DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Gaeng Hang Lay
Also known as: Kaeng Hang Le, แกงฮังเล
Pailin Chongchitnant’s selected gaeng hang lay braises pork belly and spare-rib tips in a thick tamarind-seasoned northern Thai curry. Its own paste and spice powder are finished with fresh ginger and optional whole garlic and pearl onions.
About Gaeng Hang Lay
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Pailin Chongchitnant’s selected gaeng hang lay braises pork belly and spare-rib tips in a rich northern Thai curry. Fresh ginger and tender whole garlic cloves finish the aromatic sauce, with selected pearl onions as an optional addition.
An own curry powder dry-toasts its whole spices before grinding them with ground turmeric and nutmeg. A measured portion of that larger batch seasons the own paste of lemongrass, galangal, fresh turmeric, garlic, shallots, selected dried guajillo chili and fermented shrimp paste.
Pork belly is seared without added oil so its rendered fat can fry the paste. The ribs join the pan before the paste coats the meat, and water is added just to cover it.
Fish sauce, prepared tamarind and selected dark brown sugar season the long gentle braise. Selected optional Thai black soy deepens the colour, and uncovering towards the end reduces the liquid to a thick sauce.
Ginger, selected optional whole garlic and pearl onions join once the pork is tender. Separately prepared rice accompanies the curry, with an optional extra ginger garnish; this version retains the author’s own spice-and-paste route.
Ingredients in Gaeng Hang Lay
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- Gingerseasoning
- Garlicseasoning
- Shallotseasoning
- Tamarindseasoning
- Palm Sugarsweetener
- Fish sauceseasoning
- Peanutgarnish
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Shrimp Pasteseasoning
- Northern Thai curry pastesauce
- Porkprotein
- Dried chilliseasoning
- Lemongrassseasoning
- Tamarindsauce
- Peanutseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Thailand
- Cooking traditions
- Thai-style
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