How to stew chicken soup

1. First, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and put the chopped chicken pieces in. The water should cover the chicken. Bring to a boil over high heat and immediately remove the chicken and wash it. (Be sure to put cold water into the pot, so that there will be no nasty blood stains on the soup surface after stewing);

2. Put the washed chicken into the pressure cooker, add thick slices of ginger and 2 green onions. , add a tablespoon of cooking wine (it’s best to use Shaoxing rice wine), put in the washed wolfberry, dangshen, angelica root (put less, just a small piece), red dates (4 or 5 pieces are enough, if you add more, the soup will have a sour taste), 3 pieces of longan meat. If you are afraid of getting angry, you can remove the angelica root, add 5 grams of polygonatum odoratum, glutinous rice, and a little less salt (to make the chicken more flavorful). Add water to cover the chicken by about an inch. Cover the pot lid and valve and put it on the stove. Bring to a boil over high heat;

3. After the pressure cooker sprays steam, change to medium heat for 5 minutes, then change to low heat for 10 minutes (to keep the soup clear and not turbid), turn off the heat and wait for the pressure of the pressure cooker to decrease. ;

4. After releasing the steam and opening the lid, pick out the ginger and green onion, add appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence to taste (according to personal preference), a pot of fragrant chicken soup is ready, drink it!

5. If you use an ordinary soup pot to stew, add more water, do not add water halfway, otherwise the soup will not be mellow; simmer on high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer on low heat for 1 hour (tender chicken, such as The time for stewing old hen should be doubled) and seasoned;

6. You can also stew it in a covered ceramic container with water (this stew method has the most mellow taste and is a commonly used stew method in Cantonese cuisine) , put the lid of the container with the ingredients into the steamer, seal it on the container with gauze paper and wet water if possible (the taste must be adjusted first), steam over high heat for about 2 hours;

7. If you use a steam pot to stew, you don’t need to add water. The steam condenses into soup. The taste is very rich and mellow. The stew method is similar to water stew;

8. No matter what stew method is used , it is best to remove the chicken fat before stewing to avoid being too greasy.

Mushroom and Date Chicken Soup

Ingredients: 1 fat chicken, 10 mushrooms, 10 red dates, 100 grams of soy sauce, a little each of cooking wine and fine salt.

Method: 1. Put the bare chicken in boiling water, soak it and trim the hair, wash it, chop off the head and feet, cut under the armpit with a knife, take out the intestines, rinse with warm water and wipe dry.

2. Rub salt and wine all over the outside and inside of the chicken, then apply soy sauce all over the chicken and let it dry.

3. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, add the chicken, add mushrooms and red dates and cook together. Turn over after 1 hour, add salt to adjust the taste, cover and simmer for half an hour.

Teach you the simplest way to stew chicken. It doesn’t need to be too complicated.

The first step is to buy a three to four kilograms of native chicken. After washing it, do not Don't wash it for too long, otherwise the stew will not be delicious enough. Just remove the fine hairs on the chicken skin, remove the lymph from the chicken neck, wash off the lungs in the chicken chops, and remove the chicken buttocks. That's it! Wash a piece of old ginger, about 20 grams, and slice it!

The second step is to chop the chicken into small pieces and put them into the stew pot, put the sliced ??ginger in, and after the soup boils, use a spoon to scoop out the layer of bubbles floating on the surface. ! Simmer over low heat until the chicken is tender, about 1 hour!