In our three meals a day, besides delicious staple food and vegetables, we also need to drink some soup frequently, because drinking soup can not only replenish water to the body, but also better absorb nutrients. As the old saying goes, "Nutrition is in the soup". As the saying goes, "Drinking soup before meals is better than a good medicine". Soup can not only act as a "lubricant" for the digestive tract, but also help digest food and absorb nutrients.
The most popular tonic in my family is soup, which is nutritious and won't gain weight. There are many kinds of soups, such as broth, bone soup and chicken soup. My family likes chicken soup best. It is not as greasy and light as broth, but it is rich in nutrition. As we all know, women will stew chicken soup when they are in confinement and patients are recovering, which shows that chicken soup has high nutritional value.
Chicken contains a lot of high-quality protein, as well as a variety of vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus and other minerals, which are easily digested and absorbed by the human body. Eating chicken can strengthen the body and is a very nourishing food. Therefore, chicken soup is very popular with everyone. Drinking chicken soup in autumn can not only replenish water, but also supplement a lot of nutrition, replenish blood and qi, moisten lungs and dry. Many people stew chicken soup by themselves, but the smell is strong and the meat is not tender, because it is not used in the right way. It is wrong to stew chicken soup and chicken directly in the pot. Today, I will share with you the correct stewing method of chicken soup, and learn this method. The tender meat soup has no fishy smell, and those who like to drink chicken soup should learn from it.
Stewed chicken soup
The first step is whether the chicken soup is good or not. The ingredients are very important. It is best to use the old hen, which has the highest nutritional value. After plucking and cleaning the internal organs, rinse it and chop it into chicken pieces with a knife. Usually, people will blanch the chicken next. After all, the chicken still contains blood, impurities and other dirty things, which can be removed by blanching. It's wrong to do this. Blanching water can remove dirt and lose nutrients, and the chicken will become old and hard after blanching, which is very unpalatable.
It is correct to soak in salt water.
Tip: Chicken nuggets should be soaked in rice washing water or light salt water, and the blood and impurities in the chicken will automatically soak out. After soaking for 10 minute, remove and rinse, add cooking wine and marinate for half an hour to deodorize the chicken.
Step 2: Heat the pot with proper amount of oil, add ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour the chicken pieces and stir-fry with high fire. When the chicken skin turns yellow and shrinks, you can add water to the soup and boil it with high fire.
Tip: should I add cold water or hot water? Depending on the purpose, add water, add cold water when cooking soup, and heat water when stewing soup, so that the soup won't smell fishy, and the water should be purchased at one time. If the soup in the middle is less, it won't taste good.
Step 3: After the soup is boiled, pour the chicken and chicken soup into a casserole and stew for an hour. After stewing for half an hour, add some other ingredients, such as potato pieces and mushrooms, and continue stewing for half an hour.
Step 4: After stewing for a long time, add a proper amount of salt, add a handful of medlar, and then turn off the heat and take out the pot after stirring evenly.
Tip: You must put salt in the chicken stew last. Don't add too much salt. It's delicious only when it's light. Chicken soup is very fresh, so there is no need to add fresh seasonings (monosodium glutamate, chicken essence). After adding other ingredients, you can absorb some oil, so the soup is not greasy, fresher and better to drink.
It's wrong to stew chicken soup in water first or directly in the pot. It should be soaked in rice washing water or salt water, which not only makes the chicken clean, but also retains nutrition, and the meat is tender and tender, and the stewed soup is fresher.