Soy sauce chicken, also called soy sauce chicken, is a well-known Cantonese dish. The appearance is bright in color, the taste is tender and smooth, and the fragrance of soy sauce combined with the taste of chicken itself presents an extraordinary deliciousness. Soy sauce chicken, also known as soy sauce chicken, is a well-known traditional specialty dish in Guangdong, with bright color and tender chicken. It belongs to Cantonese cuisine.
If Cantonese people eat plain-cut chicken for the "freshness", then eating soy sauce chicken is the "taste" that Cantonese people pursue. Tracing back to the origin of soy sauce chicken, it originated from Jiangsu cuisine.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong's food and catering developed rapidly, so the soy sauce chicken was modified to suit its own taste, creating today's famous traditional Guangdong dish.
Cantonese people are never sloppy when cooking chicken. They are careful from the beginning of the food. Only when such chicken is eaten in the mouth can it be worthy of this classic Cantonese dish!
The recipe of the marinade is very important
Soy sauce chicken is famous for its "rich flavor and rich sauce". In fact, the key to taste lies in the mastery of the marinade.
Let me briefly show you the ingredients below.
Put 12 grams of grass fruit, 12 grams of cinnamon, 4 grams of turmeric, 8 grams of fennel seeds, and 8 grams of star anise in a pot and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Take them all out and put them into a small cloth bag. , tie the bag tightly and put it into the casserole. Make a pot of standard 12.5 kg brine seasoning: 300 grams of Sichuan salt, 250 rock sugar, 500 ginger, 300 green onions, 100 cooking wine, chicken essence and MSG. Appropriate amount of spices: 30 grams of Shannai.
The main flavor of soy sauce chicken is soy sauce, so just using soy sauce cannot bring out the best flavor. Stir-fried spices are put into the pot to make them fragrant. The aroma is soft and the fragrance is maximized. This is the secret of this delicacy.
Soy sauce chicken is a delicacy in Cantonese cuisine. Chicken is the most popular in Guangdong. Chicken is indispensable for banquets of all sizes. There are many ways to prepare chicken, and the most delicious one is soy sauce chicken. , the deliciousness of soy sauce chicken depends on a pot of good brine. The brine is fragrant and the chicken is delicious. This is the meticulous way to eat chicken.