The dish "chopped chicken stewed with ginger" is one of the unique dishes, a Dien Bien specialty that cannot be absent from the Mong ethnic people's meals in Tua Chua district on cold days.
Due to the terrain and specific climate, the Mong people have developed unique customs; one of which is the way of preparing dishes suitable to the conditions and climate.
The Hmong people of Dien Bien live in villages, with households scattered on hillsides and mountainsides. With high mountain terrain, the climate here is very cool; mornings and evenings are often a bit chilly, especially during the rainy days of autumn transition, in September.
In the Mong ethnic community, women often wear colorful clothes, hot colors such as red, yellow... to create a feeling of warmth, to withstand the harshness of the high mountains. At the same time, Mong villages are often isolated, to buy necessary items, they may have to travel quite far, so for a long time, Mong people have had ways to store food, process food to create warm, heat-retaining dishes that are unique and characteristic.
The dish "chopped chicken stewed with ginger" is one of the indispensable dishes on the Mong ethnic meal tray on cold days.
The way to cook ginger chicken stew is quite simple, the chicken is cleaned and chopped, the special thing is the way the Mong people add ginger as the main spice for the dish, fresh ginger is chopped, squeezed out of water, the ratio of ginger is 1/4 of chicken meat, then pour in the broth, add spices to taste.
When stewing, water is usually poured in to cover the dish. The broth has the fresh sweetness of the chicken and the warm but not too spicy taste of the ginger (which has been squeezed dry) mixed together.
This is one of the ways to keep warm, increase resistance, and cope with the cold of the changing seasons of the Mong ethnic group.
Coming to the highlands in the early days of autumn, feeling the warmth of steaming chicken soup through your hands, inhaling the fresh, fatty aroma, watching the low-roofed houses on the mountainside carrying the sea of clouds of the Mong ethnic group...
All create very unique feelings about the lifestyle, primitive customs, simple harmony of the people in the highlands.
To adapt to the high mountain climate, Mong women often wear shirts with warm colors.
Along with that are typical dishes that show adaptation and harmony with the highland climate. In the photo: Ingredients for cooking ginger stewed chicken dish of Mong ethnic people in Tua Chua district, Dien Bien province.
The way to prepare ginger stewed chicken of the Mong ethnic group in Tua Chua district (Dien Bien province) is very simple, just clean and chop the chicken.
Fresh ginger, one of the spices that keeps you warm in cold weather, is chopped and squeezed to reduce the spiciness.
After preparation, add broth and season to taste.
Eating stewed chicken with ginger is one of the ways to keep warm, increase resistance, and cope with the cold of the changing seasons of the Mong ethnic group in Tua Chua district, Dien Bien province.
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