Chicken specialties across Vietnam are ‘delicious with all the sauce’, just hearing the name makes you crave

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Chicken specialties such as chicken hotpot with é leaves, grilled chicken with lam rice, or burning chicken with leaves bring a uniquely delicious flavor, no matter where you eat, you will be “addicted” to it.

Delicious chicken specialties of Vietnam


1. Phu Yen chicken hotpot with é leaves

One of the most popular chicken specialties is the é leaf chicken hot pot. This dish originated in Phu Yen province and quickly became a typical cuisine of many Central and Central Highlands provinces, being “fascinated” by tourists and local residents alike. 
 Chicken hotpot with é leaves is a delicious chicken specialtyChicken hot pot with é leaves is a delicious specialty of Phu Yen. Photo: @cuckoofoodshop


Chicken hot pot is probably known to everyone, but a chicken hot pot with é leaves is probably still strange to many people? So what is é leaf? And what’s good to cook with chicken hotpot? E leaves are a typical spice of the South Central Coast and Central Highlands provinces, most notably Phu Yen. The people of Nau use é leaves to prepare many delicious dishes, including a chicken hot pot with é leaves. 
 Chicken hotpot with é leaves is a delicious chicken specialtyé leaves belong to the group of coriander, warm and fragrant. Photo: @bachuaviahe


The leaves are originally a variety of coriander, a subspecies of basil and contain essential oils, so it has a warm, spicy taste. In particular, the scent of é leaves is very special, subtly fragrant with a little lemongrass, little herbs, especially when eaten with chicken hot pot. That is the reason why chicken hot pot with é leaves is a pinnacle of Vietnamese cuisine , both easy to eat and good for health. 
 Chicken hotpot with é leaves is a delicious chicken specialtyChicken é leaf hotpot is sold a lot in Phu Yen, Da Lat,… Photo: @cuckoofoodshop


Nowadays, é leaf chicken hot pot is quite popular in Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Da Lat and even Saigon. In each place, this delicious dish has a little variation to suit the taste of local residents. But basically, hot pot chicken must be the type of chicken with small bones and lots of meat. The broth is richly processed with lemongrass and spices. In particular, é leaves used to eat hot pot must be fresh, washed, and dipped until fragrant. 
 Chicken hotpot with é leaves is a delicious chicken specialtyChicken hotpot with é leaves is often served with vermicelli. Photo: @jasmineinkitchen19


Chicken hotpot with é leaves is often served with vermicelli. This is a delicious dish that is easy to eat and is especially suitable for cold winter days. Sitting next to the hot pot of chicken hot pot, the broth is sweet and fragrant, with the scent of fragrant basil leaves, accompanied by a piece of sweet and crunchy chicken, it’s truly “out of luck”. If you have the opportunity to travel to Phu Yen , Da Lat, you should definitely eat it once to know the deliciousness of this specialty.
 

2. Grilled Chicken with Lam Lam Rice in the Central Highlands

One of the very famous chicken dishes in Vietnam is grilled chicken with rice lam. This is a special dish of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands. This is a dish originally from the Ede ethnic group, then processed into many different versions by the people of the Central Highlands.
 Grilled chicken with lam rice is a delicious chicken specialtyGrilled chicken with lam rice is an attractive Central Highlands specialty. Photo: @dinh_the_bao


Today, this chicken specialty dish has become a favorite dish of tourists when traveling, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, etc. It is the sweet and fragrant taste of chicken and the plasticity of Lam rice that makes it For visitors to eat once is “addicted”, want to enjoy many more times.
 Grilled chicken with lam rice is a delicious chicken specialtyGrilled whole chicken with golden brown color, served with bamboo tube rice. Photo: @nho_hoo


In order to create a delicious and attractive grilled chicken with rice lam, the Central Highlands ethnic minorities are very careful in choosing chicken. The type of chicken to be grilled must be young chicken, weighing about 1kg. Especially this must be a jogging chicken, thin skin and firm meat. So the new chicken after grilling does not have much fat does not cause boredom. 
 Grilled chicken with lam rice is a delicious chicken specialtyGrilled chicken with lam rice dipped with peanut salt and é leaf salt is very delicious. Photo: @candykun107


This chicken specialty is processed quite elaborately to give birth to a delicious mountain dish. Chicken is cleaned, preliminarily processed and marinated with shallots, lemongrass, garlic, honey, fish sauce, pepper, five spices, forest leaves, etc., then clamped onto bamboo sticks and grilled over charcoal. While grilling, the chicken must turn evenly to avoid overcooking.
 Grilled chicken with lam rice is a delicious chicken specialtyToday, this dish is very popular and sold in many places. Photo: @hanee.q9


Lam rice is cooked from sticky rice with elongated, small and flexible seeds. The bamboo tubes are cut into a long length, washed and put in with sticky rice, then covered with forest leaves. The rice tubes are buried in high heat and cooked for about 60 minutes. This is the time when the chicken grilled on the charcoal stove is also cooked.
 Grilled chicken with lam rice is a delicious chicken specialtyGrilled chicken is shredded, served with lam rice and dipped with attractive dipping sauce. Photo: @candykun107


When the rice and chicken are both cooked, the chicken will be presented whole so that diners can shred it by hand. The bamboo rice tubes are left in the bamboo tubes, when you eat them, you will separate the shells yourself. Lam rice is usually dipped with peanut salt and grilled chicken is often dipped with é leaf salt with a characteristic pungent taste. This is the perfect combination to create a pinnacle chicken rice dish of Vietnamese cuisine.
 


3. Chicken burns leaves to wish An Giang

If you have the opportunity to travel to O Thum lake, An Giang province, you should try to enjoy the chicken that burns the leaves. This is also a very delicious chicken specialty that is only sold in the Bay Nui region. The characteristic blend of sweet-smelling chicken and the smell of coriander leaves creates an attractive dish, once you try it, you will remember it forever.
 Burnt chicken is a delicious chicken specialtyO Thum fried chicken is a famous delicacy of An Giang. Photo: @clensken


Burnt chicken is a traditional dish of Khmer people in An Giang province. This delicious dish is made quite elaborately, no less than grilled chicken with lam rice. Chicken chosen to grill must be walking chicken, made immediately to always be fresh. Preliminarily processed chicken is marinated with lemongrass, chili and willow leaves, sugar, salt, and garlic. 
 Burnt chicken is a delicious chicken specialtyChicken is stuffed with garlic to create an attractive aroma when processing. Photo: @carmennguyen.ngoc


The chicken is then burned on the stove with an earthen pot, under the earthen pot, add lemongrass and leaves so that when cooked, the chicken will be delicious and flavorful. When cooked, chicken has a beautiful golden color, the aroma spreads everywhere. This dish is often served with lemon pepper salt and lemon chili salt. Dip a piece of chicken with the smell of coriander leaves and put it in your mouth, you will clearly feel the scent on the bridge of your nose. 
 Burnt chicken is a delicious chicken specialtyThe leaves help the chicken dish more delicious. Photo: @tuminh.vo


Today, burning chicken is a specialty of the land of O Thum, especially in the area around O Thum lake, where there are many shops selling this chicken dish. There’s nothing better than sitting and admiring the beautiful, peaceful lake, sipping a piece of chicken with the scent of leaves, sweet and chewy. 
 Burnt chicken is a delicious chicken specialtyThis dish is usually eaten with fried rice. Photo: @oxxy.0811


Usually, visitors will order more steamed rice or fried rice to enjoy with this specialty grilled chicken. Depending on your needs, you can ask the restaurant to serve the chicken with an appropriate weight. On average, it will cost you about 300,000 VND to eat a chicken with leaves for 2 people. 
 Burnt chicken is a delicious chicken specialtyOn average, each chicken that burns a wish leaf costs 300,000 VND. Photo: @oxxy.0811


Each chicken specialty of Vietnam has its own flavor with elaborate and sophisticated processing, creating a delicious dish typical of Vietnamese cuisine. Interestingly, these delicious dishes all contribute to promoting local tourism in particular and Vietnam tourism in general, creating a beautiful mark in the eyes of international friends. 

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