The soup culture in Guangdong has a long history. Besides the local hot and humid climate, the most fundamental reason for the popularity of Laohuotang is that it is healthy and nutritious, mild in nature, neither cold nor dry, and suitable for all ages. Old fire soup pays attention to making soup in season, making different soups in different seasons, giving priority to light nutrition in spring, clearing heat in summer, drying and invigorating spleen in autumn, and nourishing and preserving health in winter. Soup has a wide range of uses, from all kinds of meat, poultry, vegetables and Chinese herbal medicines to precious delicacies. Drinking soup before meals every day is the daily diet of Cantonese people. "I would rather not eat than drink soup." Cantonese people's love for soup can be seen. The first bowl of soup in the New Year should be cooked for the family with this old hen soup of chestnuts and peanuts. Chicken is Lao Guang's favorite, which means good luck. Drinking a bowl of old chicken soup in the New Year will make the New Year auspicious and smooth, with a successful career, a happy life and a wide range of financial resources!

Old fire soup is not a stew of ingredients, and its production is very particular:

Laohuotang drinks nutritious soup and tastes the kindness of his mother. In order to cook a pot of nutritious soup for their families, mothers spent a lot of time and thought, carefully selected soup ingredients and simmered slowly. Go home hungry after a busy day, first drink a bowl of old fire soup made by my mother, which tastes delicious and moistens my heart. You not only drink delicious soup, but also your mother's tenderness and love. I wonder if you have ever encountered such a scene? On a hot summer day, I pushed the door into the kitchen, and the aroma was lingering. My mother's face was red and my clothes were wet with sweat, so I waited by the casserole. Every time this scene is very touching, how can this soup not be delicious? In addition to the aroma of ingredients, the soup is flavored by mother with love. After eating a bowl, I felt extremely warm and moist, and the pressure of work, unhappiness, depression and so on were all forgotten. I remember a gourmet once commented on Guangdong soup: "soup is the foundation of Guangdong food culture and the source of happiness in the daily life of men, women and children in Guangdong Province." This statement is true!

List of ingredients

The main ingredient is old chicken and a half.

Accessories: chestnut 200g, peanut 150g, jujube 1 1, 4 shallots, ginger 1.

Seasoning wine 1 tablespoon, salt 3g.

The old chicken asked the shopkeeper to help cut off the head and tail, tear off the neck lymph and cut it into pieces. When you come back, soak in clear water for 20 minutes, rub and change water twice. Put cold water into the pot, add shallots, ginger slices and cooking wine into the water, cook for 5 minutes, take out, and rinse off the floating foam with warm water.

2 Soak peanuts in water, soak red dates in water, slice ginger, wash and tie shallots.

③ Boil the wok with clear water, add a little salt, put it in peanut fire for 5 minutes, remove and drain.

Note: The secret of chicken soup is sweet but not bitter. Before cooking the soup, the peanuts must be boiled to remove the bitter taste of the peanut coat, which not only makes the aftertaste sweet, but also removes the color of the peanut coat, making the soup milky white.

④ Add enough water to the casserole, add the old chicken and ginger slices and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down, cover the pot and cook for 30 minutes.

⑤ Pour in peanuts, cover the pot and continue to cook for 30 minutes.

⑥ Cook old chicken 1 hour, add red dates and half chestnuts to continue cooking.

⑦ Cook the old chicken for 1.5 hours, pour in the other half of chestnuts, and cover the pot to continue cooking.

The whole process lasted for 2 hours. Season with salt in the last 5 minutes, stir well and take out.