Whether you are an out-and-out old Cantonese or a new Cantonese who just came to Guangdong, "cooking a pot of soup" will be your first lesson when in Rome.
Perhaps in the eyes of most people, the only soup in Guangdong is Lao Huo Jing Tang, but in fact, due to the constant changes of the four seasons, even the same soup will change in order to cope with the changes of the seasons, so in the cooking process, it is not just as simple as putting the ingredients into the pot to cook, and Lao Huo Jing Tang is just a practice in Guangdong soup.
In the spring and autumn, Cantonese people can only achieve the effect of regulating qi and moistening the lungs when cooking soup. Therefore, in the process of cooking, you must cut the ingredients into cubes and add a little water chestnut powder on the basis of hot, so that the soup is fragrant and delicious, sticky and moist.
When the temperature is high in summer, it is mainly delicious and less meat, light and not greasy. Therefore, in practice, the ingredients have to be cut very thin to shorten the cooking time and make the ingredients cooked quickly in the pot, thus fully retaining the nutrients in the ingredients and supplementing the vitamins lost by the human body in summer.
But in winter, people often say "three stews and four stews", "one-third of the ingredients, two-thirds of the water", and then put them in a casserole to boil, and then turn to a small fire to stew slowly, so that the umami molecules in the ingredients can be fully released. Finally, just add a little salt before cooking without any seasoning, which is a delicious and appetizing dish.
What I want to share with you today is the best soup, which is indispensable for Cantonese people all year round. The ingredients used are the most common five-finger peaches. The ingredients themselves are rich in fragrance, and also have the functions of regulating qi and eliminating dampness and improving immunity. With delicious and nourishing old hen, supplemented by Ophiopogon japonicus and Codonopsis pilosula. Boil a pot of fresh, fragrant, nourishing chicken soup, eclectic. This is the epitome of soup, and people can't help drinking more bowls.
Half an old hen, 50g nectarines, 30g Ophiopogon japonicus, Codonopsis pilosula 15g, 2 candied dates, ginger 1 slice, corn 1 slice and carrot 1 slice.
1, prepare half an old hen, if it is farmed in rural areas; Tear the chicken skin and excess oil from the slaughtered chicken by hand (of course, it is not necessary), and the chicken soup will be bright.
2. Wash the processed chicken with warm water, then drain the water and cut it into pieces of moderate size for later use.
3. Next, soak the main ingredient Finger Peach in clear water for 10 minute.
4. Clean the soft five-finger peach, especially the silt impurities on the surface.
5. Then clean Ophiopogon japonicus and Codonopsis pilosula, and then slice ginger.
6. Then put the washed chicken, codonopsis pilosula, Ophiopogon japonicus, ginger slices, finger peaches and candied dates into the casserole.
7. Finally, add 10 bowl of clear water, bring it to a boil with high fire, cover the lid and turn it to low heat 1.5 hours.
8. When cooking chicken soup, remove the beard of the corn, clean it and cut it into large pieces. At the same time, the carrots are peeled and cut into pieces.
9. Simmer the chicken soup 1.5 hours later, add the prepared corn and carrots, and simmer for another 40 minutes.
10, at the end of the last time, add some salt to taste according to your own taste.
Is it easy to make a bowl of delicious chicken soup with five fingers? You should learn to cook such a pot of soup quickly! On weekends, cook a pot of chicken soup for your family. This pot of affection is better than any sweet words. This smell is enough to make any fatigue disappear immediately.
1, Chinese medicine often says that the temperature is hot in summer, but there is still cold in the human body, and the internal cold accumulates in the body. If you want to drive away the cold, you should eat more ginger in summer to drive away the cold and evil spirits. In addition, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that men tonify qi and women tonify blood. Men are especially suitable for eating some qi-invigorating things, such as ginseng, codonopsis pilosula and Beiqi; Moreover, women are particularly suitable for eating some blood-enriching materials, such as velvet antler, angelica, donkey-hide gelatin and red dates.
2, chicken soup has always given people plenty of energy, whether it is chicken soup for the soul or chicken soup for food, it can give us new energy and make us full of energy every day.