"Ji" and "chicken" are homophonic, meaning family happiness, auspiciousness, happiness and happiness. Especially at the festival banquet, the chicken will definitely be the protagonist.
Since ancient times, there have been countless delicious dishes made from chicken. Moreover, there is a saying that "no chicken can't make a meal". "New Tang Book" has "chicken balls" and "poor governance shame, choose fertile fields to grow wheat, choose birds and feather rice."
Steamed chicken with lotus leaves tastes fresh and mellow, and the chicken is tender and palatable. The fragrance of lotus leaves and the umami flavor of mushrooms penetrate into the chicken, which tastes very sweet and fragrant.
This dish has the fragrance of lotus leaves, and has the effects of tonifying deficiency, benefiting five internal organs, strengthening bones and muscles, promoting blood circulation, resisting cold and heat, and clearing away heat. It can not only be used as a nourishing food for pregnant women, nursing mothers and the elderly, but also as a cheap medicated diet for patients with anemia, hepatitis and tuberculosis.
In the cooking process of steamed vegetables, water permeates heat, which keeps the original shape, original juice and original flavor of the dishes. Compared with frying, frying, roasting and frying, the steamed food contains much less oil. In the steaming process, the meat will seep oil, regulate yin and yang, lock all vitamins and moisture, make the dishes light, make people savor the original flavor of pure natural dishes, return to nature and restore natural health.
From the point of view of healthy diet, steamed vegetables are light and nourishing the stomach, paying attention to the original flavor, fresh, fragrant and smooth, colorful, with little loss of original flavor and no miscellaneous flavor. Steamed vegetables can keep the original flavor of the ingredients without losing water, so they are tender and juicy, so they are healthier.
Where can I buy lotus leaves? Generally, large supermarkets should have them. It is very cheap in places where dry goods or dried flowers of bulk tea are sold. Dried lotus leaves can also be fried into small pieces and cooked in porridge, which is both fragrant and fragrant.
Materials?
500 grams of chicken leg
Lotus leaf 1
Three mushrooms
300 grams of yam
Eggs 1
verdant
energy
garlic
Star Anise
salt
refined sugar
oyster sauce
starch
Cooking wine
pepper
Steamed chicken with lotus leaves?
Dice yam, slice mushrooms, soak lotus leaves in boiling water, slice onions, ginger and garlic.
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Boning and cutting the chicken leg.
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Add eggs, oyster sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, cooking wine and starch and mix well. Add a little cooking oil and marinate for 30 minutes.
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Spread the lotus leaf in a large bowl, and put the onion, ginger, garlic and aniseed at the bottom.
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Add a layer of mushrooms and yam.
Add the salted chicken pieces.
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Then add a layer of mushrooms and yam, sprinkle a few slices of onion, ginger and garlic, and pour the sauce of pickled chicken.
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After wrapping, steam for 30 minutes and sprinkle with chopped chives.
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skill
The steaming time can be adjusted according to the size of your own stove fire.