NeoVietnamese Ginger Chicken

This is a slightly spicy, salty, and very flavorful chicken dish, based on traditional vietnamese cuisine. Please note, that this is designed to be served with a fairly large amount of rice, because of the salty nature of the fish sauce.

Ingredients

1 pound Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
2 TBS minced ginger
1 TBS granulated sugar
1 tsp granulated sugar
2.5 TBS fish sauce
2 TBS cola syrup

Instructions

Slice the chicken thighs into strips, and place in a small bowl. Add the ginger, fish sauce, and all of the sugar, and mix well. Set the chicken mixture aside to sit for 10-20 minutes. This is an excellent time to prepare the rice, or a salad or other side dish.

Heat a non-stick pan over high heat, and then add the chicken when it is hot. You can drop a droplet of water on the pan to test the heat. Immediately reduce the heat to medium, and cover the pan. Let it cook this way for another 10 minutes.

Remove the cover, and add the cola syrup to the chicken, stirring well. Increase the heat to back to high, and let the mixture cook down, stirring occasionally. When almost all of the liquid has reduced down, leaving a minimal glaze to the chicken and a few spoonfulls of sauce, remove the chicken from the heat.

Ingredient Notes

Cola syrup is readily available from many drug stores, since it is an excellent anti-emetic. Some people also mix it with carbonated water and consume the result as a recreational beverage. Back to Top

Dave Weinstein
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