1, chicken used for stewing soup, it is better to be an old hen or a young chicken, because the young chicken is very rich in protein, with tender meat and less fat. The old hen is rich in protein, but its meat quality is firm and its fat content is high. Therefore, when stewing soup, you can choose these two kinds of chicken, which will taste more delicious. At the same time, it is best to choose fresh chicken for stew, not frozen chicken.

2, the pot of stew soup should choose casserole, try not to choose iron pot, casserole can better retain the umami flavor of chicken soup, and the stewed soup will taste more fresh and sweet.

3. When stewing chicken soup, you can add some Chinese herbal medicine ingredients, such as: red dates, medlar, longan, mushrooms, astragalus, Euryale ferox and so on.

Two delicious and nutritious chicken soups

1, Wuji Zibu Decoction

Ingredients: half black-bone chicken, 5g codonopsis pilosula, 5g Astragalus membranaceus, 5 red dates, 0/5 medlar/kloc, 5 slices of ginger and appropriate amount of salt.

Practice: Wash the black-bone chicken, cut it into small pieces and blanch it for later use. Wash Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Fructus Jujubae and Fructus Lycii, put them in a stew pot, then add ginger slices and black-bone chicken, pour in appropriate amount of water, stew for about 2 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt to eat directly.

2. Agrocybe aegerita chicken soup

Ingredients: half a chicken, 80g Agrocybe aegerita, 3 slices of ginger, and appropriate amount of salt.

Practice: Wash Agrocybe aegerita and soak it in warm water for 10 minute. Cut the local chicken into small pieces and blanch it in boiling water. Then, put the local chicken, Agrocybe aegerita and ginger slices together in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, turn to low heat, cook for about 1 hour, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste.