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Preparation
35 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
Steamed salt chicken is a steamed dish that many people love, with each piece of chicken being tender and flavorful. Today, let’s join Điện máy XANH into the kitchen to quickly prepare a chicken dish using a rice cooker for easy enjoyment and making at home!
Ingredients for Steamed Salt Chicken using a rice cooker Serves 3 people
Chicken 1 whole (about 1.5kg) Coarse salt 400 gr Kaffir lime leaves 20 leaves Lemongrass 6 stalks Green chili 3 pieces Shallots 6 bulbs Ginger 1 piece White wine 2 tablespoons Black pepper 1 tablespoon Salt/msg a little
How to choose fresh and delicious chicken meat
- Good chicken meat has a characteristic shiny yellow skin. The outer skin is thin, feels smooth to the touch, is not too bumpy, and has good elasticity.
- The inside of the chicken meat has a natural pinkish-red color, not too light or too dark. Especially, the chicken meat does not have bruises or blood clots. Parts of the meat that are slightly pale or turning dark gray are from chickens that died before being slaughtered.
- If buying pre-processed and packaged chicken, you should carefully observe the expiration date and packaging date, and check whether the bag’s opening is intact.
Tools needed
Rice cooker, knife, spoon, chopsticks, scissors,…
How to prepare Salt Steamed Chicken using a rice cooker
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Prepare the chicken
To save time, you can ask the seller to clean the chicken for you. When you get home, you just need to eliminate the chicken’s odor by rubbing it with 1/2 crushed ginger and 2 tablespoons of white wine.
Then, let it sit for about 20 – 30 minutes, then rinse the chicken thoroughly with water and let it drain.
How to clean chicken without odor- 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; just rub a few slices of lemon with a little salt on the chicken meat, then rinse with clean water.
See details: How to clean chicken without odor
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Prepare other ingredients
Cut off the leaves of the lemongrass, then crush the part of the lemongrass stalk. Use a tablespoon to scrape off the skin of the leftover 1/2 ginger, wash it clean, and slice it.
After peeling, slice 4 shallots thinly, and chop the remaining 2 shallots using a knife. Wash the lime leaves and let them drain.
Next, add the chopped shallots, 3 green chili peppers, 2 spoons of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar powder into a mortar and pound them well.
Then, use your hands to rub the mixture of ingredients all over the chicken and marinate the chicken for about 30 minutes to allow the chicken to absorb the spices evenly.
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Steamed Chicken
Evenly sprinkle 400g of coarse salt, 6 crushed lemongrass stalks, 1/2 sliced ginger, 4 sliced shallots, 10 torn kaffir lime leaves, 1 tablespoon of whole peppercorns, and the marinated chicken into the rice cooker.
Next, add 5 – 6 whole kaffir lime leaves on top of the chicken, close the lid of the rice cooker, plug it in, select the cooking mode, and steam the chicken for about 40 – 45 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and can be easily pierced with a chopstick.
Then, switch to the keep warm mode and let the chicken stay in the rice cooker in that mode for another 15 minutes, after which you can take the chicken out, use scissors to cut it into bite-sized pieces, and it’s done.
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Final Product
Steamed salt chicken using a rice cooker is quick and convenient but still very delicious, with a slightly salty flavor and a fragrant aroma of kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass, making it extremely appetizing.
Don’t forget to make an additional bowl of spicy salt and lime leaf dip to enhance the flavor of our steamed chicken!
Above is the recipe for salted chicken using a rice cooker that Điện máy XANH has sent to you, hoping you will successfully prepare this dish to treat your family and enjoy it together!
