CHICKEN SALAD (YAM TA GAY)

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(This salad is on the salty side add more chillies for spiceness)

1 Chicken Breast

Preparation:

Boil chicken breast for 10 minutes in chicken stock or cold water. To make stock always start with cold water

Add 1/2 T of salt

Cool breast and shread. Set aside on a bowl. Separate 25 gr per person.

Curry Paste for Salad:



(Similar to red curry)



50 g Dry Chilly re-hydrated in water for 10 minutes



2 inch of white lemongrass thinkly sliced



5 gr Galangel Ginger thinkly sliced



½ T Salt



1 t of white peppercorn



15 gr (4 cloves) Garlic



20 gr Shallots



3 g Kaffir lime skin



2 Coriander Root



½ T Shrimp Paste (Add last.. once all ingredients are pounded)

Pound all the ingredients of the paste in mortar until a smooth paste. Dry ingredients first, then wet and last the shrimp paste. Set aside.

Ingredients for the salad:

For flavor:



1 T (25 gr) of dried fish head smashed into thick powder. We used cat fish which skin and bones are hard to pound. We removed them. (Substititute: Small dried shrimp)



1 T Curry paste

Vegetables:



2 green long beans



45 g Bamboo shoot



½ cup raw bean sprout



3 stacks of morning glory



1 green chilli (or more to add spiciness)



1/6 banana blossom



1 lime (cut in 3rds thai style)



½ shredded chicken



Dressing:



2 T oil in a wok at M heat



Add 1 T curry paste and boil then add ½ cup coconut cream and keep stiring until boiling then add 1 T of dried fish. Turn the heat off, squezze the juice of the lime and poor into a decorative bowl

Preparation of vegetables:



Boil veggies by colors to make layers in the presentation phase. Boil in water with the assistance of a strainer. Sink each type of vegetables, one by one, in the boiling water with the strainer and immediately sink it in ice water to keeps the color and to stop the cooking process keeping them crunchy.

Serve in layers around the decorative bowl with dressing and garnish with toasted coconut meat, deep fried shallots and sesame seeds.

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Photos

CHICKEN SALAD (YAM TA GAY)
Chloe shredding a freshly boiled chicken breast

CHICKEN SALAD (YAM TA GAY) Keith and Chef
Keith rocking out that hasselbald !!

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Bird view

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[D MJ Binkley]

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