Khao Man Gai (Thai Poached Chicken with Ginger Rice)

Step 1 of 6Set the chicken to poach

Put the chicken thighs into a pot just wide enough to hold them in one layer with the chicken stock, the sliced ginger, the crushed garlic, the green tops of the spring onions and the salt. Bring it barely to a simmer — a lazy bubble, never a boil — and skim off the grey foam that rises.