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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Water spinach is a familiar and simple vegetable, but it can be prepared into many delicious dishes, from complicated ones like salads, hot pots,… to simple ones like stir-frying and making soup. Today, let’s go to the kitchen with TasteVN to make a soup with water spinach and chicken to change the flavor for the family meal!
Ingredients for Water Spinach Soup with Chicken For 2 people
Water spinach 200 gr Chicken breast 150 gr Shallots 2 bulbs Lemon 1 fruit Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common seasoning A little (salt/ sugar/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh chicken
- If buying live chickens, choose those that move actively, have shiny feathers, red combs, smooth bright beaks, and straight slender legs.
- Do not buy chickens that are standing listlessly, have ruffled feathers, runny eyes and nose, bruised legs, or have pale purple or black bruised combs.
- For pre-prepared chickens, choose chicken with a characteristic yellow skin color, bright and thin skin, and good elasticity. The meat inside should have a natural reddish-yellow color, firm and elastic when pressed.
- Do not buy pieces of meat that look dull, soft, slimy, or have an unpleasant smell.
- When cooking soup with water spinach, choose lean breast or thigh meat for a sweet broth, and the chicken will be firmer.
How to choose delicious and crispy water spinach
- To cook water spinach soup, you can buy fresh water spinach to prepare yourself or buy pre-prepared water spinach.
- You should choose bundles that are more yellow-green in color, with light green leaves and crispy stems. If you snap off a shoot and see thin sap flowing out, the water spinach is freshly picked and fresh.
- Do not buy if you see the water spinach has a dark green color, tough old stems, or wilted, soft leaves.
- Similarly, if buying pre-prepared water spinach, choose a bunch that is light green, looks fresh, and has no strange smell.
How to prepare Water Spinach Soup with Chicken
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Prepare the ingredients
Buy chicken breast, remove the skin, massage it thoroughly with salt, then rinse under running water until clean. Cut the chicken into diced pieces about the size of a thumb.
Wash the water spinach through 2 water rinses. Mix 1/2 tablespoon of salt and juice from half a lemon into a bowl of water, then soak the water spinach for about 10 minutes, then take it out and let it drain.
Peel the shallots, wash them clean, and then chop them finely.
Simple ways to remove the smell from chicken at home- Method 1: The simplest way to remove the smell from chicken is to massage the piece of meat with salt and then rinse it several times with clean water.
- Method 2: Additionally, to remove the chicken smell, massage the chicken with lemon juice (or vinegar, white wine) and then rinse again, letting it drain.
See details: Tips for removing the smell from chicken meat
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Marinate the chicken
Put the chicken breast into a bowl along with 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, half of the chopped shallots, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper. Mix all the ingredients well and marinate for about 10 minutes for the chicken to absorb the flavors.
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Cooking water spinach soup with chicken
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, heat it up, then add the remaining chopped onion to sauté until fragrant. Next, add the chicken and stir until sealed. Pour in 700ml of filtered water, bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and cook for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, increase to high heat, season the soup pot with 2 teaspoons of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, stirring until the seasoning dissolves.
Next, add the shredded water spinach and cook; when the water comes to a boil again, cook for another minute, taste and adjust seasoning, then turn off the heat.
Finally, squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon into the soup pot, stir well, and it is ready to enjoy.
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Final product
The water spinach soup with chicken features crunchy water spinach, tender and fragrant chicken, blending harmoniously in a sour and mildly sweet broth. This refreshing soup helps to cool down, making it suitable for lunch on hot days.
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The dish water spinach soup with chicken is simple yet unique, delicious. Let’s get into the kitchen to make this soup for the whole family to enjoy, wishing you success!
