Umkep char chnay.
(Gingery frog legs. )
Delicious frog legs with caramelized ginger sauce is authentic Khmer
country food.
Back home, the poor Khmer Krom eat frog legs and the well to do eat
chicken legs.
But in America, frog legs are expensive, fresh frog legs are hard to
find and it is cheaper to eat chicken legs.
Ingredients :
1 lb. Fresh or frozen frog legs.
¼ Cup juliennes fresh ginger root.
¼ Cup water.
2 Tablespoons cooking oil.
1 Tablespoon fish sauce.
1 Teaspoon sugar.
¼ Teaspoon salt.
2 Cloves garlic. Minced.
1 Yellow onion. Sliced.
1 Stalk green onion. Chopped.
A dash of black pepper.
2 Hot chili pepper. Sliced. (Option).
CARAMELIZED SAUCE:
1 Teaspoon sugar.
1 Teaspoon water.
Procedures :
CARAMELIZED SAUCE:
In a small pot put 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon water, and cooked it
in low heat till sugar turns dark brown color, and not burn.
Immediately pour water over caramelized sugar. Stirs.
Removed caramelized sauce from the heat and set a side.
Pre-heated a skillet or wok, when it hot pour-cooking oil.
Sauté garlic, yellow onion, ginger and frog legs.
Seasoning with fish sauce, sugar, black pepper and caramelized sauce.
Simmering till frog legs tender,( occasionally turns frog legs over
during cooking).
Add hot chili pepper and green onion before serve.
Serve hot with rice.