The first step: the selected chicken soaked in cold water for three to five hours, frozen chicken defrosting time is a little longer, in short, the chicken soaked the whole body white body stretching in order to facilitate the operation of the second part. The weight of the chicken is generally limited to three pounds.
The second step: modeling, the two legs of the chicken stuffed from the back of the chicken open inside, two wings from the chicken's mouth, respectively, skewered.
Step 3: Control the water of the chicken, which usually takes about an hour, in order to easily color the chicken when frying.
The fourth step: the preparation of honey water, usually date honey is good, you can also use maltose, a kilogram of water half a teabowl can be diluted with warm water.
The fifth step: frying color, the whole body of the chicken evenly in the honey water repeatedly wash, all parts can be uniform, this step is called honey water irrigation. Then put into the 150 degrees above the oil inside the frying, until the color of the chicken appeared jujube red, if it is maltose will appear golden yellow, frying with a special iron hook, hook the neck of the chicken, often hooked up to watch the color, pay attention to the safety, pay attention not to frying paste, or burnt.
Sixth step: cooking, the chicken into the old soup evenly arranged, the bottom step of the pot is best to put a grate, so as not to paste the chicken. Arrange to the middle part of the spices, salt, three yellow chicken cooking half an hour off the fire, egg chicken is generally 1 hour to two hours, depending on the age of the chicken, the beginning of a large fire for 10 minutes, and then change to a small fire. Turn off the heat and simmer for 5-6 hours.