Chicken with Ginger and Vietnamese Fish Sauce

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Cooking time: 15 minutes
Prep time: About 10 minutes

Makes: 2 servings

    

Ingredients

• 8 oz.     chicken thighs (skinless, boneless)
• 1 T.       mild olive oil
• 1 t.        minced garlic
• 1 1/2 t.   minced fresh ginger
• 1 t.         chopped green onion
• 2 T.       caramel fish sauce
• 1/4 t.       Cajun seasoning (like Tony Cachere's)
• 1/4 cup   water
• 3             green onions, cut in 2-inch lengths

    

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a wok and fry chicken 2 minutes.
2. Add ginger, garlic, and chopped green onions. Stir-fry 1 minute.
3. Add fish sauce, Cajun seasoning, and water. Simmer 10 minutes.
4. Add green onion strips, stir into sauce 1 minute.
5. Serve over steamed rice.

Modified from a recipe in the April 19, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle, p. F7

 

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