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Durian grilled chicken - A specialty of Lai Thieu

Update: 03-06-2020 | 10:42:04

Lai Thieu is famous for many delicious fruits. From these delicious fruits of their hometown, the locals also creative and processed original specialties.

Coming to Lai Thieu, visitors definitely find local gardens of fruits to enjoy specialties of this land. Currently, Thuan An City has some well-known orchards, such as Be Hai, Lai Thieu 99, Hong Van... Most of these fruit gardens are located in Hung Dinh ward, both for sightseeing and food beverage services. At the orchards, after visiting fruit gardens, visitors may enjoy delicious and famous dishes associated with the names of fruits here, such as mangosteen chicken salad, durian grilled chicken.

Durian grilled chicken is a special dish make with a Lai Thieu fruit. Durian grilled chicken at first looks like other normal grilled chicken dishes as being displayed on table, but when enjoying it, the eater will feel all the creativity in this art of cooking.

According to gardeners who provide food beverage services here, this dish requires delicious, soft, greasy durian to enhance the taste of grilled chicken. Chickens must be barnyard chickens to have the toughness, firmness of meat. Each restaurant has a different recipe, but they all think that marinating, seasoning play an essential role in deciding whether this dish is delicious or not. Therefore, from durian to spices, all must be accurately measured and marinated to make durian absorb into the chicken. When the chicken is seasoned with enough time, then the chicken will be grilled to ensure the tastes of durian and chicken are blended with each other when being served to visitors.

Durian grilled chicken is often served with a deep-fried sticky rice and some vegetables. This is a unique dish imbued with regional flavor created by Lai Thieu people. Besides specialty fresh fruits, this specialty dish is highly recommended to visitors to experience the unique culinary of this land.

Reported by Cam Ly - Translated by Ngoc Huynh

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