Fried Chicken with Ginger

Name: Fried Chicken with Ginger (Kai Pad Khing)
Cuisine: Luang prabang
Ingredients: 3 (small) heads garlic—take off the outer skin and peel each clove, then crush them on a chopping-board; ground black pepper; chopped coriander leaves; 1 chicken, cleaned and gutted—divide it first into two breast pieces and two leg pieces, then cut and divide the legs from the drumsticks; as for the feet, they should be cut off at the knee joints; the wings should also be separated at the shoulder bones, and each breast cut into two parts; the remaining carcase should be cut into large pieces—do not cut bones into small pieces; salt, fish sauce; 1 chicken gizzard, turned inside out, washed, salted, sprinkled with ground black pepper and left on a plate; 2 pieces ginger, thinly sliced; squeeze out the liquid and fry it in pork fat until it gives off a good aroma, then remove it from the fat and leave it on a plate; shallots, peeled—fry them until they give off a good aroma and are nice and golden, then leave them on a plate—you should have enough to fill a large rice-bowl; 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped and set aside in a bowl; straight-bulbed spring onions—the green parts only, cut into pieces 2 cm long; 1 fully grown coconut, opened, the meat grated and two extractions of coconut milk squeezed out, only a little from each extraction

Kai Pad Khing

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Traditional Recipes of Laos

By Phia Sing

Published 1981

About

Ingredients

1 chicken, cleaned and gutted—divide it first into two breast pieces and two leg pieces, then cut and divide the legs from the drumsticks; as for the feet, they should be cut off at the knee joints; the wings should also be separated at the sho

Asia
Laos
Side dish
Starter
Main course
Gluten-free
Southeast Asia

Method

Put a wok on the fire, and 1 ladleful of pork fat in it. Add the chopped onion and fry it until it gives off a good smell and has turned golden. Next, put in the chicken and the crushed garlic. Turn the pieces of chicken frequently, add the fish sauce and mix everything together. If