Cha kroeung

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]

Cha kroeung

Cha kroeung
Alternative names	Chha kroeung, char kroeung
Place of origin	Cambodia
Created by	Cambodian cuisine
Serving temperature	Hot
Food energy (per serving)	729 kcal (3,050 kJ)[1]
Nutritional value (per serving)	Protein 41 g Fat 54 g Carbohydrate 19 g

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]