Ingredients: 3 chicken legs, 4 cakes pressed by Hericium erinaceus, oyster sauce, Lycium barbarum, salt.

Cooking method

1, soak Hericium erinaceus first

I bought a cake of Hericium erinaceus, which is difficult to soak. I soaked in warm water for about 4 hours, rubbed it with my hands and squeezed the water in the middle, in order to make Hericium erinaceus soak as soon as possible. I have bought a single dried Hericium erinaceus before, and the soaking time is faster than this cake. Therefore, it is suggested that when buying Hericium erinaceus, it is best to buy Hericium erinaceus that is not pressed into cakes separately. The root of Hericium erinaceus is a bit bitter. If there is any root after soaking, cut it off.

Unopened Hericium erinaceus cake

Hericium erinaceus soaked for more than 4 hours.

2, 3 drumsticks, when buying drumsticks, let the chicken seller help chop them into small pieces, go home and wash them several times, then soak them in water for 30 minutes before taking them out.

3. Pour a proper amount of water into the pot, pour cold water into the chicken pieces, add ginger slices, and boil to remove the fishy smell. Boil the water for 5 minutes, then take it out, rinse the chicken with clean hot water, and rinse off the foam on the chicken surface (so that the chicken will not be particularly oily).

4. Add half a bowl of water to the pot, add 1 spoon of pepper, continue to cook for 5 minutes after the water boils, then remove the pepper, leaving only pepper water to pour into a small bowl for later use.

5. Pour the oil into the pot, heat it for seven minutes, add the onion and add the ginger slices to stir fry.

6. Pour the chicken legs and stir fry until there is no water.

7. Pour the soaked Hericium erinaceus into the pot and stir fry, then pour in the pepper water.

Pour pepper water

8. Add a proper amount of boiling water, just put the ingredients in the pot (try to add enough at one time, and add boiling water if you want to add water halfway), and stew for 15 minutes.

9. After stewing for 20 minutes, add appropriate amount of salt according to personal taste and continue stewing for 20 minutes.

10, stew until a quarter of the soup is left in the pot, add a spoonful of oyster sauce and stir fry a few times to refresh yourself. Add the soaked Lycium barbarum, sprinkle with chopped green onion and take out the pot. The delicious stewed chicken with Hericium erinaceus is ready!

Hericium erinaceus and chicken are stewed together, and the taste of Hericium erinaceus can be boiled into soup. At the same time, Hericium erinaceus can increase the flavor of chicken, and the taste of Hericium erinaceus itself is richer and mellow. If you like this dish, you might as well try it!