Ingredients to prepare: half a chicken, 300 grams of chestnuts, two green onions, a piece of ginger, two pieces of garlic, 30 peppercorns, three star anise, three pieces of cinnamon, two spoons of salt, a spoon of cooking wine, two spoons of chicken essence.

Note:

1, chestnuts and chicken is the protagonist, other vegetables can be personal preference and nutritional needs of the casual additions. The combination of meat and soy products will always have an unexpected harvest of taste buds.

2, recently braised dishes, will be used to replace the yellow wine with drizzle. More sweet flavor, and add a glossy feel to the dish.

3, chestnut simmering time depends on the variety and pots and pans and feel under the current view generally need at least 15 minutes, more than 30 minutes will be too crispy invisible.

4, with the earth pot is just more ceremonial and personal preference due to the vegetable pot stainless steel pot cast iron pot composite bottom pot are available, do not have to stick to.

Soup steps -

1, as shown in the picture, prepare materials! Chicken, chestnuts, green onions, ginger, garlic, anise, cinnamon, pepper!

2, the pot is hot, pour cooking oil (oil can be a little more), put the pepper frying incense (do not like pepper can be sheng thrown out), put half of the ginger, half of the garlic burst incense.

3, pour into the chicken stir-fry, stir-fry process with a little salt, chicken essence, cooking wine seasoning.

4, stir-fry until the chicken oil all simmer out

5, add the right amount of water, you can be a little more water, because the back to add chestnuts. Add star anise, cinnamon, green onion, ginger and garlic.

6, about twenty minutes chicken stewed flavor into the chestnut.

7, high heat stew ten minutes after the chicken, chestnut cooked according to taste appropriate seasoning can be!

Expanded information:

Chestnut stewed chicken soup is a specialty dish in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. Chestnuts begin to ripen in the fall, and according to Chinese medicine, chestnuts "tonify the spleen and stomach, tonify the kidneys and strengthen the tendons, and invigorate blood circulation to stop bleeding".

Chicken is sweet and warm in nature, the main function is very broad, not only the warmth of the gas, tonic essence and marrow, strong bones, blood and menstruation, on the deficiency of labor, emaciation, edema, weakness after illness, chronic weakness, health care, maternal tonic, etc., the benefits are very significant. Drinking chestnut stewed chicken soup in the fall is just the right reason to replenish the kidneys in the fall.

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