What is Gai Kow?

It's actually THAI Chicken Fried Rice:

Chicken Fried Rice (Kow Pad Gai)

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil (nam man)

1 Clove garlic (gra tiem), sliced

1 Chicken breast (gai), sliced

1 Egg (khai)

1 Small white onion (haum yai), sliced not too thin

3 cups cooked white or brown rice (kow), preferably left over rice from the day before.

2 Tablespoons Thai Soya bean sauce (see iew kow)

1 Tablespoon black soy sauce (see iew dum) (optional)

1 Teaspoon sugar (nam tarn)

1 Teaspoon ground black pepper (prik tai)

2 Green onions (ton haum), finely chopped

1/2 cup chopped cilantro (puk she)

1 Lime juice (nam ma now)

1 Tablespoon fish sauce (nam pla)

Directions:

1. At medium-high heat; brown the sliced garlic in heated oil in 10" wok or stir-fry pan.

2. Add chicken; cook until no longer pink (about 10 minutes).

3. Add onion and continue cooking for 5 minutes.

4. Make room at the center of wok or pan and stir in egg.

5. Reduce heat to medium. Add Rice, soy sauce, black soy sauce, sugar, pepper and green onion; stir them together (about 5 minutes).

6. Serve; spring cilantro on top. Season with lime juice and fish sauce as desire.

Makes 2 servings