Hội An Shredded Chicken and Local Herb Salad

with chef Thien from Home Restaurant

Hoi An Shredded Chicken and Local Herb Salad is a specialty from the northern province of Quang Nam. The dish is a combination of delicious, crispy chicken with the spicy flavours of onion and pepper, characteristic of Central Vietnam. Be sure to enjoy it when visiting Hoi An, or attempt it yourself by following Home Hoi An Restaurant’s recipe.

Ingredients: serves 1

500g chicken drumstick

100g onion

A bunch of Vietnamese mint

A bunch of spearmint

100g sliced green papaya

50g sliced carrot

300ml coconut water

5g fresh turmeric

10g Hoi An hot sauce

30g kumquat

50g fried peanuts

50g fried onion

Salt, pepper, sugar to taste

Method:

- Season chicken drumstick with turmeric and salt. To keep the meat crispy, put the chicken into cold water and heat until the water boils. Remove the drumstick from the water and soak it in coconut water for 5 minutes. Reboil the chicken stock, turn off the stove and soak the drumstick for 5-10 minutes.

- Slice the onion and soak it in ice cold water. Once chilled, mix with green papaya, carrot, and shredded chicken meat.

- Mix the salad with kumquat juice, sugar and hot sauce. Season with Vietnamese mint and spearmint. Sprinkle the crushed fried peanut and fried onion over the dish.

You can serve this dish with grilled sesame girdle cake to make it even tastier. Home Hoi An Restaurant’s Chef recommends some crushed black pepper to top it all off.

Sample the dish at Home Restaurant, Unit 201, 2nd Floor, Ha Noi Tower, 49 Hai Ba Trung St, Hoan Kiem Dist, Ha Noi.

chef Thien