Friday, January 29, 2016

Food: Salad - Chicken ata-ata | Chicken breast salad


Ata means raw and fresh. This dish use the fresh meat (breast meat or pitso) of chicken for salad.

Ingredients:

- 1 Chicken breast (Use uncooked fresh pinikpikan chicken, do not use frozen dressed chicken, pinikpikan chicken is a chicken that is dressed with fire)
- 3 tablespoons of diced Ginger
- 3 tablespoons of diced Onion
- ground Black pepper
- Vinegar
- Calamansi or Lemon juice
- Salt
- Other spices (optional)
- Additional foods (optional, we will use Cucumber and Long Green Pepper in this preparation)

Pinikpikan
Pinikpikan chicken
Sliced chicken (pinikpikan) breast
Sliced chicken (pinikpikan) breast

Calamansi juice and Long Green Pepper
Calamansi juice and Long Green Pepper
Calamansi fruits
Calamansi fruits

Diced Ginger and Onion
Diced Ginger and Onion





Materials:

- Bowl to contain the food
- Chopping board
- Knife

Procedure:

1. Slice the chicken breast into 1 inch by 1 cm sizes.
2. Use the bowl to soak the sliced meat in a vinegar for 40 minutes to 1 hour.
3. Drain the vinegar from the bowl.
4. Add all the other ingredients to the bowl of meat and mix well.
5. After mixing well, the food is ready to be served.

Chicken (pinikpikan) breast ata-ata
Chicken ata-ata salad with Cucumber and Long Green Pepper
It can be eaten alone for snack as wine chaser, or with rice during mealtime.