What to eat today? – 4 Easy Chicken Recipes that are tasty and simple to make!

Chicken has been a popular ingredient widely used across the globe for a long time. You can do everything with chicken, from crispy, juicy fried chicken, cozy chicken curry to healthy boiled chicken breasts… If you are craving some chicken right now and wondering how to cook some quick dishes, let bTaskee recommend these 4 recipes for a rainy autumn day with your family!

Today’s chicken menu:

• Steamed Chicken with Lemongrass and Salt
• Vietnamese Chicken Cabbage Salad
• Fried chicken wings with Fish Sauce
• Chicken Curry

Let’s cook the chickens now!

Steamed Chicken with Lemongrass and Salt – Easy Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

Cooking steps 

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

• Chicken: rinse with water then rub with salt and a little ginger, rewash with water to remove odors.
• Wash the lemongrass, ginger, chili, and lime leaves, then divide them into 2 parts, one part crushed and the other minced.

Step 2: Make the dish

• Marinate the chicken with 1 spoon of broth mix, pepper, and minced chili, ginger, lemon leaves, ginger slices, green onions for 30 minutes.
• Put some crushed lemongrass, lemon leaves, and gingers inside the chicken to create a fragrant odor. 
• Pour the salt in a pot to cover the bottom completely, then add half of the lemon leaves and lemongrass and put the chicken on top of them.

Note: Do not let the chicken touch the salt or it will be salty.

• Add the rest of the seasonings on top and cover the lid.
• Close the lid and start steaming the chicken on high heat for 5 minutes. Then turn down the heat and steam for 20 – 30 minutes more.
• Turn off the heat, keep the lid closed and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• Take the chicken out, check the temperature, and chop it into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle some minced lemon leaves and it’s ready to serve.

You can enjoy the chicken with salt or fish sauce. Either way, it would taste simple but flavorful thanks to the smell of lemongrass. Let’s try now!

Vietnamese Chicken Cabbage Salad – Easy Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

Cooking steps 

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

• Wash the chicken through water then rub it with salt and a little ginger.
• Rinse it again with water to remove odors.
• Prepare a bowl of dilute salt water, cut the cabbage into small pieces and soak for about 5 minutes to remove dirt, then rinse again with water.
• Peel the carrots, wash and cut them into thin strips.
• Wash the cilantro and cut them into bite-sized pieces.
• Chop the chili.
• Wash the shallots then slice them thinly and fry them until golden.
• Squeeze the lemon juice out.
• Smash the roasted peanuts.

Step 2: Make the salad

• Heat a pot of water and add 1 spoon of salt in to boil the chicken.
• While waiting for the chicken to be cooked, make the dressing: add lemon juice, 2 teaspoons of MSG, 3 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of fish sauce and minced chili in. Mix them wel
• After the chicken is cooked, shred the meat.
• Make the salad: add 2 spoons of dressing in the shredded chicken and mix well. After that, add the cabbage and carrots in. Continue to add the rest of the dressing and mix everything together.
• When you’re done with mixing, add the fried onions and the cilantro in.
• Finally, take the salad out and put it on a plate, sprinkle the roasted peanuts and it’s done.

The salad would be more appealing and stimulate the taste buds more when served with salt, pepper, lemon and chili sauce!

Fried chicken wings with Fish Sauce – Easy Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

Cooking steps 

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

• Wash the chicken wings with water. Rub them with salt and ginger. Rewash them again with water to get rid of the smell. Let them dry.
• Wash and mince the garlic, chili.

Step 2: Make the fried wings

• Make the sauce: add 2 spoons of fish sauce, 2 spoons of chili sauce, 2 spoons of water, half a spoon of salt and 1 spoon of MSG in. Mix well.
• Heat the pan with 2 spoons of cooking oil, wait for the oil to boil and start frying the chicken wings,
• Once the chicken is crispy and golden, take them out to a new plate. Reduce the amount of oil, add the garlic and chili in. 
• Add the chicken back and pour the sauce in as well.
• Season the chicken wings to your liking and let it simmer to thicken the sauce.
• Turn off the heat and stir them again to fully coat the wings.  

Through 2 very simple steps above, you have made for your family a plate of fried chicken wings coated with delicious fish sauce.

Chicken Curry – Easy Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

Cooking steps 

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

• Wash the chicken with water, then rub it with salt and ginger. Rewash it with water to get rid of the smell and let it dry.
• Marinate the chicken with 1 spoon of salt, 1 spoon of pepper, 2 spoons of sugar, 4 spoons of broth mix powder, 2 spoons of curry powder in 30 minutes to let it absorb the flavors.
• Peel the sweet potatoes, wash and chop them into bite-sized pieces. Soak them in saltwater to keep the color.
• Dice the onions
• Add 6 cups of warm water into the shredded coconut and squeeze out the coconut milk. 
• Wash and crush the lemongrass. Then tie them together.
• Wash and mince the shallot, garlic, chili pepper, ginger.

Step 2: Cook the curry

• Heat the pan with 2 spoons of cooking oil. Once the oil is hot enough, and the sweet potatoes in and fry until slightly golden. This will prevent them from crumbling while making the curry.
• Next, fry the chicken on medium heat and turn down a bit to cook the inside thoroughly.
• Heat a pot on the stove with another 2 spoons of cooking oil. Add the minced shallots, garlic, chili, ginger in and fry till golden. 
• Then add the chicken and the curry oil in. Stir evenly to coat the chicken with the seasonings. 
• Add the coconut milk, the lemongrass and close the lid. Turn down the heat to let the curry simmer.  
• Once the chicken is cooked, add the potatoes and the diced onion in. Cook for another 5 minutes and begin tasting. 
• Adjust the flavor to your liking and turn off the heat. 
• Simply take some out and enjoy with bread or rice, or pasta if you prefer.

Chicken curry with its delicious and nutritious taste might be the most irresistible dish. This warm chicken curry is perfect for a rainy season meal

Above are the top 4 easy chicken recipes, they are easy to make but still extremely delicious and eye-catching. Save the recipes right now to make family meals more enriching!

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