We all know Thim 5 is the queen of xoi, and we also know that Anh Hai Mike could whoop this up with his eyes closed..
For those of us who are not Thim 5 or Anh Hai Mike, I've put up this recipe.
Ingredients:
2 cups Calrose glutinous rice
3 chicken breasts
2 2/3 cups of broth (use the water you've boiled the chicken breasts in)
Green onions
Vegetable oil
Dried onions
3 to 4 Lap Xuong (the fat ones if you're a baller like me)
optional: thick soy sauce
Directions:
1. Soak your rice in water and set aside
2. Boil water with some salt. Add chicken and let it boil for 25 ish minutes until chicken fully cooked. Add a little pepper to the water if you're feeling adventurous.
3. As the chicken is boiling, chop your green onions and put it in a bowl with a little vegetable oil.
4. Chop up your lap xuong (diagonally. just kidding however you want!) and fry those bad boys up until they are goldeny delicious. Set aside.
5. At this point your chicken should be fully boiled. take the breasts out and SAVE THAT WATER. Measure out 2 and 2/3 cups of it.
6. Drain out your rice and put it in a pot with the 2 and 2/3 chicken broth that you have just made. Level out your pot. Bring it to a boil, and once it boils, put your flame on low and put a lid on it. Leave the pot alone for 20 minutes.
7. Shred up your chicken and then dress it up with some pepper, maybe a dash of salt.. and the tiniest bit of thick soy sauce for color and mild flavor.
8. Twiddle your fingers until the xoi is done cooking.
9. Once your xoi is done cooking, spread it out onto a platter of your choice!
10. Evenly distribute your chicken and lap xuong on top of it
11. microwave your bowl of chopped green onions and oil for 30 seconds. Spoon that goodness over the xoi
12. Take your dried onions and top your delicious xoi with it.
13. Take a picture of it and put it on facebook.
14. Brag to all of your friends about your delicious creation!
HOORAY!
