River Leaves Chicken Soup | Canh Gà Lá Giang

Name: River Leaves Chicken Soup | Canh Gà Lá Giang
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 whole free range chicken (cleaned & chopped into chunks); 1 minced lemongrass; 4 minced garlic; 1 minced shallots; 1 tsp chicken bouillon; 3/4 Tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1/4 tsp msg; 1/2 tsp ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp fish sauce; 1 lb River leaves (no stems); 2 lemongrass stalk (smashed & halved); 2 Tbsp cooking oil; 2 tsp sea salt; 2 tsp chicken bouillon; 1 Tbsp fish sauce (or more to taste); 4-5 whole green chili

Quoc Nguyen | Chef Q @chefqstr

Katy, Texas USA

Lá Giang - River Leaves or also known as Sour Leaves, are quite rare to see fresh in the states. These leaves have a slight sourness to it that makes you want to keep eating more! This chicken soup with river leaves brings back childhood memories. The sourness is a balance between a tamarind and a lime. With more of a sourness hit when you eat the leaves, while the soup is subtle and aromatic.

Quoc Nguyen | Chef Q @chefqstr

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 people

Chicken marinade
1whole free range chicken (cleaned & chopped into chunks)
1minced lemongrass
4minced garlic
1minced shallots
1 tspchicken bouillon
3/4 Tbspsugar
1/2 tspsea salt
1/4 tspmsg
1/2 tspground black pepper
1 Tbspfish sauce
Others
1 lbRiver leaves (no stems)
2lemongrass stalk (smashed & halved)
2 Tbspcooking oil
2 tspsea salt
2 tspchicken bouillon
1 Tbspfish sauce (or more to taste)
4-5whole green chili

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Marinade your chicken with the ingredients listed under “chicken marinade”. Let marinade for at least 30 minutes.
2

In a pot, add cooking oil and lemongrass stalk. Sautee to bring out the aroma of lemongrass. Add marinaded chicken. Sauté till evenly seared.
3

Add water to pot. Fill to over cover chicken. Bring to boil. Skim off foam. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Then remove lemongrass stalk.
4

Crush river leaves and add to pot. Add whole green chili. Simmer for 3 minutes.
5

Ready to enjoy with rice or rice noodles!