The canonical version and where to order it.
Thai poached chicken and rice: rice cooked in chicken stock, poached breast on top, with the house ginger-soybean-garlic sauce that finishes the plate.
Khao man gai is the Thai version of Hainanese chicken rice: poached chicken over rice cooked in chicken stock, with a fermented soybean-ginger sauce. Nong Poonsukwattana arrived in Portland from Bangkok in 2003 with two suitcases. She opened a $5,000 food cart at SW 10th and Alder in 2009 selling khao man gai for $6. The cart was an immediate sellout. She has since expanded to two brick-and-mortar locations (SE Ankeny, SW 13th), retail bottles of her sauce in Whole Foods and become the canonical Portland Thai-immigration story. The sauce is the dish.
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Also in: Bangkok.
Nong Poonsukwattana's Thai chicken-and-rice counter in southeast Portland, started as a 2009 food cart and now the canonical khao man gai in town.
OrderKhao man gai with the house ginger-soy sauce
TipTwo locations: SE Ankeny is the original cart-turned-shop. SW 13th Ave is the downtown counter.
Khao Man Gai makes more sense with someone from Portland explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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