Salt Baked Chicken stalls line entire streets in Ipoh. After trying one, I discovered my love for the salty, fragrant taste.
I thought it was a tad too salty for my liking but it is delicious and flavorful.
But I couldn’t chow on it like fried chicken. So when I bought a bird back it, we found that we couldn’t finish in seating.
Leftover Ipoh Salt Baked Chicken Recipe
Most of the time I enjoy eating meat.
The chicken breast was nicely done, but the wings, neck, and drumsticks tasted the saltiest.
They were as salty as salted fish!
I used to throw these away until my Ipohite friend taught me some great recipes to make from one chicken.
Now I can’t wait for the MCO to be lifted to make another trip to Ipoh again.
I want to share the recipes with you so you can make tasty meals for your family to enjoy.
For these recipes, first, shred the breast and separate the meat from the bones.
1 Fragrant Chicken Rice
Debone the meat and set aside. I use the chicken bones (the spine, neck, and drumstick bones to cook Chicken Rice.
By cooking this draws out the last drop of the delicious flavor to infuse your rice.
A beautiful rice cooker pot of salt-baked chicken rice made by Joanne Lim. Photo: Barry Khoo
2 Chicken Sandwich
For an oriental touch, you can make a delicious sandwich with shredded chicken meat, which is full of the herbal taste of Salt-Baked Chicken.
3 Salt Baked Chicken Noodles
Take the chicken ribs and bones, cook them with water, and add chicken stock to make a flavorful broth.
You can add wolfberries to the stock. You can add carrots and potatoes to the stock.
Blanch noodles and serve with reduced gravy. Garnish with julienned young ginger and cilantro.
Madeline Khaw made a great herbal bowl of Herbal Mee Suah by adding mushrooms, and goji berries!
Herbal salted chicken mee suah Photo: Madeline Khaw
4 Vietnamese Style Shredded Chicken Salad
Use the leftover shredded salt baked chicken meat.
Combine with shredded colorful vegetables, including white and purple cabbage, carrots, and cucumber. Top with tossed sesame seeds, chopped mint, and coriander.
Make the dressing with light brown sugar, rice wine, or white wine vinegar.
Add fresh lime juice and birds-eye chilies. In the dressing, stir in finely chopped shallot and finely sliced garlic.
Add cooked rice cellophane noodles for a complete meal.
5 The Main Dish for Congee
One tasty way to eat salty food is with plain, bland congee.
For lovers of plain, soupy, thin porridge, the Ipoh salt-baked chicken is a perfect main dish.
Cooking Tips:
Adding a potato is the perfect way to reduce the salt in soups and gravy. Just throw a clean and skinned potato into the pot and let it simmer.
The potatoes will absorb some salt. Remove it after. You will have a less salty soup.
There is no need to add more liquid or other ingredients to help disperse the extra salt.
I would love to hear from you if you have more cooking tips for using up a salt-baked or rotisserie chicken.
If you can’t find salt-baked chicken where you live, try this ready mix recommended by Wee San Ng.
Photo: Wee San Ng
