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Ga Kho Vietnamese Chicken with Jasmin Rice

  • Spicy
  • Asian
  • Low Calorie
  • Meat
  • Contains Dairy
  • Chicken

Caramelised chicken served in a sweet and spicy, sticky sauce - Ga Kho, is such a delicious and simple recipe that you’ll want to keep as your go to dish for an easy yet impressive meal!

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Nutrition Per Serving

  • Calories 669
  • Carbs 81.7g
  • Fat 20.3g
  • Fibre 5.7g
  • Protein 39.7g
  • Sugar 21.4g

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4.4
5 reviews

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  • 0.0 min

    Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil.

  • 0.5 min

    Peel and finely chop the garlic, ginger and red onion.

  • 2.5 min

    Finely slice the red chilli and spring onion across a diagonal.

  • 3.5 min

    Roughly chop the green capsicum and chicken into pieces.

  • 5.5 min

    In a bowl combine 1/3 of the fish sauce, 1/3 Soy Sauce and 1/3 of the brown sugar and add the chicken to marinade.

  • 7.0 min

    In another bowl, mix together the remaining brown sugar, water, apple cider vinegar and fish sauce and soy sauce and mix until the sugar has dissolved.

  • 8.5 min

    Add the rice to the boiling water and cook until tender (11 mins).

  • 9.0 min

    Heat the olive oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add the red onion, garlic and ginger to the wok and stir fry until fragrant and the onion is starting to become softer.

  • 12.0 min

    Add the chicken and allow to sear on the outside. Add the green capsicum and stir fry.

  • 15.0 min

    Pour in the sauce and continue to cook, allowing the chicken to begin to caramelise.

  • 19.5 min

    Drain the rice.

  • 20.0 min

    Remove the chicken from the heat. Stir in the red chilli and spring onion.

  • 21.5 min

    Distribute the rice among serving plates. Serve the Ga Kho atop the rice and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

White Rice
White Rice
65.00 Grams
Chicken Breast
Chicken Breast
chopped
130.00 Grams
Olive Oil
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon per person
1.00 Tablespoons
Green Capsicum
Green Capsicum
chopped
1.00 Whole
Sesame Seeds
Sesame Seeds
5.00 Grams
Spring Onion
Spring Onion
thinly sliced
1.00 Whole
Red Onion
Red Onion
finely chopped
1.00 Whole
Fresh Red Chilli
Fresh Red Chilli
thinly sliced
1.00 Whole
Ginger
Ginger
finely chopped
10.00 Grams
Garlic
Garlic
finely chopped
1.00 Clove
Water
Water
20ml per person
20.00 Millilitres
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar
10.00 Millilitres
Fish Sauce
Fish Sauce
10.00 Millilitres
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar
12.50 Grams
Soy Sauce
Soy Sauce
20.00 Millilitres

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Really good, but not quite as tasty as the kung pao chicken!

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Authentic taste...

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