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Vietnamese Chicken Ragu

Vietnamese Chicken Ragu

By: Cindy Lam Lorimer
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Marinate overnight: 12 hours
Total Time: 13 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Vietnamese chicken ragu is perfect for a cozy evening, offering the ultimate comfort with its tomato-based broth and tender chicken, making it the ideal dish to warm you up on chilly nights.

Ingredients

Marinade for chicken:

  • 3 lbs chicken breast, cut into 2 inch pieces
  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • 2 Tbsp curry powder
  • 2 Tbsp garlic, chopped
  • ½ cup shallots, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Ingredients:

  • avovado oil, or any neutral oil, for frying
  • 4.4 oz tube tomato paste
  • 2 lbs carrots, peeled, cut into big chunks
  • 4 cups Yukon potatoes, peeled, cut into big chunks
  • 8 ounce cremini or brown mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 32 oz low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 ½ cups coconut water , or juice from one whole coconut
  • 1 ½ Tbsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 Tbsp rock sugar
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 Tbsp mushroom powder
  • 1 onion, cut into wedges
  • 2 cups green peas

Instructions

  • Marinate chicken overnight with fish sauce, curry powder, garlic, shallots, salt and pepper.
  • Remove from fridge and bring it to room temperature. About 1 hour.
  • Brown chicken in a pot with avocado oil (or any neutral oil) over medium heat. Sear chicken for 3 minutes on each side. You will need to do this in two batches.
  • Return chicken to the pot and add tomato paste. Toss and stir so it covers all chicken pieces.
  • Add carrots, potatoes and mushroom.
  • Pour in chicken broth, coconut juice (or coconut water) and add salt, pepper, bay leaf, rock sugar, fish sauce and mushroom powder.
  • Bring to a boil, then turn down heat to a medium low and simmer for 45 minutes.
  • Turn off heat then add quartered onions (separate the onion slices)and green peas and stir to mix.
  • Make sure to occasionally remove the scum that floats on top.
  • Eat with rice or dip with baguette.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1portion | Calories: 608kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 65g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 2836mg | Potassium: 3039mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 26043IU | Vitamin C: 72mg | Calcium: 163mg | Iron: 6mg

Equipment

  • 7 quarts pot