First, deal with the ingredients. Chop the whole chicken and wash it several times. Boil water, add ginger and onion, and add a spoonful of cooking wine.
It is suggested that the old hen be used as the food. The meat is smooth and tender, and the nutrition will be richer and more nourishing than that of the rooster. Moreover, roosters belong to hair, and there are many taboos when eating.
Put the chicken nuggets in cold water in the pot, cook for about 10 minute, skim off the excess floating foam, take out the chicken nuggets, and control the moisture.
Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in advance for 1 hour, and clean them, especially the silt in the gap, and brush them carefully.
Wash red dates and medlar, and peel longan.
Second, stew chicken. Prepare a casserole, add chicken pieces, add water without ingredients, add a few slices of ginger, boil over high fire and stew over low heat 1 hour.
You need to add enough water at a time to avoid adding water in the middle, which will dilute the flavor of chicken.
The best container for stewing chicken is casserole, which will slowly give off its fresh fragrance, which is more appetizing than using rice cookers and the like.
Third, add other ingredients. When the chicken pieces become soft, you can insert them with chopsticks, add mushrooms, add a spoonful of salt to taste, and continue stewing for half an hour.
Jujube, longan and medlar are all sweet. Don't put too much salt, otherwise it will rob them of their sweetness, and the taste will become mixed and slightly worse.
Finally, add red dates and longan and stew for 20 minutes, put Lycium barbarum before taking out the pot, stew for 10 minute, then turn off the fire, cover the pot and stew for 10 minute.
Pay attention to the order of adding ingredients, especially medlar, which is easy to cook. Don't put it too early, it will lose its sweetness.
Chicken stew is sweet and fragrant, with little oil, so don't worry about getting fat. The chicken is light and soft, with a hint of mushroom fragrance. Fine taste is slightly sweet, without too much seasoning. The most essential taste of ingredients is the most delicious.