Ingredients for making rambutan chicken salad

Rambutan: 10 - 12 fruits; Chicken thighs or thighs: 2 - 3 pieces; Onion: ½ root; Carrot: 1 medium root; Lemon: 1 fruit; Fried onion: 2 - 3 tablespoons; Minced garlic; Minced chili; Lemongrass: 1 stalk; Ginger: 1 small branch; Shallots: 1 - 2 small roots; Vietnamese coriander; Family seasoning.

How to choose fresh chicken

Good chicken will have golden yellow skin, light pink meat, and the skin will stick tightly to the meat.

Chicken skin should be evenly yellow, without bruises or unusual colors. Chicken meat should be firm, without dents, flabbiness, or deformation when pressed.

Choose chicken thighs or drumsticks that are not too different in size and weight, because chicken parts that are too big may be water-injected chicken.

Raw material preparation

Wash chicken thighs, drain, put in a pot of cold water with 1 piece of ginger, 1-2 small shallots, 1 lemongrass stalk.

Put on stove, turn on medium heat, boil chicken for 7-10 minutes from when water starts to boil. When chicken is cooked, put it in a bowl of cold water to firm the meat and cool quickly.

When the chicken is cool, tear it into bite-sized pieces. Be careful not to tear it too small or it will be crushed when mixed with the salad. Peel the carrots, wash them, and cut or shred them into small pieces.

Peel the rambutan, remove the seeds, wash it, and drain it. Peel the onion, cut it into thin strips, soak it in cold water for 5 minutes to reduce the pungent smell, then remove it and drain it.

How to make rambutan chicken salad

Make salad dressing

Mix the salad dressing in the following ratio: 2 tablespoons good fish sauce, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1.5 tablespoons lime juice.

Stir until sugar dissolves, season to taste. Add chopped chili and minced garlic, stir well to complete the salad dressing.

Mix salad

Add all the shredded chicken, rambutan, chopped onion, shredded carrot, mix well together. Slowly add the salad dressing and mix well until the salad is just right.

Drain the sauce from the salad, let the salad dry, it will be more delicious and beautiful. After mixing the salad, put it on a plate, sprinkle with fried onions and some Vietnamese coriander and it's done.

Finished product

The finished rambutan chicken salad will have a moderate sweet and sour taste, the rambutan and onions will still retain their crunchiness. Eaten with chewy chicken and fragrant fried onions, it is extremely attractive.

To enjoy the delicious rambutan chicken salad, you can eat it with rice paper or shrimp crackers. When eating, dip it in spicy fish sauce for a more flavorful taste.

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