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Cha kroeung
Cambodian stir fry dish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cha kroeung (Khmer: ឆាគ្រឿង, lit. 'stir fried ingredients') is a popular Cambodian street food dish made out of stir fried vegetables and meat (beef, pork or chicken) marinated in yellow kroeung served with steamed rice.[1]
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Alternative names | Chha kroeung, char kroeung | ||||||
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Place of origin | Cambodia | ||||||
Created by | Cambodian cuisine | ||||||
Serving temperature | Hot | ||||||
729 kcal (3052 kJ)[1] | |||||||
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The dish contains vegetables, such as garlic, white onions, green and red bell peppers that are stir fried separately from the meat.[1] If long beans are used as well, they are blanched before to ensure that they cook at the same time as the other ingredients.[2]
The meat is marinated in yellow kroeung and stir-fried with fish sauce and palm sugar before the vegetables are added.[1] If prahok is used instead of fish sauce, it is cooked in oil in a pan to dehydrate it before meat is added.[3] The dish is garnished with chopped kaffir lime leaves, Asian basil[1] or holy basil.[4] Cha kroeung is served with plain steamed rice to balance out the saltiness of the stir-fries vegetables and meat.[2]