Khao Mok Gai

Name: Khao Mok Gai
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 4 chicken legs; 2 cups jasmine rice; 2 tbsp curry powder, 1 tsp turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves; 1/2 cup yogurt; Fried shallots; 2.5 cups chicken stock; Mint sauce: mint, chillies, vinegar, sugar and salt, blended

ข้าวหมกไก่/kao MOK gai/

Also known as: Khao Mok Kai, Thai Chicken Biryani, Thai Yellow Rice with Chicken

About this dish

Thai-Muslim chicken biryani: turmeric-yellow rice baked with spiced chicken, topped with fried shallots and served with a sweet-sour mint sauce.

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Ingredients

🍗4 chicken legs

🍚2 cups jasmine rice

🌿2 tbsp curry powder, 1 tsp turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves

🥛1/2 cup yogurt

🧅Fried shallots

🍲2.5 cups chicken stock

🌿Mint sauce: mint, chillies, vinegar, sugar and salt, blended

Method

Serves 4

Marinate the chicken in yogurt, curry powder and turmeric for at least 2 hours.

Brown the chicken in oil, then remove.

Fry the whole spices and rice in the same pot until coated and fragrant.

Add the stock, nestle the chicken on top, cover and cook on low for 25 minutes until the rice is done.

Serve topped with fried shallots, with the sweet-sour mint sauce and cucumber.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Khao mok gai comes from Thailand's Muslim communities in Bangkok and the south; the green dipping sauce of mint and chilli is essential.

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