VIETNAMESE CHICKEN RAGU – Sometimes Good Wife

Ingredients

• 3 lbs chicken thighs
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons shallot, minced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon Korean chili paste
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 11.8 fl. oz. can coconut juice, strain out coconut pulp
• 1 each star anise, untoasted
• 1 each carrot, diced in 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 15 oz. can sweet peas, rinsed and drained
• 1 8 oz. can button mushrooms, rinsed and drained