The famous world food website Taste Atlas announced the list of 65 best chicken dishes in Asia at the end of January. The culinary experts, famous chefs selected these dishes with the criteria: meeting the standards of taste, easy to eat, characteristic of the destination and famous, all rated from 4 stars or more on a 5-star scale. The list is a suggestion for diners who are wondering: “What to eat delicious when coming to Asia” for the upcoming trip.
Vietnamese boiled chicken
The four dishes of Vietnam mentioned are braised chicken with lemongrass and chili (36th), chicken curry (39th), chicken salad (57th) and boiled chicken (60th). Braised chicken with lemongrass is especially popular in the Mekong Delta region, chicken chopped and braised with lemongrass, chili, green onion, garlic, sugar, salt, oil, turmeric, fish sauce and eaten with white rice, according to Taste Atlas.
Chicken salad is described as “a salty, crispy, fragrant salad”, consisting of boiled chicken, carrots, onions, herbs chopped and mixed well with a sauce of lemon, fish sauce, chili, garlic, sugar.
Vietnamese chicken salad
Commenting on the Vietnamese chicken curry dish, the experts said the dish is “easy to prepare” when using easy-to-find ingredients such as chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, coconut milk and herbs such as lemongrass, fish sauce, curry powder. The dish is suitable to eat with white rice, bread.
Meanwhile, boiled chicken, a traditional dish of Vietnamese people, popular on holidays, Tet. The chicken is rubbed with salt to remove the smell and then boiled with ginger, scallion, and turmeric. The cooked chicken has a beautiful yellow color, eaten with salt and lemon. “Boiled chicken symbolizes abundance, prosperity, often eaten with sticky rice”, Taste Atlas commented.
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