Hmong Chargrilled Black Chicken

Gà Ác Nướng Hmong

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    as part of a Shared Meal
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

  • About

BLACK CHICKENS ARE VERY POPULAR IN ASIA, PARTICULARLY IN CHINA AND VIETNAM, WHERE THEY ARE CALLED GA AC, MEANING ‘EVIL CHICKEN. THEY ARE INDEED SCARY-LOOKING SCRAWNY THINGS, WITH BLUE-BLACK SKIN, JET BLACK BONES AND FIVE TOES INSTEAD OF FOUR - PURE EVIL! YOU CAN BUY THEM AT YOUR LOCAL CHINATOWN.

WHILE WE WERE AT THE MARKETS WE MET A LADY SELLING WILD SAPA HONEY. SHE POURED SOME INTO A TINY TEACUP FOR US. WE WERE AMAZED AT HOW LIGHT AND DELICATE THE HONEY WAS; I COULD HAVE DRU