Guide choose delicious chicken for family meals

Chicken is a popular type of poultry meat, making many delicious dishes. How to choose delicious chicken whether raw or prepared for a family meal that you should not ignore.

Chicken is a quite popular dish in Vietnamese family meals, in addition to pork and beef , chicken contains a lot of nutrients. Besides, with chicken, you can also process a lot of dishes such as chicken soup, braised chicken, chicken noodle soup , ... as delicious as pork and beef.

In order to have a meal with delicious chicken dishes, the first condition, you must choose for yourself a delicious chicken when you go to the market. But that is difficult for those of you who rarely go to the market. Don't worry because here I will share with you how to choose good chicken when going to the market.
firstNutritional value and effects of chicken meat
Nutritional value of chicken

Chicken is a delicious poultry meat, popular in many Vietnamese family meals. Each part of the chicken will have different calories and nutrients . Below is the nutrient content of chicken parts as follows:Chicken breast : A boneless, skinless chicken breast weighing about 100g will provide: 165 calories, 31g protein , 3.6g fat .
Chicken thighs : In a 100g chicken thigh will provide about 209 calories, 26g protein and 10.9g fat.
Chicken wings : Each 100g of chicken wings will contain 203 calories, 30.5 grams of protein and 8.1g of fat.
Chicken thighs : Each 100g of chicken thighs provides about 172 calories, 28.3g protein and 5.7g fat.

Nutritional value of chicken
Health benefits of chickenChicken is known as a meat rich in protein but low in fat, so it is very good for those who want to build muscle or lose weight for a long time.
Chicken is rich in the amino acid tryptophan, which helps increase serotonin levels in your brain, which if eaten regularly will improve mood and reduce stress.
At the same time, chicken is also proven to prevent arthritis and bone-related diseases. Therefore, you should eat stewed chicken dishes, chicken soup to improve joint pain!
Chicken when eaten in the body will be able to prevent and control the amino acid homocysteine, an amino acid that is harmful to the heart.
Besides the above benefits, chicken also helps improve the immune system, enhance metabolism, fight cancer, good for eyes, ...

Health benefits of chicken
2How to choose good chicken
Choose ready-made chicken

How to choose ready-made chicken

For delicious chicken, you should choose chickens whose skin is light yellow, thin, smooth, highly elastic and only dark yellow in some places such as breast, wings, back. Ready-made chickens usually have a compact, toned body with a narrow breast.

Good chicken has meat that should look fresh, the meat should not have a bad smell, and there should be no bruises or blood clots on the skin . If you want to buy good chicken, you should not choose dark chicken because it is a dead chicken before making.

How to choose ready-made chicken

Press the chicken body, chicken breast or thigh with your hand to check, if the meat is firm, the chicken is delicious , and if the meat is pasty, slippery, deformed, concave with a lot of water, it means that the chicken is injected with water sometimes mixed with borax, this should absolutely not buy this chicken, to avoid affecting health.

How to choose ready-made industrial chicken

The way to choose industrial chickens is similar to domestic chickens, not much different, industrial chickens only differ from domestic chickens in that industrial chickens are larger in size, have more meat and thicker skin than domestic chickens .

You need to pay attention to the expiration date of chicken meat in the supermarket , so choose chicken at least 1 day before the expiration date to ensure the deliciousness of the meat.

How to choose ready-made industrial chicken

How to recognize discarded chickens

In addition to industrial chickens and domestic chickens, you also need to be careful with discarded chickens . Discarded chicken is a term that often refers to a type of chicken that specializes in eggs, after the end of the breeding cycle, it will be eliminated and thrown away, people use this chicken for meat and sale.

This type of chicken has very low nutrients, fibrous meat and is not delicious, so it is very cheap , but because it is also a common type of chicken, it is difficult for users to distinguish.

According to a chicken supplier, in order not to choose the wrong chicken, one can pay attention to the details that can be recognized by the naked eye. Discarded laying hens will have a short bill, especially the upper beak is shorter than the lower beak . Because in the process of raising chickens, they often peck each other, so farmers often cut the upper beak short compared to the lower beak.

Chicken skin is often thick and white because they eat industrial bran , not yellow like chickens in the garden, eating corn and rice.


Choose raw chicken

For the rooster

A rooster with firm, delicious meat is a chicken with a bright red crest, flexible eyes, not lethargy . The fur is smooth, close to the body. The beak is sharp, there is no viscous flow in the beak.

Chicken legs are straight, slender; The skin of the feet is golden and shiny. The cock must be short because if it is long, it means that the chicken is old.

Castrated rooster is also an option that is passed on by sisters as a chicken with a lot of meat, little fat, and small bones that are delicious to eat.

For the rooster

For hens

You should choose bright red crests, yellow legs, smooth hair, small pores. Use your hand to gently press the chicken breast to see that the breast is full, press slightly below the breast to see that the soft bone is a young hen.

Avoid choosing chickens with stiff legs, scaly, ruffled feathers, large pores, small neck , white, gray skin, lots of bumps, big anus because they are old hens, have laid a lot of eggs already.

In addition to the above points, you can see the chicken anus. Delicious chicken has a rosy anus, good contractions, no signs of wetness, water or abnormal stools. There is no small red dot under the chicken's armpit, if there is, it is definitely water injected.

For hens

You should avoid buying chickens with symptoms such as pale crest, bruised, moody, slimy beak, lethargic eyes, sagging wings, tired appearance, head always goes down, shaggy feathers, wrinkled skin wrinkly, dry feet because these are signs of sick chickens, not only not delicious when eaten, but also affecting the health of the user.
3Notes when eating chicken and how to preserve chicken

Note when eating chickenPeople with open wounds that have just been operated or recently tattooed should not eat chicken because it leaves keloid scars, takes a long time to heal and causes unsightly darkening of the skin.
People with cirrhosis of the liver need to limit eating chicken , because chicken meat causes heat loss in the liver and aggravates the disease.
People with kidney stones should also not eat chicken because it will increase oxalate levels in the urine, causing stones to form.
You should not eat chicken with marjoram leaves because it can cause bloating, indigestion, eating a lot and often will make it difficult for you to have a bowel movement.

Note when eating chicken

How to preserve chicken?

The best way to preserve chicken for a long time is to keep it in the refrigerator. You should wash the chicken, dry it, then put it in a sealed container or plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator . It is best to put it in the freezer to use it for a long time, when it needs to be processed, take it out to defrost, but it should not be frozen again because it affects the quality.

For cooked chicken, you also need to put it in a sealed container and then put it in the refrigerator , remember to keep it separate from other foods because it can be cross-contaminated and smelly.

How to preserve chicken?
4Delicious dishes made from chicken

BBQ chicken rice

BBQ chicken rice is a delicious , eye-catching dish that makes you want to enjoy it right away.

Chicken rice soaked in sauce is seasoned to taste, the chicken is tender and sweet, and also soaked in the sauce on the outside is very attractive to make you fall in love.


BBQ chicken rice

Fried chicken with salt

If you don't know what to do with chicken, try the salted cracker chicken right away! This strange dish has a unique way of processing, delicious and attractive flavor.

The chicken skin is extremely beautiful, when eaten, you will feel the delicious toughness and extremely fragrant lemon leaves, served with salt and pepper lemon , cabbage salad is more attractive.


Fried chicken with salt

Shredded Chicken Salad

Hot summer days make our taste buds also affected, making it harder to eat. You should try the shredded chicken salad right away, a simple preparation with easy-to-find ingredients will be a great choice.

The shredded chicken salad is delicious and refreshing when there is fatty pangasius chicken, sour and sour sauce and vegetables that you can eat all the time without feeling bored.

Shredded Chicken Salad