4 people · Medium · 60 min · ₭ Average

Chicken Salad (Xoup Kai) is another Lao traditional local dish. So simple, so flavorful, and so good. See the recipe below.

Ingredients

For boiling chicken

• 1 Kg of whole chicken
• 1.5 tablespoons of salt
• 1 teaspoon of knorr powder
• 1 tablespoon of thin soy sauce
• 2 L of water
• 5 slices of fresh ginger
• 1 yellow onion
• 2 stalks of lemongrass stalks, roughly bashed

For chicken salads

• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons of soy seasoning sauce
• 1 tablespoon of lime juice
• 2 tablespoons of roasted rice powder, roasted
• 5 cloves of garlic, roasted
• 2 piece-nuay of fresh chili, or dry chili or chili powder
• 1 slice of fresh ginger
• 4 Asian red shallots, roasted
• 2 tablespoons of sliced green onions
• 3 tablespoons of sliced coriander
• 3 tablespoons of sliced culantro

Preparation

Step 1. Have a huge pot, add water, salt, ginger, yellow onion, and the bashed lemongrass, let it boil.

Step 2. Cut the chicken into half and put into pot, boil chicken with medium to high heat about 40mns to 1 hour. Then take the chicken out from a pot and let it cool.

Step 3. Roast garlic, red onions, and chili until brown, then pound them together, add a pinch of salt and 1 slice of fresh ginger.

Step4. Shred the chicken meat into small piece from the bones ( by hand tastes better) and put in the big bowl.

Step 5. Add pounded garlic, red onions, chili and ginger. Then add fish sauce, soy seasoning sauce, lime juice and also add 5 table spoon of chicken broth or more. Mix everything and adjust the taste.

Step 6. Add Roasted rice powder and coriander, culantro, and green onions slices and mix gently. Enjoy !