Chao Ga
Vietnamese rice porridge with shredded chicken, ginger, and scallion — comforting and lightly spiced.
- prep 10 min
- cook 60 min
- total 70 min
- serves 6
- intermediate
- Vietnam
Ingredients
- 200 g jasmine rice
- 1.5 kg chicken
- 40 g ginger
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 spring onion
- 20 g cilantro
- 30 g fried shallots
- 0.5 tsp white pepper
- 2 lime
Steps
- Toast dry rice in the pot 2 minutes.
- Add chicken, ginger, onion, and 3 L water.
- Simmer 40 minutes.
- Remove the chicken, shred, and return the bones briefly.
- Strain; the rice should be broken and porridge-like.
- Season with fish sauce and white pepper.
- Ladle the porridge and top with chicken, scallion, cilantro, fried shallots, and lime.
≈ 340 kcal · 26 g protein · 38 g carbs · 8 g fat — per serving, estimate