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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Leafy vegetables are a specialty loved by many, combined with chicken and some common ingredients to make a mixed salad that is indescribably delicious. Let’s join TasteVN to the kitchen to make an incredibly attractive chicken salad with leafy vegetables!
Ingredients for Chicken Salad with Leafy Vegetables Serves 4 people
Chicken 1 whole Leafy vegetables 500 gr Onion 1 bulb Vietnamese balm 100 gr Roasted peanuts 100 gr Fried shallots 50 gr Kumquat 3 fruits Lime 1 fruit Chili 2 fruits Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ seasoning powder/ ground pepper/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good quality 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 stand lethargically, have frizzy feathers, runny eyes and noses, bruised legs, or pale purple or black bruised combs.
- For pre-processed chickens, choose chicken meat that has the characteristic yellow skin, looks fresh, thin, smooth, and has good elasticity. The meat inside should have a natural reddish-yellow color, feel firm and elastic when pressed.
- Do not buy pieces of meat that look dull, soft and mushy, slimy, or have an unpleasant odor.
What is rau móp? Where to buy rau móp?
- The rau móp plant usually grows in damp areas such as pond edges, stream banks,… the tips of rau móp are harvested to prepare dishes like hot pot, stir-fry, boiled, pickled,…
- Thanks to its delicious flavor, rau móp is cultivated and widely grown in the Southeastern region, and you can find it for purchase at markets, supermarkets, or online.
How to prepare Chicken Salad with rau móp
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the chicken thoroughly with salt for about 3 – 4 minutes, then rinse well and let it drain.
Tips for cleaning chicken without odor- Method 1: The simplest way to eliminate the odor from chicken is to massage the meat with salt and then rinse it multiple times with clean water.
- Method 2: Additionally, to remove the smell of chicken, massage it with lemon juice (or vinegar, white wine) and then rinse it again, letting it drain.
See details: How to clean chicken to eliminate odor
Pick the fresh leaves of rau răm, discarding the old stems and bad leaves, wash them clean, and chop them finely. Slice the chili.
Peel the onion, cut it into thin rings. Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into a bowl of cold water, then soak the onion for about 5 minutes, remove and let it drain.
Tip: To reduce the pungency of the onion and make it crunchier and sweeter, soak it in cold water before mixing the salad.Wash the vegetable thoroughly 2 – 3 times, gently squeezing the vegetable while washing. Cut the vegetable into bite-sized pieces about 2 – 3 finger lengths.
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Boil and shred the chicken
Put a pot of water on the stove, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of MSG, stir well and then add the chicken to boil. Turn the heat to high until the water boils, then lower the heat, boil for about 30 minutes, and when the chicken is cooked, take it out and let it cool.
When the chicken has cooled a bit, shred it into thin pieces and place it in a bowl.
Tip:- You can put the chicken in a pressure cooker and set the cooking temperature for about 15 – 20 minutes, after cooking, release the steam and let it rest for another 5 minutes before taking it out.
- You can also add rice to cook along with the chicken to conveniently have an additional dish of chicken porridge that tastes great as well.
- To check if the chicken is cooked when boiling, use a chopstick to pierce the chicken breast; if you can pierce from one side to the other and lift the chopstick without seeing any red liquid flowing out, the chicken is done.
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Mix the salad
Add into a bowl and stir the mixture of ingredients including the juice of 1 lemon and 3 calamondins, 5 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of pepper, and 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate.
Next, add the onion, mop vegetables, Vietnamese coriander, 1/2 of the fried onions, 1/2 of the roasted peanuts, 1/2 of the sliced chili, and the mixed dressing into the bowl of chicken, gently mix for about 5 minutes to let the ingredients absorb the seasoning.
Transfer the salad to a plate, sprinkle the remaining fried onions, peanuts, and sliced chili on top of the salad to complete.
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Final product
The Chicken Salad with Mop vegetables has a blend of the natural sweetness of chicken, the crunchy mop vegetables, the fresh sweet onion, along with the aroma of Vietnamese coriander, peanuts, and fried onions. All infused with a wonderfully appealing sweet and sour seasoning.
TasteVN has provided detailed instructions on how to make chicken salad with water spinach that is unique, flavorful, and enjoyable without getting tired of it. Wishing you success in making this delicious dish!
