Materials: an old hen, chestnut 300g, ginger 10g, yellow rice wine 50g, salt 5g, monosodium glutamate1.5g.

Practice: cut a prepared old hen into small pieces, pay attention to dropping water in boiling water and taking it out, then drain it for later use. Cut 300g chestnuts one by one and cook them in boiling water, so as to ensure that all chestnuts can be cooked, and then remove the shells of chestnuts. Add chopped chicken pieces, yellow wine, sugar, ginger and water into the casserole. Stew over low heat for about an hour, then add the cooked chestnut, stew for 15 minutes, and then add seasoning to turn off the heat.

2. Chestnut and sweet potato sparerib soup

Ingredients: 400g shelled chestnut, 2 sweet potatoes, 400g spareribs and 4 red dates.

Practice: Wash the ribs with clear water, boil them in cold water and take them out. Cut two sweet potatoes into large pieces. Add the prepared ribs, chestnuts, red dates and ginger slices to the boiling water in the pot, cook for 20 minutes with low heat and then cook for about 1 hour, then add the cut sweet potatoes and continue cooking for 20 minutes, then add seasonings and turn off the heat to eat.

3. Roasted mutton with chestnut

Ingredients: mutton, chestnut, onion, ginger and garlic, salt, sugar, cooking wine, star anise, fragrant leaves, etc.

Practice: cut the mutton into small pieces and drop the water together with the onion, ginger and garlic. Heat oil in a pot, add prepared star anise, fragrant leaves, onion, ginger and garlic, stir-fry, add mutton with empty water, stir-fry with water, soy sauce, cooking wine, soy sauce and sugar, stew for about 30 minutes, add chestnut, and stew for another 20 minutes, then turn off the heat and eat.