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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Chicken cabbage salad is a familiar dish for Vietnamese housewives, so today TasteVN will guide you to cook and make this salad with an extremely simple recipe. Follow the article to enrich your recipes for chicken dishes!
Ingredients for Chicken Cabbage Salad For 4 people
Chicken 1 kg (about 1/2 chicken) Cabbage 500 gr (1/2 piece) Carrot 1 piece Lime leaves A little Shallots 6 pieces Garlic 3 cloves (minced) Chili 1 piece (minced) Lime 1/2 piece Fish sauce 4 tablespoons Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Salt/ sugar A little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose safe, quality chicken
For live chickens
- Choose those with bright red combs, lively eyes, and agility. The chicken’s feathers should be smooth and close to the body, the beak sharp, small, and with no signs of discharge.
- The chicken’s legs should be small, neat, and the skin a uniformly bright yellow. When you part the feathers, the skin should be soft, thin, and have some large yellow patches under the armpits and on the breast.
- Avoid buying chickens with ruffled feathers, looking dejected, or having a foul smell, as these may be sick chickens, which will not taste good.
For pre-processed chickens
- You should choose chickens with uniformly yellow meat and a darker color in areas like the wings, breast, or back. Chickens usually have a compact, firm body and a narrow breast.
- Pre-processed chickens typically have smooth, thin skin, a certain degree of elasticity, and are not bruised or have dark purple spots.
- Avoid buying if you see chicken meat that is dull in color, soft, oozing, and has a foul smell, as it will not be safe to eat.
How to choose fresh cabbage
- Good cabbage has a round, uniform shape, a slightly dark green color, and the outer leaves are still fresh and not bruised.
- You should choose cabbage that feels a bit heavy when you pick it up, giving a firm feel, with moderate size and weight.
- Avoid buying cabbage that is flat or oval-shaped, has a light color, is too light in weight, and has wilted or yellowing outer leaves, as this indicates old cabbage that is not fresh.
See details: How to choose fresh cabbage
How to choose the right carrots
- Delicious carrots have a moderate size, straight elongated shape, smooth skin, and feel firm and heavy when held.
- It is advisable to choose those with fresh green leaves still attached firmly to the root, as these are fresh, newly harvested carrots.
- Carrots with a deep orange color and small core will have a sweeter taste compared to those with a large core and lighter color.
- Avoid buying carrots that are too large, have a big core, or thick shoulders, as these are older carrots and not tasty. Additionally, do not buy carrots that are soft, wilted, or misshapen.
How to make Chicken Cabbage Salad
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Prepare and boil the chicken
After cleaning the feathers and internal organs, rinse the chicken with water, then rub it with salt for about 2 – 3 minutes and rinse again with water until clean.
Place the chicken in an pot, cover it with water, and add 1 teaspoon of salt and 3 peeled shallots. Put the pot on the stove. Turn on high heat until the water boils, then lower the heat and boil for about 15 minutes until the chicken is tender.
To make the chicken skin crispy and the meat white and beautiful, after the chicken is cooked, take it out, rinse it under running water, and soak it in an ice water bowl for about 15 minutes.
Next, shred the chicken into small, bite-sized pieces.
Effective methods to eliminate the smell of chicken:- Method 1: To eliminate the odor of chicken, rub the meat with a little vinegar for about 5 – 7 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with clean water.
- Method 2: Before cooking, you can rub some slices of lemon over the chicken with a little salt for about 5 minutes, then rinse with water 2 – 3 times.
- Method 3: You can also crush a piece of ginger and rub it thoroughly on the chicken with a little white wine for about 5 – 7 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
See details: Effective methods to eliminate chicken odor
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Prepare other ingredients
Shred the cabbage and rinse it with clean water. Peel the carrot, wash it thoroughly, and cut it into thin strips.
Wash the lime leaves and cut them into thin strips about 2 finger lengths long, and peel the remaining 3 shallots, rinse them with water, and slice them thinly.
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Fried Shallots
Place a pan on the stove, heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, then add the shallots and stir continuously over low heat. When the shallots turn slightly golden, turn off the heat, let them sit for another 3 minutes, then remove to a small bowl.
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Mixing Chicken Cabbage Salad
In a bowl, combine 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar, minced garlic and chili, and the juice of 1/2 lemon, stir well to dissolve the ingredients together.
Add the ingredients to a large bowl for mixing the salad, including: cabbage, carrots, chicken, fried shallots, and finely sliced kaffir lime leaves.
Next, pour all the fish sauce mixture into the bowl, gently mix for about 3 minutes so that the ingredients absorb the seasoning, then adjust the seasoning to taste to finish.
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Final Product
Cabbage chicken salad looks very attractive, with tender and sweet chicken, fresh and crispy cabbage and carrots, complemented by the fragrant aroma of lime leaves, crispy fried onions, all blended together with a delicious sweet and sour taste.
You can enjoy the salad with shrimp chips and a bowl of sweet and sour fish sauce to enhance the flavor!
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Above is the information on how to make cabbage chicken salad that TasteVN shares with you. Wish you success in making it!
