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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you are looking for a delicious and unique soup to change the taste for the whole family, then let’s get cooking with TasteVN and make this interesting and appetizing rambutan chicken dish right away to enjoy!
Ingredients for Rambutan Chicken For 4 servings
Chicken 800 gr (1 whole) Unripe rambutan 250 gr Vietnamese coriander 3 sprigs Chili 7 pieces Calamondin lime 2 fruits Lime 6 leaves Shallots 4 bulbs Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (salt/ MSG/ sugar) Boiling water 1 liter
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh rambutan
- To make this soup, you should choose rambutan that is unripe with a crispy skin, the spines on the outside are abundant and both the skin and spines have a beautiful yellow-green color.
- Additionally, you should select rambutan that has just been picked with fresh green stems and leaves tightly attached to the fruit.
- Avoid choosing rambutan that is not round but tends to be elongated, as these fruits are often empty and lack flesh.
How to choose fresh and delicious chicken
For live chickens:
- You should choose to buy chickens that are healthy, move actively, have smooth feathers with a certain shine, and their eyes and nostrils are not leaking fluid.
- Avoid buying chickens that appear lethargic, have drooping tails, move slowly, have frizzy body feathers, and erect head feathers. These are chickens that may be infected with diseases.
For processed chickens:
- You should choose to buy chickens with characteristic shiny yellow skin. The outer skin should be thin, feel smooth to the touch, not too bumpy, and have good elasticity.
- Additionally, delicious chickens will have naturally pinkish-red meat, not too pale or too dark. Especially, there should be no bruises or parts of the meat that are slightly pale or turning dark gray, as these may be chickens that died before being processed.
- When buying, carefully observe the expiration date and packaging date, and buy chicken meat with a production date closest to the purchase date. Also, check whether the bag’s sealing areas are intact.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- You should choose carrots that are of moderate size, have a straight and elongated shape towards the tail, feel firm and slightly hard when held, and have a smooth skin.
- Moreover, delicious carrots will have a bright, deep orange color, and the green tops should still be fresh and firmly attached to the carrot body. When pressing with your hand, you should feel the carrot is firm and solid.
- Avoid buying carrots with wilted, bruised tops, bruised bodies, sliminess, and visible dark spots.
How to prepare chicken cleanly, without odor
- Method 1: Rub the chicken with a little salt, pepper, crushed ginger, and a bit of white wine for about 30 minutes, then rinse it clean.
- Method 2: Blanch the chicken with a few pieces of crushed ginger in a pot.
- Method 3: Rub a few slices of lemon on the chicken with a little salt, then rinse it thoroughly with cold water.
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How to cook Chicken with Rambutan
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Prepare the ingredients
The chicken you bought needs to be deodorized after plucking and cleaning. Use salt to rub on the chicken body and rinse it twice with clean water, then chop it into bite-sized pieces about 2 – 3 finger lengths.
Separate the rambutan from its skin and place it in a bowl. Wash the lime leaves and chilies and let them drain. Also, pick the wilted leaves from the coriander, wash it clean, and chop it small.
Peel and wash the shallots, take 1 chili, remove the stem, then put both the chili and shallots into the mortar and pound them finely with the pestle.
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Marinate the chicken
Add the chopped chicken, minced shallots, and chilies into a bowl along with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1/2 tablespoon of salt, mix well and marinate for about 15 – 20 minutes for the chicken to absorb the spices evenly.
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Cook chicken with rambutan and carrot
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, wait until the chicken is hot, then add the marinated chicken and sauté over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the chicken meat firms up, then add 1 liter of boiling water to the pot.
Next, stir the water, cook for another 5 minutes, then add the rambutan and cook on high heat for another 15 minutes until the chicken is tender and the rambutan releases its sourness, then season with 1/3 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
Stir well to dissolve the seasoning and cook for another 3 minutes, adjust the seasoning to taste, then add chopped cilantro and turn off the heat.
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Final product
Chicken cooked with rambutan has an enticing aroma, and when eaten, you will feel the chicken meat is tender and delicious, while the rambutan is slightly sour and crunchy. All of this creates a truly rich sweet and sour soup.
To make the soup even tastier, you can prepare a dipping sauce to go along with it, it will be wonderful!
How to make delicious chicken dipping sauce:- First, add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/3 tablespoon of sugar, 1/4 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 6 chili peppers, and 6 kaffir lime leaves into a bowl.
- Next, use a pestle to crush the ingredients until they are finely mixed together, finally add the juice of 2 calamondin limes, mix well, and you have a complete dipping sauce!
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Finally, we have completed the unique and delicious chicken cooked with rambutan dish to change the flavor for the family meal. Wishing you success with this recipe and cook many delicious dishes for the family with the suggested recipes from TasteVN!
*Refer to the images and recipe from the YouTube channel: Ba Chai Không Say.
