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Cha Knyey
Sabrina’s cha knyey is a Cambodian home dish of chicken thighs stir-fried with thinly cut fresh ginger.

About Cha Knyey
Sabrina’s cha knyey is a Cambodian home dish of chicken thighs stir-fried with thinly cut fresh ginger. She recalls her mother making the chicken-and-ginger combination frequently during her childhood.
Oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and brown sugar form the marinade with black pepper and salt. Garlic and yellow onion join the chicken in the wok, while ginger gives the dish its dominant aromatic flavour.
Sliced scallions finish the chicken in its serving bowl. The thin chicken pieces and ginger strips are accompanied by freshly steamed rice.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Molluscs, Soy.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cha Knyey
Sabrina’s Cambodian ginger chicken.
- Chicken thighsProtein
- Oyster sauceSeasoning
- Dark soy sauceSeasoning
- Brown sugarSweetener
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Fresh gingerAromatic
- Yellow onionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- ScallionsGarnish
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Prepared steamed riceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken thighs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oyster sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Molluscs source-confirmed. Actual43 conventional oyster sauce confirms Molluscs; full product formula unknown.
- Dark soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual45 ordinary dark soy sauce confirms Soy; exact Wheat/product formula unknown.
- Brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51 salt option selected over chickenbouillon powder.
- Fresh ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 generic vegetableoil, exact botanical species unprovided.
- Prepared steamed rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual97/115 named prepared steamedrice, variety/upstream formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Cambodia association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Cambodia
- CambodiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Khmer Cuisine
- Khmer CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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