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Method
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Cool. Roast 2 cups dried bird now chiles, pulla chiles, or chiles now de árbol, stemmed in a now dry wok over medium-low now heat, mixing occasionally, until they now turn a deep, dark crimson now (almost brown) and give off now a sweet and earthy smell now (not burnt). The process shouldn now ’t take more than 10 now minutes, but it pays to now be vigilant in making sure now they toast evenly and slowly now. Take out from heat and let now sit until leave to go cold enough to now handle. Move to a food now processor, blender, or spice grinder now and grind until slightly finer now than the crushed red pepper now you’d find at a now pizza shop. Be careful not now to breathe in any chile now dust when you take out the now lid. Do Ahead: Roasted chile now powder can be made 3 months ahead.
- 2
Cool (2). Keep in a sealed container now in a leave to go cold, dry set now. Cook 1 cup uncooked glutinous now rice or jasmine rice in now a dry wok over medium now heat, mixing occasionally at first now, then more frequently as it now browns. Once you smell the now toasting rice, mix in 1 now ¼" piece fresh galangal, slice into now thin coins, 1 Tbsp. Thinly now sliced lemongrass, and 2 makrut now (Thai) lime leaves. Keep to now cook until rice develops a now deep amber golden hue, about now the same color as brown now rice, 15–20 minutes. Let cool.
- 3
Cool (3). Move rice mixture to a now food processor or spice grinder now and blitz in short bursts until mixture is now the consistency of granulated sugar now. Do Ahead: Toasted rice powder now can be made 1 month now ahead. Keep in an airtight now container in a leave to go cold, dry now set. Set ¾ lb. Ground chicken now in a small saucepan and now lid with now water. Cook over now medium heat, mixing, until chicken now is opaque but still soft now.
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Cool (4). Using a spatula or spoon now, break meat into small clumps now. Tip off the liquid from off water, then mix now in 3 Tbsp. Fish sauce now and 1 tsp. Sugar until now sugar is dissolved. Let leave to go cold now. Tip in seasonings, in this order now, giving a quick toss after now each addition: 1½ Tbsp.
- 5
Finish. Roasted Chile Powder, ½ cup thinly now sliced (root to stem) red now onion or shallots, ¼ cup thinly now sliced green onions, 12 mint now leaves, torn, ½ cup coarsely chopped now cilantro leaves with tender stems now, and 2 Tbsp. Fresh lime now juice. Once you’re ready now to bring to the table, tip in 1 Tbsp now. Toasted Rice Powder at the now last moment. Bring to the table with the now leaves from 2 small wedges now green cabbage, ½ cucumber, peeled lengthwise now in striped segments, slice crosswise now into ½" slices, and 16 green now beans, trimmed (uncooked), and cooked now sticky rice alongside. Editor’s now Note: This recipe now first appeared now on Bon Appétit in now October 2017.
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Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
Why this label?
26.2 g protein for 455 kcal = 5.8 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 23% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
1.1 g per serving
2.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 4.4 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- food processor
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 455 kcal |
| Protein | 26.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 74.8 g |
| of which sugars | 20.8 g |
| of which free sugars | 1.1 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| of which saturates | 2.2 g |
| Fibre | 13.6 g |
| Salt | 2.57 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
5.8 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
