Top 6 irresistible dishes from Moc Chau dairy cows

Moc Chau dairy cows are famous for their tender, fragrant, and nutritious meat, which is processed into many attractive dishes for diners near and far. Let Mytour take you through 6 dishes made from dairy cows that you must try when visiting Moc Chau district, Son La province.

Top 6 irresistible dishes from Moc Chau dairy cows

Dairy cows are born from dairy cows, they are young male calves, about 45-60kg. While yellow calves are relatively large before being slaughtered, dairy calves are slaughtered at a maximum of 15 days old. Therefore, dairy cow meat is often more tender, fragrant, and sweeter than yellow calves.

1. Green mango dairy cow salad

One of the dishes made from Moc Chau dairy cows that you must try is green mango dairy cow salad. This is a dish that requires the chef to be meticulous in choosing and processing ingredients to harmonize in the dish. To make the salad delicious, choose meat parts including: calf leg must be carefully filtered, a bit of cartilage rib, calf ear, and a part of neck meat. These meat parts are cleaned and boiled until cooked in ginger water, lemongrass, taken out and immediately put into a bowl of iced lemon water to make them crispy and eliminate the fishy smell.

2. Moc Chau dairy cow hotpot

Moc Chau dairy cow hotpot is sure to delight many travelers. The typical ingredients of dairy cow hotpot include hotpot broth, dairy cow offal, dairy cow meat, and various types of vegetables. This dish is appealing because the meat is tender, crispy, sweet, and the offal is not smelly but still sweet and crispy. The hotpot broth is stewed from beef bones, sourness from tamarind or sour fruits, the aroma of pineapple together with onions, tomatoes to create a harmonious flavor. When eating hotpot, diners will dip the beef and beef offal in the hotpot broth and enjoy. Note to limit dipping the beef too long as it will make the meat soft and chewy, so just dip enough to keep the sweetness of the meat and eat with many other types of vegetables.

3. Steamed Moc Chau dairy cow

If you want to taste the sweetness of Moc Chau dairy cow meat, try the steamed dairy cow dish. This dish often appears on the menu of parties and family meals in Moc Chau. Steamed dairy cow meat is not processed with much fatty oil, only the sweetness of the meat blending with the fragrance of ginger, lemongrass, lime leaves... creating a dish that is not only delicious but also refreshing, good for health. The hot steamed meat is served with vegetables and dipped in ginger soy sauce, soft, sweet, and fragrant, making many diners ecstatic.

4. Dairy cow rare beef with ginger soy sauce

Moc Chau dairy cows are processed into many attractive dishes, among which the unique and full-flavored rare beef with ginger soy sauce cannot be overlooked. This dish has become a unique specialty in Moc Chau.

The characteristic of the rare beef with ginger soy sauce is the tenderness and sweetness of the beef, along with the sweet and sour taste of lime juice, the fragrant aroma of fermented rice paste, wrapped with starfruit, pineapple, green bananas, and water spinach, which are perfectly matched, without feeling bored, often made as a very attractive appetizer.

5. Cast iron grilled beef

If you are a fan of grilled dishes, cast iron grilled beef will not disappoint you. Moc Chau dairy cow meat is already tender and sweet, thin slices of meat are not greasy, so when grilled, it enhances the fragrant smell of fresh beef. To make the grilled beef more flavorful, you can slice the pieces thinly and marinate them with lemongrass, ginger, chili, and minced mac khen. When grilling the beef, do not leave it for too long to avoid the beef becoming tough and losing moisture. Grill for about 5 minutes, the outside is golden, the inside is tender and sweet, ready to be enjoyed hot. You can dip the grilled beef in ginger soy sauce.

6. Mixed stir-fried beef

To make this stir-fried beef, you need to choose the pork belly meat, combine with shallots, and garnish with a little green onions and carrots. Stir-fry quickly over high heat because the beef cooks very quickly, add the accompanying spices and stir-fry until crispy, then add some fragrant pepper, enjoy it hot to smell the fragrant beef and crispy sweetness.

If you have the opportunity to travel to Moc Chau, you can visit the restaurants here to enjoy dishes made from dairy cows such as: A Pao restaurant, Dong Hai restaurant, Xuan Bac 181 restaurant, Gia Nguyen restaurant...

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