A Vietnamese Affair - Broken Rice With Grilled Chicken

What do you do when you are craving for a plate of grilled chicken with broken rice? I really did mean grilled, but how often we are given oily deep fried (and dried) chicken with wilted lettuce and the "just to show you that I care" garnishes of sliced tomato and cucumber. And please don't let me go there, "sunny side ups" that clearly have seen better days. Instead of getting disappointed over and over again, I  decided it might be easier just to make my own. I have taken out what we don't like and added something we do, you get the idea :)

for the chicken;

marinate 3 or 4 boneless maryland overnight or for at least an hour with the following:

1 tbs of five spice powder

1 tbs of sesame oil

1 tbs of cooking oil

1 tbs of grated ginger

dash of fish sauce

dash of dark soy

salt and pepper to taste

grill chicken on the barbie on medium heat for 5 minutes each side, rest for 5 minutes and cut into pieces

for the salad;

1 tomato, sliced

1 small cucumber, sliced

some flowering garlic chives, cut into 2" length

mint and coriander

salt and pepper

juice of half a lime

mix everything well and divide between 3 plates

for the pickle;

1 small daikon, cut into matchstick size

3 carrot, peeled, cut into matchstick size

1l of white vinegar

6 to 7 tbs of caster sugar

large pinch of salt

sprinkle vegetable with salt, mixed well. Rinsed after 20 minutes, squeeze dry, marinate vegetable in vinegar and sugar solution for at least an hour.

for the chive omelet;

100g of everyday pork mince

handful of garlic chives, cut into bite size pieces

1 red chili , cut into rings

3 eggs beaten

dash of fish sauce

salt and pepper to taste

mix everything well and make a nice omelet in your skillet, cut into 6 wedges

for the dipping sauce;

3 bird chili

4 cloves of garlic

6 tbs of sugar

5 to 6 tbs of fish sauce

5 to 6 tbs of lime juice

1 cup of warm water

In a mortal and pastel, pound chli, garlic and sugar into a pulp, add the remaining ingredients and stir it well.

to assemble;

have as much or as little of cook broken rice on your plate, add a bit of pickle, salad, some omelet and the grilled chicken. Pour a generous amount of dipping sauce over it, now we are talking!!

P.S I also added some spring onion oil on the grilled chicken. simply pour  hot oil onto some chopped spring onion.