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This is my mum’s classic Thai Ginger Chicken Stir-fry (Gai Pad King) that I loved to eat as a kid. It’s one of those authentic restaurant dishes that is really easy to recreate at home.

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Thai Chicken & Ginger Stir-fry

Ingredients

400g (14 oz) chicken thighs, thinly sliced

2 tbsp vegetable oil

5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

1 onion, sliced

5cm piece (about 40g/1.4 oz) young ginger*, finely sliced

150g (5 oz) fresh wood ear mushrooms*, sliced

2 spring onions (scallions), cut into batons

steamed rice to serve

Marinade:

1 tsp sweet dark soy sauce

½ tsp white pepper

Stir-fry sauce:

2 tbsp oyster sauce

2 ½ tsp fish sauce

1 tsp sugar

Steps

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    Combine the marinade ingredients with the chicken.

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    Combine the ingredients for the stir-fry sauce.

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    Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan over high heat. Add the garlic, onion and ginger and stir-fry for half a minute. Add the chicken and stir-fry until almost cooked.

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    Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for another half a minute. Then add the stir-fry sauce you made earlier. Stir-fry until just combined and the chicken is cooked. Toss through the spring onions. Then remove from heat and serve with steamed rice.

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    Notes:

    – Young ginger has very pale, thin skin and is milder than regular or old ginger (which has the light brown skin. If using regular ginger, use half this amount.

    – If fresh wood ear mushrooms are not available, you can use dried wood ear mushrooms. Soak them in hot water for 20 minutes or until tender.

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            This is my mum’s classic Thai Ginger Chicken Stir-fry (Gai Pad King) that I loved to eat as a kid. It’s one of those authentic restaurant dishes that is really easy to recreate at home.

            PREP TIME15 minutes
            COOK TIME10 minutes
            SERVES4

            Ingredients

            400g (14 oz) chicken thighs, thinly sliced

            2 tbsp vegetable oil

            5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

            1 onion, sliced

            5cm piece (about 40g/1.4 oz) young ginger*, finely sliced

            150g (5 oz) fresh wood ear mushrooms*, sliced

            2 spring onions (scallions), cut into batons

            steamed rice to serve

            Marinade:

            1 tsp sweet dark soy sauce

            ½ tsp white pepper

            Stir-fry sauce:

            2 tbsp oyster sauce

            2 ½ tsp fish sauce

            1 tsp sugar

            Steps

            • Thai Chicken and Ginger Stir-fry | Marion's Kitchen (20)

              Combine the marinade ingredients with the chicken.

            • Thai Chicken and Ginger Stir-fry | Marion's Kitchen (21)

              Combine the ingredients for the stir-fry sauce.

            • Thai Chicken and Ginger Stir-fry | Marion's Kitchen (22)

              Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan over high heat. Add the garlic, onion and ginger and stir-fry for half a minute. Add the chicken and stir-fry until almost cooked.

            • Thai Chicken and Ginger Stir-fry | Marion's Kitchen (23)

              Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for another half a minute. Then add the stir-fry sauce you made earlier. Stir-fry until just combined and the chicken is cooked. Toss through the spring onions. Then remove from heat and serve with steamed rice.

            • Thai Chicken and Ginger Stir-fry | Marion's Kitchen (24)

              Notes:

              – Young ginger has very pale, thin skin and is milder than regular or old ginger (which has the light brown skin. If using regular ginger, use half this amount.

              – If fresh wood ear mushrooms are not available, you can use dried wood ear mushrooms. Soak them in hot water for 20 minutes or until tender.

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