{"id":1081,"date":"2021-02-23T22:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T05:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T23:00:31","slug":"vietnamese-chicken-and-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/02\/23\/vietnamese-chicken-and-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Chicken and Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese chicken and rice \" class=\"wp-image-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222-1536x917.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_213222.jpg 1834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapted from Andrea Nguyen via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/gratitude-chicken-and-celery-rice-22904639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Kitchn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a prime example of how a long time of cooking experience can boost your confidence to adapt recipes to work for you. In this case, it had an unfamiliar rice cooking procedure. But I know how to cook rice with the &#8220;pilaf method,&#8221; (starting by saut\u00e9ing the rice in some fat) so I just did that and assembled everything at the end. Also, the proportions didn&#8217;t fit my vision for a main course &#8211; I had more chicken and wanted less rice. So I just adjusted the amounts accordingly. I included carrots with the celery, and my celery was very leafy so I chopped up the leaves to sprinkle on as a garnish. And some radishes I had in the crisper drawer.<br>It was yummy! I would make it again. Serving with hot sauce (I love Trader Joe&#8217;s Green Dragon Sauce) made it little more exotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (or use 2-3 cups shredded cooked chicken)<\/li><li>1.5 cups jasmine rice<\/li><li>4 Tbsp chicken fat, ghee, vegetable oil or a combination<\/li><li>2 cups chicken broth<\/li><li>2 Tbsp fish sauce<\/li><li>4 stalks celery, sliced<\/li><li>4 medium carrots, sliced<\/li><li>1 Tbsp fresh lime juice<\/li><li>Salt and pepper<\/li><li>Optional garnish: chopped celery leaves, chopped cilantro, sliced radishes, sliced green onions&#8230;<\/li><li>Hot sauce, to serve<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cook chicken using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/06\/20\/basic-chicken-methods\/\">sear-and-steam method<\/a>. Reserve liquid, shred or slice chicken when cooled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rinse rice in a fine mesh strainer until water runs clear. Heat 2 Tbsp chicken fat, ghee, or oil in a large saucepan. Saute rice until moisture has evaporated. Add chicken broth and water to chicken cooking liquid as necessary to measure 2.25 cups. Pour into saucepan, along with 1 Tbsp fish sauce, and give it a quick stir. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cook 18 minutes. Fluff rice and let stand 10 minutes to finish cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heat 1-2 more Tbsp chicken fat, ghee, or oil in now-empty saute pan. Cook celery and carrots until crisp-tender and lightly browned. Stir in shredded chicken and 1 Tbsp fish sauce. Stir in fresh lime juice, salt and pepper to taste, and serve over rice garnished with chopped celery, cilantro, radishes and\/or green onions. Don&#8217;t forget the hot sauce!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633-1536x1129.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211227_134633.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>So fresh; so comforting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a prime example of how a long time of cooking experience can boost your confidence to adapt recipes to work for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[65,44,126,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}