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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Have you thought about what chicken dish to prepare to treat everyone at the upcoming party? If not, let’s get cooking with TasteVN to make this super delicious chicken dish that everyone will love!
Ingredients for Serving Chicken For 5 people
Chicken 1.7 kg (1 whole) Chicken innards 300 gr Rice 1 cup (rice cup) Aromatic herbs 2 branches Onion 1 bulb Purple cabbage 1/2 piece White cabbage 1/2 piece Kumquat 5 fruits Lemon 1 fruit Horn pepper 1 fruit Red onion 7 bulbs Garlic 7 cloves Vinegar 300 ml Green onion 2 branches Cilantro 2 branches Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Annatto oil 1.5 tablespoons Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Common spices a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ ground pepper/ sugar)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh chicken
For live chickens
- Preferably choose healthy chickens that move actively, have smooth feathers, bright eyes, and are not dull.
- Additionally, when buying, you should choose chickens with bright red combs, elongated bodies, and beautiful bright yellow color.
- Do not choose chickens that appear sluggish, with tails slightly drooping, rough body feathers, standing head feathers, and moving sluggishly. These are chickens that have been infected with disease.
For processed chickens
- You should choose chickens with naturally pinkish-red meat, not too pale or too dark, with thin yellow skin that feels smooth to the touch and has good elasticity.
- For safety, you should choose chicken sold at reputable supermarkets or butcher shops that are carefully packaged with clear printing of production dates, expiration dates,…
- Do not choose chicken with bruises or blood clots, with meat that is slightly pale or turning darker gray because these are chickens that died before being processed, and will not taste good.
How to choose fresh and delicious chicken intestines
- Fresh and delicious chicken intestines are usually pinkish, not discolored, and feel firm and elastic when touched.
- Do not buy chicken intestines that have strange spots on the surface or have an unpleasant fishy smell. When touched, they feel soft and slimy. This is because these intestines are old and will taste bad.
- To ensure food hygiene and safety, you should choose good chicken intestines at reputable stores, supermarkets, and meat stalls in large markets. It’s best to go early in the morning to get the freshest intestines!
How to choose fresh and delicious onions
- Good onions are those that are round and uniform in shape, with intact skins that look fresh and have long roots.
- Additionally, you should choose onions with smooth, shiny skins that have a beautiful yellow color, without black spots and tightly hugging the body.
- Avoid buying onions that have unusual shapes, completely missing the roots, or have roots that look dried up. These onions will not be tasty and will not look appealing when cooked.
How to choose fresh and delicious cabbage
- When buying cabbage, you should choose those that are round and uniform in shape, with a moderate size, feeling heavy when picked up, not too big and not too small.
- Delicious cabbage will have a fresh and intact shape, not bruised, and not have an unpleasant smell; when touching the core, it feels slimy.
- Avoid choosing cabbage that is flat or oval with a pale white color, as these are cabbages that are spongy, old, fibrous, and not tasty.
How to prepare Chicken served on a platter
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Prepare the chicken
For convenience, you should ask the vendor to help you, then at home, you just need to eliminate the chicken’s odor by using a mixture of 300ml of vinegar and 1 spoon of salt to rub over the chicken, then rinse with clean water and let it dry.
For the chicken’s innards, to remove the odor, use a mixture of salt and the juice of 1 lemon, massage evenly for about 3 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
Effective ways to remove chicken odor
- Use lemon and ginger: Rub the chicken meat with a few slices of lemon along with a smashed slice of ginger, then let it sit for about 3 minutes and rinse thoroughly with water.
- Blanch briefly with boiling water: After buying, wash the chicken with water, then put it in boiling water, blanch for 10 minutes, then take it out and let it dry.
- Use white wine: Rub the mixture of white wine all around the chicken and let it sit for 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
See details: How to effectively remove the odor of chicken meat
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Prepare other ingredients
You peel the onion and cut it into small wedges. The purple cabbage and white cabbage should be washed, the core removed, chopped, and washed again twice with water and drained.
You peel the shallots. After peeling the garlic, you chop it finely, and the chili you also wash, remove the stem, and chop finely.
You pick the herbs, wash them, and let them drain. The coriander and green onions should have their roots removed, washed clean with water.
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Marinating chicken and chicken entrails
Add 2 teaspoons of seasoning and 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder into an bowl, mix these two spices together evenly and then rub it all over the chicken, letting it sit and marinate for about 30 minutes for the chicken to absorb the spices evenly.
Put the chicken entrails into a plate along with 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, and 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper.
Mix well and marinate for about 15 minutes in the refrigerator refrigerator so that the chicken entrails absorb the spices while still retaining their freshness.
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Boiling chicken
Place a pot on the gas stove, add 1.5 liters of water to the pot and bring it to a boil over medium heat until the water in the pot gets hot, then add peeled shallots, 1/5 of a chopped onion, 1 teaspoon of salt, and the marinated chicken.
Boil for about 25 minutes over medium heat until the chicken is tender, then remove the chicken and let it cool slightly.
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Cooking rice
Add 1 cup of rice to the pot, then rinse it clean twice with water and scoop in just enough water used to boil the chicken. Place it in the rice cooker, cover and cook for about 15 minutes until the rice is evenly cooked
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Mixing fish sauce
Add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of fish sauce, and the juice of 5 calamondins into a bowl, mix well until the sugar is completely dissolved, then add minced garlic and chili, and stir well.
Completion
The remaining boiled chicken, you chop into bite-sized pieces and place them on a wooden platter along with the stir-fried entrails, rice, and mixed salad. Add a few sprigs of cilantro for decoration to enhance the visual appeal, and we have completed the dish!
Finished Product
The chicken is presented on a platter with very eye-catching and prominent colors. The chicken meat is boiled until tender, sweet, with a gentle and appealing aroma of turmeric.
The rice is cooked with chicken broth, so it will have a rich, fragrant taste. The chicken salad is crispy and delicious, with a sweet and sour flavor from the cabbage, and the shredded chicken is tender and tasty. The stir-fried chicken entrails have a characteristic rich sweetness, seasoned just right, mingled with a bit of the natural sweetness of onions.
All of these combine to create a dish that is incredibly flavorful. It brings many tastes together in one dish while being visually stunning as well. Be sure to try it out!
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Hope that through the detailed steps above, you can successfully make the enticing chicken platter, full of rich and captivating flavors. Wishing you success with this dish!
