Ga xao xoai ca chua (mango and tomato chicken)
A fruity dish, sweet and redolent of fish sauce.
Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Aka gà xào xoài cà chua, what to do when you’re in a hurry and only have a handful of leftover fruit in the basket… Inspired by Wandering Chopsticks’ mango chicken, except I didn’t have bell peppers…
Mango and tomato chicken
Ga xao xoai ca chua (mango and tomato chicken)
Author: Aliette de Bodard
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Vietnamese
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Serves: 4
A nice and fruity dish for summer
Ingredients
- 200g chicken breast
- 1 large ripe mango
- 3 tomatoes
- Fish sauce
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. Put a few dashes of fish sauce (around 1-2 teaspoons, enough to give a little taste but not overwhelming). Marinate while you cut the mango.
- Peel the mango and cut into bite-size pieces. Cut the tomatoes into eighths.
- In a wok on medium heat, cook the chicken until it's done. Then add the mangoes, cook until they are charred and have released some of their juices (but are not mushy).
- Add the tomatoes. Cover for 1 minute or so. Uncover: the tomatoes should be a bit wrinkled.
- Serve with rice.
