DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Gai Pad Med Mamuang
Also known as: ไก่ผัดเม็ดมะม่วงแบบจีน, ไก่ผัดเม็ดมะม่วงหิมพานต์
Pailin Chongchitnant’s selected Thai cashew chicken stir-fries soy-marinated thigh with onion, green and selected red peppers in an own savoury sauce. Darker-roasted cashews and green onions finish it, with optional fried chilies and separate jasmine rice.
About Gai Pad Med Mamuang
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Pailin Chongchitnant’s selected gai pad med mamuang is a Thai cashew-chicken stir-fry with bell peppers, onion and green onion. She places the dish in Thailand’s Chinese and Chinese-Thai restaurant cooking, while noting that its vegetables and sauces vary.
Selected chicken thigh marinates in soy sauce. Unsalted pre-roasted cashews are roasted again until darker, giving them a more pronounced nutty flavour and a crunch that stands up to the sauce.
Optional dried chilies briefly fry in the neutral oil and are removed to drain. The same oil browns the chicken, which is removed before garlic and onion begin the vegetable stage.
Required green pepper and the selected red-pepper portion join the chicken and an own oyster, soy, fish-sauce and Thai-chili-paste mixture. The source allows the sugar, Golden Mountain sauce and toasted sesame oil to vary with the chosen sauce balance.
Green onions and cashews are tossed in after the heat is switched off. The optional fried chilies top the plate, and separately prepared jasmine rice accompanies the stir-fry; adding the cashews near serving preserves their crunch.
Ingredients in Gai Pad Med Mamuang
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- Chickenprotein
- Whole cashewtopping
- Onionbase
- Green oniongarnish
- Garlicseasoning
- Oyster Saucesauce
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Chilli pepperseasoning
- Soy Saucesauce
- Sugarsweetener
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Thailand
- Cooking traditions
- Thai Chinese-style
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