Main courses
Low-carb khao man gai – Thai chicken and cauliflower rice
The cooking broth makes a light, clear broth for serving. The ginger sauce is salty, sour and aromatic.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken thigh meatboneless and skinless
- 700 g cauliflower rice
- 1,000 g water
- 15 g unsalted chicken stock or stock concentrate
- 200 g cucumbersliced
- 30 g fresh gingergrated
- 30 g Healthy Boy soybean paste
- 15 g Squid Brand fish sauce
- 15 g lime juice
- 3.5 g clove of garlicfinely chopped
- 5 g fresh corianderfor serving
Method
- Heat the water and chicken broth to a boil. Add the chicken and lower the heat so that the broth is just bubbling.
- Cook under the lid for 15–20 minutes until the internal temperature of the broiler is at least 75 °C. Remove the meat from the broth and let it rest.
- Mix ginger, soybean paste, fish sauce, lime juice and garlic into a sauce. If necessary, thin with a spoonful of stock.
- Heat the cauliflower rice in a pan until soft and season lightly.
- Slice the chicken and serve with rice, cucumber, sauce and coriander. If you wish, serve the broth separately.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 6.75 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 11.16 g
- Protein
- 38.57 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- GL estimate
- about 4 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- cauliflower rice · Food group average
- cucumber · Food group average
- Healthy Boy soybean paste · Food group average
Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.
Small portions omitted: 0.7 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- cauliflower rice ·
vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · fineli-322-2026-10-24 - cucumber ·
vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · fineli-346-2026-10-24 - Healthy Boy soybean paste ·
legumes-category-mean-gi-34 · healthy-boy-soybean-paste-2026-10-24
Carbohydrate data sources
- Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- Kukkakaali · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- VESI, VESIJOHTOVESI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Kanaliemi, laimennettu · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Kurkku · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Ginger, peeled, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- Healthy Boy Soy Bean Paste · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Squid Brand Fish Sauce, 725 ml · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Juice, lime · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- Garlic, peeled, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- Coriander, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
GI and calculation sources
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Very broad category proxy. It may poorly represent individual non-starchy vegetables and is shown with low confidence. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Broad category mean; substantial uncertainty when applied to a specific cooked bean. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
Keto and low-carb labels are editorial classifications. They have not been verified through nutrition calculations for every recipe.
Notes
- In the low-carb variant, the traditional seasoned rice is replaced by cauliflower rice. The compositions of the sauces vary.
- The nutritional values are indicative.