eat Like a Viet cookbook by Jenny Lam, after eating this at PhatLon, her Vietnamese restaurant in Perth.

Updated at: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 07:37:21 GMT