Crispy fried chicken skin is a popular side dish for sticky rice at chicken sticky rice shops in Ho Chi Minh City. Saigon-style chicken sticky rice with a full serving usually has young eggs, crispy fried chicken skin, shredded chicken, shumai, chicken thighs, boiled liver gizzard, dried shrimp and sprinkled with onion fat, served with pickled cabbage to reduce the feeling of boredom.
The Hanoi version of sticky rice with chicken skin has slightly different side dishes. Diners can order crispy fried chicken skin topping to eat with fried sticky rice, fried sticky rice... and other toppings such as chicken with mushrooms, sausage, pate...
Ms. Vu Thi Hoa (Dong Da, Hanoi) - owner of a sticky rice shop on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, said that her shop has been open for 20 years.
In recent years, the restaurant has become well known for its chicken skin sticky rice with spicy and sour sauce.
“Sticky chicken skin sticky rice with spicy and sour sauce usually includes sticky rice, fried chicken skin mixed with homemade spicy and sour sauce, shrimp paste, dried onions, green bean puree served with pickles. In addition, customers who want to eat other side dishes can still order more" - Ms. Hoa said.
The owner said the secret to delicious sticky rice lies in the ingredients. The restaurant's sticky rice is made from yellow flower sticky rice so it is very sticky. Yellow flower sticky rice is inherently delicious rice, with round grains, natural aroma and mild sweet taste.
Besides, the chicken skin served with sticky rice is cleaned of fat and fried to a crispy golden color mixed with sauce, shrimp paste and onions also made by the owner herself.
In addition to the strange chicken skin sticky rice with spicy and sour sauce, the restaurant also serves a variety of dishes such as chicken and mushroom sticky rice, egg rolls, mixed sticky rice ...
Mr. Trinh Ngoc Lam (Cau Giay, Hanoi) tried sticky rice with chicken skin with spicy and sour sauce for the first time at the restaurant and shared: "I found this dish quite strange, crispy chicken skin mixed with spicy and sour sauce, dried onions and shrimp. quite good, the sticky rice is also very sticky."
In Hanoi, there are two places where diners can buy chicken skin sticky rice: Xoi Ran Hiep Hoa (De La Thanh street), Xoi Oanh Oanh (La Thanh or Nguyen Chi Thanh streets). The price of sticky rice ranges from 20,000 - 45,000 VND/bowl depending on the type.
