Phat khing (, ; ) is a Thai dish,
that is popular in
Thailand
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and
Laos
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.
''Kai phat khing'' (ไก่ผัดขิง) contains
stir-fried
Stir frying ( zh, c= 炒, p=chǎo, w=ch'ao3, cy=cháau) is a cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred or tossed in a wok. The technique originated in China and in recent centuries ...
chicken and different vegetables like
mushrooms
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The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
and
peppers
Pepper(s) may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plants
** Black pepper
** Long pepper
** Kampot pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
...
, but other meats may be used. The defining ingredient is sliced
ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...
("khing") which gives the dish a very characteristic taste. Other important ingredients in this dish are
soy sauce
Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of China, Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermentation (food), fermented paste of soybeans, roasted cereal, grain, brine, and ''Aspergillus oryzae'' or ''A ...
and
onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' , from Latin ), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus '' Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classifie ...
. It is served with rice. In both countries chicken
gizzards
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are sometimes (partially) substituted for chicken.
References
External links
Thai Stir-Fry of Chicken, Fresh Ginger, and Mushrooms: Gai Pad KhingQuick Lao Ginger Chicken Recipe
Lao cuisine
Thai cuisine
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