Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Braised chicken with tender, sweet chicken meat combined with the aromatic scent of ground pepper, the rich braising sauce is definitely a braised dish you shouldn’t miss. With just simple ingredients and steps, let’s get cooking with TasteVN and check out the recipe now!
Ingredients for Braised Chicken with Pepper For 4 people
Chicken meat 500 gr Fresh chili 5 pieces Spring onion bulbs 3 pieces Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Salt 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 1/2 tablespoon Common spices A little (salt/ seasoning powder/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to Choose Fresh, Quality Chicken
- For braised chicken, you can choose cuts like breast or thigh.
- Choose meat that is pink, fresh, and has good elasticity when pressed lightly.
- Good chicken will have thin skin, appear fresh and smooth, possibly with a little white or slightly yellow fat.
- Avoid buying chicken that shows signs of leaking water and has an unusual fishy smell.
How to cook Braised Chicken with Pepper
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Prepare and Marinate the Chicken
To eliminate the odor from the chicken, rub coarse salt all over the meat and then rinse it thoroughly with water, and let it drain.
How to clean chicken meat and remove odor
- You can remove the odor of the chicken by soaking it in diluted salt water for 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse it with clean water.
- You can also use white alcohol and crushed ginger mixed in a 1:1 ratio to rub all sides of the chicken and rinse it well.
- Alternatively, you can mix vinegar and salt in the ratio of 2 salt to 1 vinegar, then apply and rub the chicken several times, and rinse it thoroughly with clean water.
See details: Simple and effective ways to remove chicken odor
Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, marinate with 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of cooking oil, 1 tablespoon of ground pepper along with fresh chilies without stems.
Mix well and let it sit for about 1 hour for the chicken to absorb the spices.
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Chicken Stew
After 1 hour, put the chicken into the pot and place the pot on the stove. Turn on medium heat, stir continuously for about 5 minutes to sear the chicken.
Add 1 cup of boiling water to the pot (rice bowl), reduce the heat to low, and stew the chicken for about 20 minutes.
Finally, when the sauce has reduced, taste and adjust the seasoning, add chopped green onions, stir again one last time, and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
The pepper chicken stew, once completed, fills the kitchen with an enticing aroma. The chicken is tender, juicy, and well-seasoned, combined with the distinctive flavor of ground pepper that will surely make you want to eat more rice.
Try your hand at cooking today, and good luck!
Here’s another delicious and simple recipe for homemade pepper chicken that you might want to check out:
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With just a simple recipe and easily found ingredients, you can have a delicious and attractive dish of black pepper chicken to enrich your family’s menu, right? Wish you success!
