Ginger chicken is a flavorful dish made with fresh ginger, chicken, and vegetables. Recipes vary in ingredients and cooking methods, such as baking, frying, or using a marinade. Different cultures have their own variations, such as Pakistani-style with vegetables and Thai-style with molasses and peanut butter.
Ginger chicken is a tasty main dish. Typically, fresh, chopped ginger is added to chicken, vegetables, and other ingredients to add a rich, spicy flavor. Ginger also gives off a very fragrant aroma when cooked. Ginger chicken recipes vary widely in their exact ingredients and cooking method.
For example, chicken cooked with ginger can be prepared in a microwave, regular or convection oven. It can also be fried in an electric or kitchen skillet or skillet. The ingredient list can be extensive or minimal. While some cooks like to use a variety of poultry pieces to make ginger chicken, others prefer just the breasts, thighs, or wings. The chicken can be dredged in flour and seasonings first or left plain.
A marinade of minced ginger and garlic plus sherry, honey and chicken wing seasoning is simple to mix up. This type of marinade can be used to make Indonesian-style ginger chicken. Chicken wings are baked after the raw poultry has been left in the marinade in the refrigerator for several hours. Variations on the basic marinade include adding seasonings such as paprika or sage and/or mixing in some lemon, lime or orange juice.
Some cooks like to top baked or fried ginger seasoned chicken with preserves such as peaches or apricots. Others like to serve this chicken dish with rice and peanuts sprinkled on top for crunch. Chopped parsley is a popular seasoning for many ginger chicken dishes. Peanut Ginger Chicken recipes come in many variations; some of these feature curry in the coating or dredge mix.
In Pakistan, vegetables such as chopped onions, tomatoes and chillies, along with spices, are commonly cooked in hot oil in a pan before chicken pieces are added. The chicken is then heated in the thick gravy until cooked through. Turmeric is a spice often added to this style of ginger chicken.
Thai Ginger Chicken is a popular dish called Gai Pad Khing. “Pad” refers to the fried dish, “Gai” means chicken and “Kning” means ginger. While it uses many similar ingredients to the Indonesian version above, Thai-style recipes typically call for the addition of molasses, peanut butter, and chili powder, as well as fish sauce or oysters. Mushrooms are also often used in this main dish made in a wok.
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