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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
White wine chicken is a signature dish and quite famous during the Lunar New Year celebrations of the Chinese community. Today, let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen to learn and immediately master the recipe for this delicious chicken dish for everyone at home to enjoy!
Ingredients for White Wine Chicken For 4 people
Chicken 1 whole (about 1.2kg) Red dates 50 gr (hong jiao) Ginger 1 piece Shallots 4 pieces Garlic 4 cloves Lemon juice a little Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Caramel sauce 1 tablespoon White wine soaked with goji berries 120 ml Pepper 2 teaspoons Salt a little Cooking oil 2 tablespoons
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh chicken
- Choose a chicken with a characteristic golden skin, thin and smooth outer skin, good elasticity, and inner meat that has a natural pink-red color, not too pale or too dark, without many bruises or blood clots.
- Press with your hand to check if the chicken has been injected with water. If the chicken is mushy, slippery, or deformed, do not buy it.
- If buying frozen chicken, choose to buy from reputable supermarkets or stores to ensure product quality.
How to choose fresh ginger
- Fresh ginger is characterized by firm, shiny skin; when held, it feels heavy and solid.
- You should choose ginger that is intact, with a distinctive fragrant smell.
- Avoid buying ginger that shows signs of spoilage; if it feels soft in some areas and hard in others, and steer clear of ginger with too many offshoots. This indicates that the ginger is old and fibrous, which will not taste good in cooking.
See more: The effects of ginger
What is jujube, where to buy jujube?
- Jujube is a type of tree originating from North Africa and Syria, later spreading to India and then China.
- Jujube is also known by other names such as Chinese date, red date, dog date, yang gong date, sugar date, or southern date. In Vietnam, jujube is classified into two types based on color: red date (red jujube) and black date (black jujube).
- For stews, red jujube is often preferred for its popularity and sweet fragrance, which is not as strong as the medicinal taste of black jujube.
- Besides being quite common in many dishes, jujube is also a precious medicinal ingredient. It is rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and low in calories, positively contributing to immune enhancement, digestive support, and cancer prevention, among others.
- You can find jujube at traditional medicine stores, large grocery stores, or at places selling ingredients for making herbal soups.
See details: What is jujube, the effects of jujube on user health
White wine soaked with goji berries
- You can buy white wine soaked with goji berries at herbal medicine shops or find it on reputable e-commerce sites.
- If you cannot find goji berry wine, you can substitute it with wines like red wine or grape wine.
How to prepare Chicken cooked with white wine
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Prepare the ingredients
To clean dirt and eliminate the fishy smell, after purchasing, you should pluck any remaining feathers from the chicken (if any), then rub the chicken with salt and a little lemon juice for about 3 – 5 minutes before rinsing thoroughly with water and letting it drain.
Use a knife to chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
How to prepare and eliminate the smell of chicken meat
- Method 1: Rub the chicken meat with a mixture of salt and vinegar in a ratio of 2:1 for about 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water several times.
- Method 2: You can also replace vinegar with lemon; simply rub a few slices of lemon with a little salt on the chicken meat, then rinse with clean water.
- Method 3: Crush a piece of ginger and mix it with a little white wine, rub this ginger-wine mixture on the chicken, and let it rest for about 30 minutes before cooking.
See details: How to prepare and eliminate the smell of chicken meat
Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic.
Wash the ginger and slice it. Soak the red dates in warm water for about 15 – 20 minutes to soften.
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Stir-fry the chicken with the ingredients
Put a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and heat it, then add minced onion, garlic, and ginger to sauté until fragrant.
When the onion, garlic, and ginger are aromatic, add the chicken to the pan. Add 2 teaspoons of pepper, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon of caramelized sauce to the pan and stir-fry over medium heat for about 5 – 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked and turns a beautiful brown color.
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Stewing chicken and ingredients
Place a pot on the stove, add about 1.5 – 2 liters of water along with all the red dates into the pot and bring to a boil.
Next, add the chicken to the pot and bring the water back to a boil, then reduce the heat and stew for about 40 minutes to 1 hour until the water in the pot is just covering the surface of the meat, while the chicken is tender.
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Completion
Next, add about 120ml of white wine soaked with goji berries into the pot and bring the water back to a boil, then season to taste before turning off the heat.
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Final product
The dish of chicken stewed with white wine after completion has an eye-catching color and an extremely attractive aroma.
The broth is light and sweet, fragrant with the scent of white wine soaked with goji berries, the chicken is tender and fatty, well-seasoned, and the red dates are sweet. All combined create an enticing dish that’s hard to resist. So what are you waiting for? Get into the kitchen and showcase your skills by making this dish now!
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With the method guided above, it’s really simple for you to complete this chicken cooked in white wine, isn’t it? Wishing you success in making this dish and having a delicious meal with your family!
