Thai Street Vendor Ginger Chicken, "Gai Pad Khing"

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is lower in calories and can provide similar umami flavor.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats, while canola oil is often cheaper.

Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water for about 30 minutes, then squeeze out the water and slice them thinly.

Slice the jalapeno chili and fresh mushrooms.

Cut ginger into matchstick slices and prepare a small amount of chicken.

Slice green onions, which will be added last.

Heat a wok over high heat and add the chicken.

Add the ginger to the wok after the chicken.

Follow with the sliced mushrooms.

Add brown sugar to the mixture.

Pour in about 1-2 tablespoons of oyster sauce.

Add MSG, which is optional.

Pour in Golden Mountain sauce and soup stock.

Stir and cook until aromatic, with lots of steam and smoke.

Add sliced green onions to the dish.

Balance flavors with more oyster sauce and a touch of black soy sauce.

Add a little more soup stock if needed and continue cooking at high heat for a bit longer.

Serve the stir-fry over rice.

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