Ê Đê Village Grill · Free-Range Chicken
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The chickens are free-range village birds, split flat and pressed between bamboo clamps before grilling — a method that keeps the thin meat from drying out over the open coals.
A whole free-range chicken is butterflied, marinated with honey and local spices, clamped between bamboo strips, and grilled slowly over charcoal until the skin turns burnished and smoky, served with a dip of salt, chili, and lime, alongside bamboo-tube sticky rice. It's the signature dish of Bản Đôn (Buôn Đôn), a village long associated with the Ê Đê and M'nông communities of Đắk Lắk.
Why it's made this way: Bản Đôn's tradition of elephant-keeping and forest trade among the Ê Đê and M'nông peoples shaped a cuisine built around free-range village chicken and bamboo rice, and the grilled-chicken combination has become the area's best-known dish for visitors to the Central Highlands.
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