Dishes made from chicken are always loved by many people because of their delicious taste and diversity in processing methods.
In the traditional way, housewives often boil chicken with water. If you boil it improperly, your chicken may have cracked skin, broken meat, or chopped and still not fully cooked, the bones are still red.
To have a delicious and tender boiled chicken without worrying about not cooking it well or cooking it for too long, you can try boiling it without water using the method of the 9X Loan Tran mother (Hoa Binh) below. You will be surprised by the meat after boiling it “dry”:
Ingredients for boiled chicken
Clean chicken: 1 chicken (1.5kg)
Onion, lemongrass, ginger, sweet corn, scallion root, kaffir lime leaves, peppercorns.
How to boil chicken without water
First, prepare a thick pot with a tight lid.
Then, line the bottom of the pot with onions, lemongrass, ginger, and sweet corn.
Put the chicken in the pot, add scallion roots, kaffir lime leaves, and peppercorns for aroma. Cover the pot.
Turn on the stove to the highest heat to heat the pot, when you smell the fragrance of lemongrass and ginger, reduce the heat to the lowest level.
Occasionally, you should open the lid to check, at this time you will see water from onions and a little water from the chicken is released, so you don’t have to worry about burning it.
Increase the heat every 10 minutes, each time for a few seconds, to release steam from the pot.
Then, reduce the heat to the lowest level and maintain the heat.
If the pot retains heat well, a 1.5 kg chicken will be cooked in about 30 minutes. Slice a few kaffir lime leaves, mix them with salt, pepper, and chili, and sprinkle them on the chicken for a beautiful presentation.
Dip the chicken in salt, lime, pepper, and chili for the best flavor.
Secrets to Cooking Delicious and Beautiful Boiled Chicken
During Tet holiday, it is a tradition to have boiled chicken as an offering to our ancestors and also as a delicious dish to serve guests. Boiling chicken is not difficult, but to have a chicken that is both tasty and visually appealing requires some special tips and tricks.