Khao Man Gai

submitted by ron_west
from Pattaya, Thailand

For chicken:
1 whole chicken
2 tsp salt
7 cup of water

For soup:
10 cup water
1 lbs diced gourd (winter squash)
2 tsp pepper
3 Tbsp soy sauce
Green onion and parsley -- to taste

For rice:
2 lbs jasmine rice
3 Tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 cup chicken stock

For sauce:
1/2 cup yellow bean sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup dark soy sauce
1/2 cup palm sugar
1/3 cup chopped fresh ginger
1/4 cup chopped garlic
6 chopped fresh Thai chile peppers

Cook chicken in a large bowl, with water added. You can also use a stacked
steamer. Add a few pieces of diced gourd to the pot, and simmer or poach
over a low heat until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and tender. Remove
and drain the chicken, and cool. Cut off the wings and legs and reserve
them for other dishes. Remove the two chicken breasts, and discard the
skin. Cut the breasts into strips about half an inch wide, and cut the
strips into bite sized pieces. Rinse the uncooked jasmine rice. Put oil
into a pan, heat and fry the garlic until aromatic. Add the rice and cook
at medium heat until the rice starts to dry out. Transfer rice to a rice
cooker and add enough chicken stock so it's about 5/8-inch above the
rice. Turn on rice cooker and cook. Soup: Boil water and add the rest of
the gourd and soy sauce. After 30 minutes add pepper. Serve with slivered
green onions and parsley.

Dipping sauce: Mix the soy sauce, dark soy sauce, yellow bean sauce,
sugar, garlic, ginger and chile. Serve the chicken on a bed of the
steamed rice, garnished with parsley, and accompanied by a good supply of
sliced cucumber, with a cup of the chicken broth, and few pieces of squash
in the soup, garnished with parsley.

Optional: serve with salted pigs blood.

Khao Man is a more "high end" street vendor dish because it's more
complicated to make, and requires a fairly sophisticated cart and tools.
Commonly a vendor will begin setting up early in the evening and spends a
half-hour setting up tables and pots. Be sure to use yellow bean sauce (do
not substitute) and it's not authentic without some type of gourd
(squash) as well as cucumber.

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