Chicken is stir fried in many variations and along with many different strong flavoring ingredients in Thailand. If you love the earthy spiciness of ginger, gai pad king is a Thai dish you need to eat.
Sometimes large quantities of ginger can be bitter, but in this dish, young ginger that’s been soaked in water is used. This allows the ginger to be a dominant ingredient yet remain almost sweet with just a hint of bitterness.