Have you had the recipe for chicken cooked with plums and chicken cooked with sour cherries to change the flavor for your family meal? If not, let TasteVN guide you on how to cook these 2 delicious and unique dishes. Let’s go to the market to buy ingredients and get into the kitchen right away!
1. Chicken cooked with plums
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Chicken cooked with plums Serves 4
Chicken 500 gr Fresh coconut 1 fruit Carrot 1 piece Onion 1 piece Garlic 4 cloves Red onion 4 pieces Oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Plum chili sauce 3 tablespoons Common spices a little (Seasoning/ salt/ monosodium glutamate)
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How to prepare Chicken cooked with plums
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Prepare the ingredients
After cleaning the chicken, removing the innards, and rinsing it well, cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Peel the shallots, garlic, and onion, then finely chop them, keeping the shallots separate from the garlic. Cut the onion into wedges.
Peel the carrot, cut it into bite-sized pieces, or shape the carrot as desired. Cut the fresh coconut to extract the water.
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Marinate the chicken
After preparing the chicken, marinate it with the chopped shallots and half of the minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate. Mix well and let it marinate for about 15 minutes.
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Cooking chicken
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pot, heat the oil and add minced garlic to fry until golden and fragrant. Next, add the marinated chicken to stir-fry until it’s seared.
Once the chicken is seared, add fresh coconut water, cover, and bring to a boil over medium heat. When it boils, add the carrots.
Cook for about 10 more minutes until the carrots and chicken are cooked, then add 3 tablespoons of sweet chili sauce. You can adjust the seasoning to suit your taste.
Cook for another 5 minutes, to thicken the broth, dissolve 1 tablespoon of tapioca flour in a little water and add it to the pot, stir well, add onion, stir evenly and then turn off the heat.
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Final product
So you have a delicious and unique dish of chicken cooked with sour plum, a change of flavor for the family. The chicken is cooked tender, juicy, with a broth that is sweet, spicy, salty, and sour, served with some fresh noodles, it’s just perfect.
2. Chicken cooked with cherry
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
1 hour 10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Chicken with Cherry Tomatoes Serves 4
Chicken 1 bird (about 1.1 – 1.3 kg) Cherry tomatoes 500 gr Carrot 2 pieces Onion 1 piece Dried shiitake mushrooms 100 gr Minced garlic 3 tablespoons Fresh coconut water 400 ml Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons Chili sauce 1.5 tablespoons Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (Seasoning powder/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh cherry tomatoes
- Fresh cherry tomatoes are those with green stems, recently picked so they still retain their freshness.
- Choose cherry tomatoes that have a shiny pink or red skin.
- Avoid purchasing cherry tomatoes that are dark red or deep red as they are overripe and may contain worms.
- Do not buy unripe cherry tomatoes with green skin as they have low nutritional value and will taste sour when eaten raw or cooked.
- Avoid buying cherry tomatoes that are bruised, watery, wrinkled skin, or wilted stems as these are old tomatoes.
How to choose good shiitake mushrooms
- Fresh shiitake mushrooms will have a dark brown color, and when you gently press the cap, you can still feel the smoothness and elasticity of the mushroom.
- Choose shiitake mushrooms that have the characteristic fragrant smell without any strange odors.
- Only buy mushrooms with the cap firmly attached to the stem, not crushed or leaking water, and without any unusual smells.
- For dried shiitake mushrooms, be sure to choose those that are whole, not broken or crumbled.
- When holding dried shiitake mushrooms, they should feel light, dry, and not sticky, indicating good quality.
- It’s best to buy mushrooms when the cap is bright brown and has a light, characteristic fragrance of shiitake mushrooms.
- Avoid buying mushrooms that are fragmented, have strange white spots on the stem, or show signs of mold.
How to cook Chicken with sour cherry
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying the chicken, clean the feathers and internal organs, discarding inedible parts like the intestines. Rinse the chicken and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Peel the carrots, cut them into thick slices, or shape them into flowers as desired. Remove the onion’s skin and cut it into wedges. Rinse the sour cherries and let them drain.
Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water for about 1 hour until they soften, then rinse them in clean water.
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Marinate the chicken
The chicken after preparation will be marinated with 1 spoon of ground pepper, 1 spoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of chili sauce, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon of minced garlic. Mix well and marinate for about 10 – 15 minutes.
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Extract sour fruit juice
Put the sour fruit into a cloth bag and squeeze to extract the juice. If you have a fruit juicer at home, you can also put the sour fruit in to extract the juice.
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Cooking chicken
Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pot, heat the oil and add 2 tablespoons of minced garlic to sauté until fragrant. Next, add the marinated chicken to stir-fry until it is browned.
Once the chicken is browned, add all the sour cherry juice, half of the coconut water, and shiitake mushrooms. Cook on high heat, when the water boils vigorously, reduce to low heat for about 40 minutes until the chicken is tender.
Add the remaining fresh coconut water along with carrots, add 300ml of filtered water, and simmer on medium heat for about 30 minutes, then season with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Cook for another 2 minutes, then add the onion, stir well until the onion is slightly cooked, adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
So now we have a delicious and attractive dish of chicken cooked with sour tamarind to serve the family. The chicken is tender and sweet, combined with the sour and sweet broth, served with fresh noodles or dipped in bread is undeniably tasty.
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Chicken
- For this dish, you should choose to buy half a chicken that has lean meat, is not greasy, with the best being local chicken or free-range chicken.
- You should choose a chicken with a compact, firm body, and a nice breast because that is young chicken, which will be tender and delicious when cooked.
- Fresh chicken will have a rosy, bright color. When you gently touch the piece of meat, you will feel a high degree of elasticity.
- Good chicken has thin, smooth skin, light yellow color; some places like the breast, wings, and back will have a darker yellow color.
- You should not choose chicken that is white or has dark spots; chicken with yellow skin all over or chicken with bruises or blood spots on the skin.
- Fresh and delicious chicken will have a characteristic fragrant smell. You should not choose chicken with a foul smell or strange odor.
- When buying, you should press your hand into the part of the meat suspected of being injected with water (thigh, breast,…). If the meat feels mushy, soft, or lacks elasticity, then do not buy it.
How to Clean Chicken Properly, Without Smell
- You should thoroughly clean the feathers, remove the oil gland from the tail, and use a mixture of salt and vinegar to wash the chicken.
- After cleaning the feathers thoroughly, you can soak the chicken in water for about 20 minutes.
- You can also clean it by using salt, pepper, crushed ginger, and a little white wine for about 30 minutes, then rinse with cold water.
Tips for Cutting Onions Without Crying
- You can chew gum continuously while cutting onions; having to open your mouth frequently will help suck up the tiny particles released while cutting before they reach your eyes.
- To avoid crying when cutting onions, you can place them in the refrigerator for 15 – 20 minutes before cutting.
- You can also cut onions under running water or rub a potato on both sides of the knife.
- To prevent crying when cutting onions, you can also use vinegar and water to rinse the cutting board and knife before cutting the onions.
See details: 10 Tips for Cutting Onions Without Crying
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