If you are wondering what to cook for the whole family on vegetarian days? Today, TasteVN will share with you 2 delicious vegetarian chicken rice recipes that still ensure full nutritional value for the family meal. Let’s get started in the kitchen to make that vegetarian dish!
1. Hoi An Vegetarian Chicken Rice
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Hoi An Vegetarian Chicken Rice For 4 people
Rice 200 gr Vegan chicken 250 gr Turmeric 2 bulbs Ginger 1 bulb Onion 1 bulb Shallots 100 gr Vietnamese balm 150 gr Lime 2 fruits Fresh coconut water 400 ml Cooking oil 120 ml (about 12 tablespoons) Vegetarian seasoning 1 teaspoon Sugar/ monosodium glutamate a little
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How to Prepare Hoi An Vegetarian Chicken Rice
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Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the ginger and turmeric thoroughly while keeping the skin on. Cut them into thin slices and crush them.
Slice the shallots thinly.
Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice, setting it aside.
Pick the roots off the Vietnamese coriander, wash it, and chop it finely.
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Sauté the Rice
Rinse 200g of rice thoroughly and drain completely. Next, heat up a pan on the stove, add 20ml of cooking oil and heat it up, then add the ginger, shallots, and sliced turmeric, sautéing over high heat for 2 – 3 minutes until fragrant.
Then add the rice and stir briefly, add 1/3 teaspoon of MSG, 1/2 teaspoon of vegetarian seasoning, and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, stir well, and cook for about 5 minutes over medium heat, when the rice turns evenly golden, turn off the heat.
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Make turmeric water and cook rice
Place another pan with 400ml of fresh coconut water, add a few slices of ginger and turmeric to cook the broth. Cook over medium heat for about 3 – 5 minutes until the ginger and turmeric release a golden color, then strain to obtain the liquid.
Next, pour all the stir-fried rice into the rice cooker, add the broth until it just covers the rice (the amount of water is less than when cooking regular rice because the rice has been roasted, and the rice for this dish needs to be cooked dry so that the grains are dry and fluffy), place a few slices of ginger and turmeric on top, then plug in to cook the rice.
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Frying the vegetarian chicken and slicing the onion
Place the pan on the stove, pour in 100ml of cooking oil and wait for it to heat up, then add the vegetarian chicken to fry over medium heat, frying for about 3 – 5 minutes until the vegetarian chicken is evenly golden on all sides, then remove and drain the oil and shred it like chicken.
Take 1 onion and slice it into thin pieces suitable for eating.
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Mixing the salad
Add the shredded vegetarian chicken into a small basin, then add the sliced onion, sliced shallots, and finely chopped Vietnamese coriander.
Mix the above mixture with 1/3 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/2 teaspoon of vegetarian seasoning, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and the juice of 2 lemons.
Mix well so that the ingredients absorb the seasoning evenly, add another 1/3 teaspoon of pepper, and taste to adjust according to your family’s preference.
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Finished product
When the rice is cooked and soft, you can place it in a bowl and turn it upside down on a plate for a more appealing look. Add shredded vegetarian chicken, a little salad, and a bit of pickled vegetables on top, along with some chili for decoration and enjoy with a bowl of sweet and sour fish sauce.
Hoi An vegetarian chicken rice with shiny yellow rice. When eating, you will fully experience all the flavors from Vietnamese cilantro, to shredded scallions, to crispy and chewy vegetarian chicken, and fragrant sticky rice that enhances the dish’s appeal.
2. Hainan vegetarian chicken rice
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour 30 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Hainan vegetarian chicken rice For 4 people
Vegetarian chicken 500 gr Rice 500 gr Local apples 7 fruits Green pears 2 fruits Western apples 1 fruit White radish 1 root Ginger 150 gr Lemon 1/2 fruit Hot chili 2 fruits Garlic 8 cloves Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Vegetarian seasoning 1/2 tablespoon Fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon Cooking oil 3 tablespoons Common spices a little (Salt/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate)
Cooking the broth
Boil a pot of water, add all the prepared ingredients above and cook on high heat for about 3 minutes, then add 1 tablespoon of salt, cover and simmer for 1 hour to extract the sweetness for the broth to cook the rice.
Grinding ginger and garlic
Take 150g of ginger, peel it, and cut the ginger into small pieces. Then grind it finely and squeeze out the juice to get the pulp.
Do the same with 4 cloves of garlic; peel them and grind them finely.
Stir-frying rice and cooking
Rinse the rice clean and drain it in a basket.
Place a pan on the stove, add about 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan along with 2 tablespoons of minced ginger and 1 tablespoon of minced garlic. Sauté until fragrant over medium heat.
Next, add 500g of rice, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, and 1/2 tablespoon of vegetarian seasoning, stir well, and stir-fry for about 3 minutes over low heat until you can smell the aroma of the fried rice, then turn off the heat.
Finally, add the rice to the rice cooker, pour the strained broth just enough to cover the rice, about 1 finger width above the rice surface. Cover the pot, turn on the Cook mode and cook until the button switches to Warm, which means the rice is cooked. When the rice is done, open the rice cooker and fluff the rice well.
Prepare and marinate vegetarian chicken
You wash 500g of vegetarian chicken with water, add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder to marinate both sides of the vegetarian chicken for an even color, and let it absorb the seasoning for 10 minutes. Be sure to rub the seasoning evenly so that the vegetarian chicken absorbs the aroma and flavor more deeply.
Fry the vegetarian chicken
First, place a pan with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then add the marinated vegetarian chicken to fry until both sides are golden brown on low heat, then remove and let it drain.
Then, cut it lengthwise into bite-sized pieces.
Making Fish Sauce
Take a bowl, then add 2 tablespoons of water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and stir well until the sugar dissolves.
Add 1 teaspoon of fish sauce and stir again.
Then squeeze the juice of 1/2 a lemon into the mixture along with 1/2 tablespoon of minced garlic and 1/2 tablespoon of minced chili. Add 2 more chopped chilies, 1/2 tablespoon of fried garlic oil, season to taste, and stir well to finish.
Final Product
Hainanese Vegetarian Chicken Rice with each grain of rice golden and sticky is truly captivating, combined with firm vegetarian chicken and especially served with a bowl of spicy fish sauce, it’s just wonderful!
If you like, you can prepare some cucumber and tomatoes to eat along with it, and our dish is complete.
3. Vegetarian Hoi An Chicken Rice (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH)
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vegetarian Hoi An Chicken Rice (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH) Serves 2 people
Rice 1.5 cups Chicken leg mushrooms 2 pieces Young jackfruit 200 grams Onion 1/3 bulb Dried tofu skin 1 sheet Grated carrot 100 grams Grated papaya 100 grams Onion 1 bulb Ginger 1 piece Annatto oil 1 tablespoon Lemon juice 1 tablespoon Spring onion 1 tablespoon Seasoning a little (salt/ sugar/ vegetarian seasoning/ five-spice powder/ vegetarian fish sauce/ vegetarian oyster sauce) Onion 50 grams
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How to prepare Vegetarian Hoi An Chicken Rice (Recipe shared by Tiktok Vegetarian Kitchen XANH)
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Preparation of ingredients
You use a knife to cut young jackfruit into small square pieces.
Cut off the stems of the chicken thigh mushrooms, soak them in diluted salt water for about 3 – 5 minutes, rinse with water and let them drain. Cut one stalk into rounds, and dice the other stalk.
Dry tofu skin is soaked in water until it expands and softens, then cut into pieces.
Peel the onion, cut it in half, keep one half whole, and slice the other half into strips. Peel the ginger and chop it finely.
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Boil the ingredients
Place a pot with 1 liter of water on the stove, add the young jackfruit, 1 chicken leg mushroom, 1 piece of tofu skin along with 1/3 of an onion and a piece of ginger into the pot.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder into the pot and bring to a boil. Once the water boils, reduce the heat and simmer for an additional 15 minutes.
Finally, remove the ingredients, let them cool, and shred them.
Note: Remember to keep the pot of mushroom broth to cook rice and make the sauce!
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Marinate the vegetarian chicken
Add the shredded chicken leg mushroom into a bowl, then add the shredded young jackfruit and shredded tofu skin. Mix the above mixture with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper to evenly distribute the seasoning; you can adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste.
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Cooking rice
Sauté 1 tablespoon of cooking oil with 1 tablespoon of shallots, then add 1.5 cans of rice into the pan.
Lightly toast the rice until it becomes firm, then transfer the rice to a rice cooker. Add the mushroom boiling water until it covers the rice surface, about a finger’s width above the rice, and add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder into the pot, stir well, then plug in to cook the rice.
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Make the sauce
Put 1 tablespoon of annatto oil and 1 tablespoon of chopped shallots in a pan, sauté until fragrant, then add 100 grams of diced chicken leg mushrooms and stir-fry.
Then, add 100 ml of mushroom broth and cook until boiling, then season with 1/3 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vegetarian seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of five-spice powder, 1 tablespoon of vegetarian fish sauce, and 1 tablespoon of vegetarian oyster sauce.
Cook until the sauce thickens, then turn off the heat.
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Mix the salad to serve
Add 100 grams of shredded carrot and 100 grams of shredded papaya, 50 grams of finely chopped onion into a bowl, soak in ice water for 10 minutes.
Next, remove the carrot, papaya, and onion to drain, then add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, mix well and let it sit for 10 minutes, then squeeze out the water.
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Final Product
Finally, you just need to arrange the rice on a plate, add shredded vegetarian chicken, a bit of salad on the side, a little Vietnamese coriander, and a bowl of dipping sauce to enjoy.
Vegetarian Hoi An chicken rice has an eye-catching, appealing color. The rice grains are soft and golden, combined with the natural sweetness of mushrooms, the creamy texture of young jackfruit, and the richness of fried tofu skin, harmonized with the flavorful dipping sauce, which will surely delight your whole family!
Hope that with the 3 ways to make vegetarian chicken rice that are both attractive and delicious yet extremely easy that TasteVN just shared will help enrich your vegetarian meals even more. Wishing you success!
