Citronella itself exudes a strong lemon fragrance, which has the special effects of ventilating and nourishing the stomach, waking up and strengthening yang. Dai people like to use citronella as seasoning, wrap pickled crucian carp and tilapia with it, and slowly bake them with charcoal until the fish is cooked, which is fresh and delicious. Citronella can be used to bake food, stew soup, etc., and it can play an excellent seasoning role, among which citronella roast chicken is the most famous. Let's see how to do it together.

The required raw material is 1 Sanhuang chicken (700-800g, try not to be too big); 2 tablespoons of soy sauce; 4 tablespoons of soy sauce; 65438+ 0 spoon of oyster sauce; Syrup 1 spoon; Half a lemon; Half an onion; 5 cloves of garlic; 5 slices of ginger; 4 grams of dried citronella; Turmeric powder1g; ; 2 spoonfuls of rice wine; Appropriate amount of salt; Take a spoonful of soy sauce; Honey 1 spoon

Exercise:

1, 700-800g of Sanhuang chicken, try not to be too big, wash, dry the water, remove the head and claws.

2. Slice the ginger, cut off the onion, peel off the garlic, half a lemon, squeeze the juice and dice the skin.

3, put salt in the chicken belly, don't use a lot, just rub it evenly. Put 2g of citronella, 2g of onion, 2g of ginger and 2g of garlic into the chicken belly, and seal the chicken with a toothpick (lemon peel can be inserted at both ends of the toothpick so as not to come loose).

4. Mix soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, syrup, lemon juice, 2g of citronella, turmeric powder and rice wine.

5. Put the chicken into the mixed solution of 4 for *** 5 minutes.

6. Prepare a plastic bag, put the chicken in it, then pour the mixture of 4 into it, and squeeze the air in the bag as cleanly as possible to make the bag semi-sealed and convenient to eat.

7. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours, preferably for 24 hours.

8. After cold storage for 1 day, take out the chicken, remove the seasoning on the chicken, mix a spoonful of soy sauce with honey, brush it on the chicken with a brush, and air dry it for 10- 15 minutes.

9. Wrap the tips of chicken wings and the roots of chicken legs with tin foil to avoid burning.

10, preheat the oven to 200 degrees, bake with hot air and rotating gear for 20 minutes, and then bake with 170 degrees for 30 minutes.

There is another way to do this.

First, slaughter the chicken, take out its internal organs, wash it, cut off its paws, operate it from the back, debone it, rub it with salt, and color it with10g soy sauce. 50g of citronella, 20g of mustard tuber, wild coriander, coriander, pepper, pepper leaves, ginger, onion, garlic, pepper, salt and soy sauce are put into a bowl, and mixed into fragrant juice.

Then, loosen the chicken, repeatedly apply the fragrant juice, fill the fragrant juice residue into the chicken belly, tie it into a chicken shape with citronella, clamp it on a bamboo rack, and bake it on a charcoal fire while brushing lard. After the chicken is cooked and the citronella is dried, untie the bamboo frame and serve with a knife.

If conditions permit, it is best to use "hanging oven baking". The oven temperature should be higher first to make the chicken lustful, and then roast it slowly over medium heat until cooked. After the chicken is put into the oven, it should be continuously rotated to make the color uniform.

Besides roast chicken with citronella, there are many delicious ways. Let's study together.

First of all, citronella grilled fish

Scale the fresh tilapia, cut the belly of the fish with a knife, remove the impurities in the intestine and wash it; Chopping onion, ginger, garlic, green pepper and coriander, and mixing with salt; Put the seasoning into the fish belly, fold the fish belly, tie it with two or three citronella leaves, clamp it with bamboo slices and bake it on charcoal. When it is medium-ripe, coat it with lard and bake it for about 5 minutes, then serve it. Tilapia meat is very popular because it is fresh, sweet, less prickly, delicate and smooth. In addition, in the process of carbon roasting, the spices filled in the fish belly, the pickled spices and the meat flavor are perfectly combined, which makes the citronella grilled fish unique in taste, crisp and delicious, and can greatly stimulate the appetite.

Second, citronella beef.

Preparation time: 7 minutes

Production time: 20 minutes

Raw material purchase: spicy juice can be bought in the supermarket or made by yourself.

Ingredients: beef tenderloin 1 piece (about 1 00g), 2 parsley,1celery, 3 citronella and 4 millet peppers.

Seasoning: 3 teaspoons of spicy juice.

1. Slice beef, put it in the oven to dry and tear it into filaments.

2. Mash coriander, celery, citronella and millet pepper in Chu Jiu, and pour the spicy juice on 1.

Cooking experience:

Preparation method of chilli sauce: Boil water, fish sauce and rice vinegar until boiling, add a little white sugar, chopped garlic and red pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes until the sugar is dissolved, then turn off the heat and cool.