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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour 15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
In this cool weather, porridge dishes are the best choice, right? Today, TasteVN will introduce you to a delicious and attractive pumpkin chicken porridge recipe that is extremely simple. Let’s cook right away!
Ingredients for Pumpkin Chicken Porridge For 2 people
Chicken meat 300 gr (breast part) Pumpkin 100 gr Cold rice 1 bowl (rice bowl) Shallots 1 bulb Ginger 1 bulb Lemon 1 slice Green onions/cilantro A little Common spices A little (salt/sugar/seasoning/ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh chicken meat
- To buy fresh chicken meat, you should select pieces that have a natural pink-red color, not too dark or too light.
- For packaged meat, you should pay attention to see if the bag’s opening is intact. Additionally, you should also choose packages that are still within the expiration date.
- Moreover, you should not choose pieces of chicken that have bruises, blood clots, or parts that are pale or dark gray as these may be from chickens that died before being processed.
How to choose fresh and delicious pumpkin
- For whole pumpkins, you should choose those with bright green or orange-yellow skins that feel firm to the touch when pressed.
- Additionally, you should select pumpkins with fresh stems, about 2 – 3cm long, and with a little sap oozing from the cut stem.
- For cut pumpkins, you should buy pieces that have bright yellow flesh and dense pulp, as these are high-quality and delicious pumpkins.
How to make Chicken Pumpkin Porridge
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Prepare and boil the chicken
After buying chicken breast, rinse it briefly to remove blood and dirt, then soak it with a slice of lemon and 1 teaspoon of salt for 5 – 10 minutes to eliminate odor. After that, rinse it with clean water and place the chicken in a basket to drain.
Peel the shallots and ginger, wash them clean, then cut them into pieces about 1/2 finger joint thick.
Place a pot on the stove, add about 1 liter of water along with the chicken, shallots, and ginger. Boil the chicken on low heat for about 30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked and turns white.
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Cooking Chicken and Pumpkin Porridge
Next, add 1 bowl of cold rice into the pot with boiled chicken, cook on low heat for about 45 minutes, until the rice grains expand and soften into porridge.
At this point, add the pumpkin, and continue to cook on low heat for about 30 minutes, until the pumpkin is soft and slightly mushy.
Note: When cooking porridge, avoid stirring too much as it will cause the rice to release starch, preventing the grains from expanding and softening.
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Completion
Finally, season the porridge with 1 spoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 spoon of sugar, stir well, taste and adjust for flavor, then turn off the heat.
Remove the chicken from the porridge pot, use your hands or a fork to shred the chicken. Serve the porridge in a bowl, placing the chicken on top.
Sprinkle a little ground pepper, chopped green onion, and coriander for decoration, and it’s done!
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Final Product
The warm, delicious chicken and pumpkin porridge is incredibly appealing. The porridge is cooked from chicken broth, giving it a naturally sweet flavor, seasoned just right.
The chicken is firm and sweet, with crispy and chewy skin, and the fragrant and rich pumpkin paired with the soft porridge is truly tempting, isn’t it?
So, TasteVN has introduced to you the how to cook pumpkin chicken porridge simply and easily at home, which is delicious and nutritious. What are you waiting for? Get into the kitchen and try it right away. TasteVN wishes you success!
