The practice of old hen soup:
1. Soak the fungus in advance, wash the old hen, cut into pieces, take out the chicken oil and cut into small pieces. Cut the onion into sections and slice the ginger for later use.
2. Put the water into the pot and bring it to a boil. Pour the cut chicken pieces into the pot, add a proper amount of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, and add a little vinegar to refresh them. After boiling, remove the chicken pieces and control the water.
3. Stir-fry the cut chicken oil, onion and ginger slices together. After the chicken oil melts, remove the oil residue, onion and ginger slices, and add enough water to boil.
4. Boil the chicken nuggets in the boiled soup, add auricularia auricula and dried tangerine peel, simmer for 2 hours, add appropriate amount of salt and white pepper according to personal taste, and then stew for 1 hour.
What kind of chicken should I choose for confinement stew chicken soup?
The first kind: choose black-bone chicken.
This black-bone chicken is specially used for stewing chicken soup. The nutrition of black-bone chicken is higher than that of ordinary chicken, so it is called "diet rare bird". The growth period of black-bone chickens is longer than that of ordinary broilers, the protein content is slightly higher than that of ordinary chickens, and the fat content is only 1/4 of that of ordinary chickens. However, the contents of vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc in black-bone chicken are much higher than those in ordinary chicken, and the taste is more intense. Especially after confinement, the taste and nutrition will be better with nourishing ingredients.
The second kind: native chicken
Some people say they want to stew chicken soup with a local rooster, while others say they want to stew chicken soup with an old hen and an egg. Which of these two statements is appropriate? It depends on the physical condition of the mother. Generally, local hens over one year old are used to stew chicken soup. This kind of chicken is not particularly old, and the smell is not fishy. It is delicious to stew. However, hens have more fat than cocks. If you don't like being too greasy, and you are afraid that you will gain weight if you eat too much soup, you are not suitable for sharing hens. On the contrary, women with weak physique need a lot of nutrition to nourish their physique and improve the quality of milk. It is better to use old hen stew chicken soup.
Cock stew chicken soup, the meat is more compact, less fat, and less greasy. The disadvantage is that the bones are bigger and the meat is less, so you can stew chicken soup. Pregnant women with good constitution are afraid of being greasy and fat, which is suitable for stewing male chicken soup. This is also the secret of adequate postpartum milk and not getting fat.
The third kind: laying hens
This kind of laying hens is what we call laying hens. Although not as good as native chicken, it is also much better than other three-yellow chickens and broilers. Generally, laying hens are the first choice when local chickens and black-bone chickens are not available. This kind of chicken is compact, small in size, slightly cheaper than other chicken soup stews, and is very suitable for stews.