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Canh Su Su Nấu Gà Recipe: Chayote Soup with Chicken

Canh Su Su Nấu Gà Recipe: Chayote Soup with Chicken

Hanna Tran Hanna Tran | Updated October 16, 2026

Canh su su nấu gà is a simple home soup of chicken, chayote (su su) and carrot. Many Vietnamese families cook it, especially for children. It’s easy to cook and easy to eat. It works in the rainy season and in hot weather alike.

Canh Su Su Nấu Gà Recipe: Chayote Soup with Chicken

Time: about 30 minutes.

    Ingredients

    • 100 g chicken (thigh is fine)
    • 1 chayote
    • 1 carrot
    • Spring onions (scallions)
    • Salt
    • Seasoning: Maggi seasoning, or sugar, salt, pepper and MSG (optional)
    • About 600 ml water
    Chicken, a carrot and a chayote ready to prepare

    How to make canh su su nấu gà

    1. Marinate the chicken

    Wash the chicken and cut it into small pieces. You can take off the skin and bone first if you like. Then marinate it with sauce and wait about 10 minutes.

    2. Prepare the vegetables

    Wash the chayote, then cut it and the carrot into small pieces. Wash the spring onions and slice them thinly.

    Chicken pieces with chopped chayote and carrot

    3. Cook the chicken

    Pour about 600 ml of water into a pot and add the chicken. Boil for about 10 minutes, then season with the seasoning and salt.

    Chicken boiling in a pot of water

    4. Add the vegetables and serve

    Add the carrot and keep boiling until it’s cooked. Then add the chayote and boil for 3–4 minutes. Add more sauce and season to suit your taste. Turn off the heat and ladle the soup into bowls.

    Chayote and carrot cooking in the chicken broth

    Eat it with rice. It’s sometimes eaten with bread too.

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