In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, chicken is warm in nature and suitable for nourishing the body. Among the many methods of cooking chicken, stewing should be regarded as the cooking method that best retains the original flavor of chicken and the nutrients of chicken. But not everyone knows how to make braised chicken. The following article will introduce how to make braised chicken.

1. How to make braised chicken

Ingredients: 350 grams of chicken, 80 grams of mushrooms, 10 grams of wolfberry, 2 green onions, 1 piece of ginger, 8 grams of seasoning salt, 5 pepper grams, 5 grams of cooking wine, 3 grams of MSG, 5 grams of sesame oil

Steps

1. Wash the chicken and chop it into large pieces, remove the stems of the mushrooms and wash them, and cut the green onions into sections. Slice the ginger and set aside

2. After the water in the pot is boiled, add the chicken pieces and blanch them for a while, then remove and drain the water;

3. Heat the pot and add sesame oil and ginger. Cut and boil, add chicken pieces and mushrooms, add salt, pepper, cooking wine, and MSG and simmer for about 40 minutes, then add wolfberry and cook for 20 minutes, then sprinkle in scallions;

4. Preparation: 10 minutes, cooking: 80 minutes. The chicken needs to be simmered for a long time to develop the aroma.

In my country, chicken is a relatively common meat. There are many varieties of chickens. According to their uses, they can be divided into three types: meat type, egg type, and meat and egg type. Excellent varieties include Fugui chicken, Jiujinhuang, Shouguang chicken, Beijing oil chicken, Langshan black chicken, Luodao red chicken, Australian black chicken, etc.

Nutrition and Efficacy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chicken is sweet, warm in nature and good for the stomach meridian. It has the effect of warming the middle and replenishing qi, replenishing essence and marrow, replenishing the five internal organs, and replenishing deficiencies. It can be used for fatigue caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency, yang deficiency, epigastric pain, edema, postpartum lactation, weakness and dizziness. It can also be used for the symptoms of insufficient kidney essence. It also has a good auxiliary effect on symptoms such as frequent urination, deafness, spermatozoa and coldness.

Special cooking tips Chicken butt is where lymph glands are concentrated and contains a variety of viruses and carcinogens, so it should not be eaten.

2. Hakka braised chicken

Ingredients: Chicken Ingredients: Dates and wolfberry Seasoning: Salt and Angelica

Method: 1. Wash a fresh local chicken, add red dates A few, soaked and washed, cored, appropriate amount of wolfberry, four slices of Chinese angelica

2. Take about 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of salt and spread it evenly on the inside and outside of the chicken. Cut off the neck and feet and stuff them into the chicken belly together with the internal organs. , then add all the medicinal materials, put the belly up in a basin, seal with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours, then put it into a pot and steam and stew for 2 hours

Cooking Tips

1. Anyone who cooks often knows that steaming and stewing in water is the cooking method that is most likely to produce oil, so people who are afraid of oil should remove the chicken oil first. I basically connect the areas with more oil. Cut off the skin together, otherwise the soup will be too oily and not suitable for soaking in rice.

2. It is easy to deposit hormones on the wing tips, so you should also cut them off. It is just the little tip in front of the wings. Do not cut off the entire wing tips.

3. Due to personal feelings, I don’t want to chop off the chicken head. When dealing with the chicken butt, I also cut off a big piece without mercy. You can also cut off a little less.

4. Regarding the amount of salt, the spoon I am talking about refers to the small spoon in the salt shaker. Do not use the soup spoon, otherwise it will become salty chicken (Hakka salted chicken is also a famous dish) , but the methods are different).

5. The ingredients for this braised chicken are very optional. If you don’t like the sweetness, you can add less or no red dates. If you don’t like medicinal materials, you can add no medicinal materials, but you should add some ginger slices to remove the smell. That is the original flavor of braised chicken. Of course, if you like medicinal herbs, you can also add astragalus root or dangshen.

6. If the lid of the steamer drips too much, cover the bowl with tin foil after an hour to prevent the soup from diluting the aroma.