Top 5 restaurants best chicken rice in Hoi An

Food & Drink Hoi An
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Rice Chicken in Hoi An

Although the land of Hoi An has always been famous for its rich cuisine with many different delicacies, when we mention to the most delicious dish of Hoi An, many visitors remember it forever the first name to be called is Chicken Rice in the old town (Chicken Rice Hoi An).

Chicken Rice Hoi AN – Culinary Arts of Central Viet Nam 

Chicken rice in general has always been a familiar and popular dish among Vietnamese. Whether it is in different ways of processing according to regional preferences.

The North of our country stands out with boiled chicken rice, which is chop into pieces and dips with salt and pepper combine with lemon leaves,  and eat with rice or sticky rice. Southern chicken rice is a little different in the way of processing, the Southern people prefer to eat greasy or fried chicken to eat with white rice because they prefer the fatty crispy of oil combined with chicken.

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Also in the Central strip or more specifically Hoi An, there is a very different type of chicken rice, which is shredded chicken and mixed with leeks onions and some spices and golden iridescent rice. The chicken meat is carefully mixed with the taste of the old town’s homemade chili sauce, and the aromatic chicken fat soup will give visitors an unforgettable impression on this dish.

How did Hoi An people make chicken rice?

An indispensable ingredient to make  “the art of the dish” of Hoi An chicken rice is fresh turmeric, onions, and the finest fresh laksa leaves selected from Tra Que Hoi An vegetable village. Chickens to make chicken rice Hoi An must choose the right kind of “walking chickens” which is our chicken breeds raised entirely by gardening, their food from nature is also grain corn, to produce the finished product. the chicken pieces are a bit chewy and not chewy

The chicken is boiled until it is then tearing the meat pieces, mixed with pepper, lemon, salt and chopped off onions and laksa leaves. The rice for chicken rice Hoi An is not simple but also requires meticulousness of the chef with many different steps such as washing rice, roasting, cooking …

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Rice Chicken Hoi An

To cook a plate of chicken rice Hoi An standard, the type of rice used to cook should be a half grains rice. Half-grains rice, after being washed, is drained, then stir-fried with chicken fat before being cooked to bring up the hidden aroma inside the rice.

In Hoi An, people use chicken broth for rice directly to cook rice, making this dish special and has a very unique flavor that not everywhere can be found.

The dish seems to be extremely simple, it has never become a culinary symbol that visitors to Hoi An must be curious to try once in their life, and from there on make you will nostalgically forever.

1.Ba Buoi Hoi An Chicken Rice – a long-standing rice restaurant

As a famous culinary spot in Hoi An, any tourist who comes to Hoi An also tries to stop by Ba Buoi Chicken Rice is a restaurant with a long history and the most famous chicken rice dish that satisfies all the most fastidious guests.

Although Mrs. Buoi has passed away, her descendants still inherit her career and continue to develop the brand of Mrs. Buoi chicken rice in Hoi An. The chicken here is marinated with ginger and peanut oil manually before boiling, making the chicken absorbent and retain the fragrant golden lard of Pho Hoi chicken rice.

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Ba Buoi chicken rice is always served with a cup of homemade Hoi An chili sauce. The best way to eat it is to put some pepper salt and lemon juice in the cup of soy sauce, make sure to mix it well, then eat with chicken rice to taste more perfect offline.

Make sure you won’t be able to stop at the first piece! Because of its popularity, the restaurant is always a bit crowded, but certainly the quality of service and food here will make you not disappointed and the wait is not wasted at all.

Address: Số 22, Phan Chu Trinh street, Hội An city.

The shop also has a new branch at 18 Dao Duy Tu with more spacious suitable for groups or families with many members with the same quality of dishes.

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2. BA NGA Rice Chicken–Hội An

Rice Chicken ” BA NGA”  is suitable for travelers who prefer the greasy but aromatic flavor of chicken fat, in addition, the sauce covered in chicken rice, rich in brown color, extremely rich and very suitable when combined with rice. Chicken rice here is a part of the meat with a flesh sweet really like.

The warm rice cooked with marinated chicken broth has some spices such as ginger, onion, turmeric with salt and pepper to make up a very pleasant aroma, and even just eating rice, you can feel it. all delicious and fragrant in every grain of rice.

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Chicken rice BA NGA

Also, do not forget to order a stir-fried chicken egg to eat with rice. This is also one of the strange dishes here that especially impress visitors when enjoying.

Chicken Rice Ba Nga always in a very crowded and almost full table so the time to order will be a bit long, but if you are not in a hurry and ready to wait to enjoy this “divine” chicken rice, Ba Nga chicken rice nor will it be a perfect choice that makes you absolutely satisfied.

3.BA MINH Rice Chicken 

The menu at Ba Minh chicken rice converges all the specialties of Hoi An such as pancakes, Cao Lau, Quang noodles, … but chicken rice is the main dish and also it has made the restaurant a lot of tourists. More and more to come and enjoy.

Rice used to cook chicken rice here often uses half-grains rice to produce batches of rice with a very fragrant with a very characteristic aroma. Chicken mixed permeability and very bold, suitable for most visitors from domestic and foreign. Another plus point is that the space is very clean, the attentive staff is very dedicated.

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The only minus is probably just a bit far from the old town, if walking, it takes about 7 to 10 minutes. If you have the opportunity to visit, you should try the experience once!

Address: 20 – 22 , Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoi An City

4. Chicken Rice LONG 

Hoi An chicken rice is a delicious dish, still ensuring nutritious ingredients but not tired, so more and more chicken rice restaurants in Hoi An sprout up to serve both locals and tourists to visit. Long Chicken rice is not inferior to other old shops in Hoi An, most of the visitors here are more locals than tourists.

There is a point here that makes me very impressed that I am not a devotee of onions. But when I tried chicken rice with chicken and onion mixed here, it was extremely easy to eat and suited my taste.

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The bar owner shared with him that the difference here is that the onions will be taken soaked in ice with a few drops of lemon right after chopping to make the onions crispy so that they can be eaten with chicken without being affected. pungent.

In addition, the restaurant also sells very tasty chicken rice and is very popular with diners, adding a little satay to make a piece of aromatic, spicy and delicious pork meat, it is delicious!

Address: 53/16 Phan Chau Trinh, Hoi An city

5. BA THUAN CHICKEN RICE – eat with delicious food and bags

Chicken rice will probably not meet the standard of Hoi An without papaya sour pickle with ginger. In Ba Thuan Hoi An chicken rice, in addition to delicious chicken rice, papaya soaked to eat is also a highlight that visitors are very impressed with this restaurant.

And if you want a little more papaya then do not hesitate because the staff here is very friendly and hospitable.

Delicious chicken rice is served with a cup of chicken soup including the heart, young chicken eggs. And chicken blood is also a unique feature that attracts more customers to Ba Thuan chicken rice.

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The shop is open all day from 7 am to 10 pm so you can come anytime.

Address: 17/4, Hai Ba Trung street, Hoi An city

Hoi An chicken rice has been a popular dish for a long time but it still makes many diners fall in love with this specialty dish that must be reminded when it comes to Hoi An cuisine.

Hopefully through this article, you can pocket yourself some super delicious chicken rice restaurants in Hoi An. And if you have the opportunity to come to Hoi Street one day, please experience and feel all the interesting features of Hoi An chicken rice dish!

Writer: Hong Vu

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