Boiled chicken is a familiar dish to the people of Vietnam. This dish is not only nutritious but also loved by the people. Particularly, due to traditional customs, on occasions such as Tet holidays, death anniversaries, and weddings, boiled chicken is an essential dish. And to have delicious and tender boiled chicken without being overcooked or mushy, try the method of boiling chicken without water like the following ways. The ingredients used to boil will blend into each piece of meat, making the chicken fragrant and retaining the original sweet taste of the meat while still being rich and delicious.
Delicious boiled chicken without water
1 cleaned chicken, 1 ginger, 1/2 cup of white wine (or vinegar, salt), soup powder, cooking oil, spring onion
Steps to boil delicious chicken without water
Step 1: First, take the spices like half a ginger, crush it, and the remaining ginger chopped, mix with white wine and rub the chicken, marinate for 30 minutes to get rid of the smell of chicken and make the dish more fragrant and appealing. If there is no wine, you can rub the chicken several times with salt mixed with vinegar in a ratio of 2/1, then rinse with clean water, rub soup powder on the chicken and let it soak for about 2 hours.
Step 2: Next, add some cooking oil to the bottom of the rice cooker, spread it out to cover the entire bottom of the pot. Place thinly sliced ginger and spring onion to cover the bottom of the pot, arrange the chicken on top, then pour 1 cup of cooking wine over it, cover it back and turn on the cook button. When the pot switches to the warm button, wait for 10 minutes, then flip the chicken and turn on the cook button again.
Step 3: After the pot switches to the warm button, leave it for another 5 minutes, if you try piercing it and there is no more red juice coming out, it is done. Take out the chicken and let it cool completely before chopping. In this way, you have a delicious boiled chicken without water that everyone will love.
Boiling chicken with salt, lime leaves, lemongrass, and wine
1 cleaned chicken, 1/2 bowl of salt, 1 lime leaf, 5-6 lemongrass stalks, white wine
Steps:
Step 1: First, you need to use wine and salt to rub the chicken and then rinse it with clean water to remove any odor.
Step 2: Then, take the lemongrass, crush it and cut it into a finger-length segment. Then, use a large pot that fits the chicken, sprinkle a thin layer of salt on the bottom of the pot, then spread lemongrass and lime leaves evenly to cover the salt, add some lime leaves and lemongrass into the chicken. By doing so, the chicken will be incredibly fragrant and flavorful when cooked, not bland like when you boil it with ordinary water.
Step 3: Next, you place the chicken in the pot, turn the heat to medium for a few minutes, when the steam rises, reduce the heat and simmer for 40-50 minutes. With this method, you don’t need to flip the chicken during cooking.
Boiling chicken without water with salt, lime leaves, lemongrass, and wine
Boiling chicken with salt, Artemisia annua
Prepare the ingredients:
1 chicken, salt, Artemisia annua, lime leaves, lemongrass
Steps:
Step 1: First, to eliminate the odor, you rub salt on the chicken and then rinse it with clean water.
Step 2: Then, take the prepared lemongrass and crush and cut it into pieces about the length of a finger. Then, lay silver paper on the bottom of the pot to prevent burning, sprinkle a thin layer of salt, and spread half of the lemongrass, Artemisia annua, and lime leaves, then stuff the rest into the chicken’s cavity. Put the chicken in the pot, turn on the high heat, and when there is steam, turn down the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 4: After that, turn off the stove, let it sit for another 10 minutes, then remove the chicken, let it cool, and then chop it. With this method of boiling chicken, you will find the meat to be delicious and sweet, and one try of this dish will make you want to eat it forever.
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