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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Make your family meal menu more diverse with ginger fried chicken – a dish that brings delicious and extremely appealing flavors. Into the kitchen and let’s make this super delicious chicken dish right away!
Ingredients for Ginger Fried Chicken For 4 people
Chicken 1 kg Fresh ginger 100 gr Lime leaves 5 leaves White wine 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Salt 1/2 tablespoon Common spices a little (salt/seasoning/seasoning/sugar/msg)
Tools needed
How to buy fresh and delicious chicken
- To choose good chicken, look at the outside color of the chicken. Good chicken has shiny skin, natural pink or light yellow color.
- Do not choose chicken with an unusual smell, purplish skin, or bruises.
- Choose chickens with firm, elastic meat that is not soft.
- Additionally, if the chicken has red spots on the breast, belly, or wings, do not buy it.
How to prepare Ginger Fried Chicken
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Prepare the chicken
The chicken you bought should be washed clean, then take 1/2 spoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of wine to rub thoroughly on the piece of chicken and then rinse it clean with water.
After that, chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces about 2 fingers wide.
How to prepare chicken without a foul smell
- To eliminate the smell of chicken, you should use a few slices of lemon and a little salt to rub on the chicken, then massage and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
- In addition, you can use smashed ginger along with a little white wine, then massage it onto the chicken and let it rest for about 30 minutes to effectively remove the smell.
See details: How to prepare chicken without a foul smell
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Prepare the ingredients
You smash 1/3 of the ginger. The remaining 2/3 of the ginger you cut into thin strips.
The lime leaves should be cleaned and cut into thin strips.
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Marinate the chicken
Now you add all the chopped ginger, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 teaspoon of sugar to the chicken and mix well.
Then you marinate the chicken for 30 minutes – 1 hour.
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Stir-fry the chicken
Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pan, and heat it up. Next, add the julienned ginger and stir-fry on high heat for 2 minutes. When the ginger becomes fragrant, add the chicken and stir well for 3 – 4 minutes.
At this point, when the chicken has browned, add 1/2 bowl (rice bowl) of water and reduce the heat to medium, then continue cooking for another 15 – 20 minutes.
Finally, season the chicken to taste and cook until the sauce thickens, then turn off the heat and sprinkle a little lime leaf on top.
Tip:- Depending on the toughness of the chicken, the cooking time will vary.
- You should not cook the chicken for too long as it will become soft and unappetizing.
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Completion
Finally, you serve this delicious ginger fried chicken on a plate to enjoy with your family right away.
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Final Product
The chicken is hot, with a fragrant aroma wafting through the air. The chicken has a beautiful golden color, looking very appealing and attractive. The chicken is tender, sweet, chewy, and flavorful, blending perfectly with the spicy taste of ginger and the fragrant scent of lime leaves. Eating this dish with rice is simply delightful.
So the dish fried ginger chicken is delicious and irresistible for the whole family has been completed. Wishing you success and a delicious meal with your family!