2 dishes of Dak Lak reached the Top 100 specialties of Vietnam

Not only attracting tourists with the majestic scenery of mountains and forests, the land of the Central Highlands is also memorable because of the typical cuisine with the breath of a great life. Along with grilled chicken and chicken rice in the Top 100 specialties of Vietnam (period 2011 – 2016), up to now, Dak Lak province has 2 dishes in the Top 100 of Vietnam.

Grilled chicken rice is a specialty of the Central Highlands people Recently, the steamed hybrid pork with bamboo tube in Ko Tam tourist area (Dak Lak province) was selected by the Vietnam Record organization in the Top 100 special dishes of Vietnam in 2020-2021. After seasoning with pork, the pork will be put in a bamboo tube Boiled hybrid pork with bamboo tube dish is processed according to the traditional cuisine of the Ede people in Dak Lak and is mixed and marinated from the available natural ingredients, thus bringing its unique flavor here. Hybrid pork makes the dish unique, crossbred pigs are bred from grass pigs (pigs) with wild boars. Along with its processing, food is a story about culture and environmental protection. Ms. Tran Thi Kim Lien, deputy chef at Ko Tam tourist area (Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province), said that this dish main ingredients are hybrid wild boar and other natural spices can be seasonal changes. In it, the most typical spices are chili, green pepper, cilantro and white leaf. This dish processing does not need to be too fussy but requires meticulousness, it is important that the ingredients are fresh, including the bamboo tube. Chicken is marinated grilled over embers Grilled chicken served with lam rice is one of the famous mountainous specialties of the Central Highlands people. According to people here, the dish comes from the Ede ethnic group in Buon Don (Dak Lak). Later, specialties were processed by the people of the Central Highlands with many different styles. Grilled chicken served with lam rice feels the taste of the Central Highlands Chicken used to grill must be genuine backyard chickens, silk type, weighing about 1kg, if the meat is too small, the meat will smell too big. Chicken after cleaning, pecking the intestines and leaving the whole chicken, broken it flat, marinated with salt and chili, lemongrass and a little honey for about 30 minutes, brought out to grill on embers until turned yellow, aroma is to be. Grilled chicken is indispensable for a cup of green leaf salt, a leaf that smells like basil. Grilled chicken is served with soft, sticky rice.