INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:14:38 -0500  From: The Meades
<kmeade@ids2.idsonline.com> (by way of Reply-To:  "Colonel I. F. K.
Philpott" <colonel@korat1.vu-korat.ac.th>  This is one of a a pair of
recipes that I'll post today that cause  some confusion because of
their similar names.  gai   = chicken  pad   = stir-fried  khing =
ginger  So this dish is chicken stir-fried in ginger.  This is a
simple,  quick meal that could equally be made with pork or beef, or
even  shrimp, or for the vegetarians, tofu marinated in a mixture of
dark  soy and fish sauce for flavor.  It is cooked in a hot wok--the
peanut oil used for cooking should be  at the smoking point.  However,
if this makes you a little nervous it  doesn't suffer from being cooked
a little cooler. If you do use a  lower temperature, then the garlic
should be sauteed in the oil  before the chicken is added to bring out
the flavor. At high  temperature, this would result in burnt (and very
unpalatable) garlic  flakes in the food, so you add the garlic with the
chicken, not  before it.  Because of the high temperatures you will
need to move swiftly from  step to step.  Therefore, I strongly
recommend that you put the  ingredients on plates ready to add them;
you won't have time to  measure ingredients once things start to move.
Method    Mix the fish sauce, soy and oyster sauce ready for use,  
Bring the oil to the smoking point in an adequately large wok, and  add
the chicken and garlic, and stir fry until the chicken begins to
change color (this is quite quick, so don't overcook).    Add the sauce
and stir until it returns to a bubbling consistency,  then add the
remaining ingredients, and stir until the chicken is  cooked.    Serve
with steamed rice, and garnish.  NOTE: The recipe for pork is
identical, beef if it is used should be  marinated in a mixture of 2
tablespoons of whiskey and the fish  sauce, soy sauce and oyster sauce,
which should be retained after  marinating to be added to the cooking.
Regards, Colonel Ian F.  Khuntilanont-Philpott Systems Engineering,
Vongchavalitkul  University, Korat 30000, Thailand  CHILE-HEADS DIGEST
V2 #248  From the Chile-Heads recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe  Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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