Ohn No Khao Swè Recipes

OHN NO KHAO SWè RECIPE

Steps:

• To make the stock, add the water, chicken pieces, ginger and shallots to a stock pot. Bring to a vigorous simmer and reduce to a rolling boil.
• Partially cover the stock pot and simmer for an hour. Skim the stock occasionally to remove any scum build up on the surface.
• If you have decided to use chicken breast for the dish instead of drumsticks, use a thermometer to check the chicken breasts and remove when they are at 74˚C.
• Remove the chicken drumsticks from the stock. Strip off the meat and retain for the soup. Put the drumsticks back in the stock and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
• Strain the stock and when cool enough check the seasoning.

BURMESE CHICKEN-COCONUT SOUP (OHN NO KYAWSWE)

Steps:

• Place 1/2 chopped onion, ginger, garlic, and 1/4 cup water into a blender and puree until smooth. Soak rice noodles in a bowl of lukewarm water for about 30 minutes.
• Season chicken thigh meat lightly with salt and black pepper in a bowl and set aside. In a separate small bowl, whisk 1 cup of chicken broth into the chickpea flour. Reserve remaining 2 cups chicken broth for a later step.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in chicken pieces and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly browned. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon and set aside. Reduce heat to medium and add 1 1/2 sliced onions to the pan. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking and stirring until the onion is very tender and dark brown, 15 to 20 minutes more. Stir in the turmeric, paprika, and cayenne pepper.
• In a medium stockpot, combine cooked chicken and any juices that have accumulated, browned onions, onion and ginger puree, and remaining 2 cups of chicken broth. Carefully add chickpea flour and broth mixture, stirring quickly so that the flour doesn't clump.
• Bring the pot to a boil; reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the coconut milk and cook just until heated through. Divide the soaked rice noodles among 5 large soup bowls. Ladle the soup over the rice noodles in the bowls and garnish each bowl with lemon wedges, green onions, hard-cooked eggs, cilantro, fish sauce, fried noodles, and curry powder.

OHN-NO-KAUK-SWE (BURMESE CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• Put the vermicelli and noodles in a large bowl, and cover with boiling water. As they soften, use two forks to separate the strands. When fully softened, drain them in a colander, and set aside.
• Rub the chicken with the fish sauce, and set aside.
• Dissolve the chickpea flour in the water, and set aside.
• In a food processor, blend together the onions, garlic, turmeric, ginger and chillies. When well-blended, add 1/4 cup of the coconut cream, and process to a smooth paste.
• Heat the peanut oil in a pan large enough to hold all the soup ingredients. Add the paste and fry for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the chicken and continue frying for another 3 minutes, still stirring. Add half the stock (2 1/2 cups) and one stock cube, if used, and bring to a boil. Continue cooking another 15-20 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes. You want the sauce to start thickening.
• While the soup is cooking, prepare the garnishes, and set aside.
• While the soup is cooking, also heat the other half of the stock (and a second stock cube, if used) in another pan until it starts to boil. Add the dissolved (and stirred again) chickpea flour/water mixture, still stirring well to minimise lumps. When this thickens some (about 5 minutes) pour this mixture through a sieve into the pan containing the chicken mixture. Stir well. (The sieve is important -- no matter how much you stir, there are still a few lumps.).
• When the soup just starts to boil, add the remaining coconut cream. Then bring soup back to a rolling boil.
• While the soup is returning to a rolling boil, bring a full 2-liter kettle of water to the boil, then pour the hot water over the vermicelli and egg noodles you softened earlier. Get the garnishes ready to serve.
• Let diners serve themselves. Have each person put some noodles in their soup bowl, then ladle over the soup/chicken mixture and top with the garnishes they like. Those who like salty should add a few shots of extra fish sauce.
• Attack with a spoon and fork while the soup is hot.
• Note: We use all the garnishes -- liberally.