Chicken essence is best added to the pot before salt is added to the dish. Chicken essence is one of the frequently used daily freshness-enhancing condiments and a type of monosodium glutamate (MSG), but chicken essence is different from MSG. MSG is the crystallization of a substance - glutamic acid, MSG is easy to dissolve, in warm water, it only takes a few seconds to dissolve; while chicken essence is different, chicken essence is based on MSG, added nucleic acid and some other ingredients, chicken essence is less soluble than MSG, and also worse than table salt, so in order to let the chicken essence dissolve into the dishes, you need to put chicken essence in the pot ahead of time, i.e., add the chicken essence into the dishes before putting salt in the pot, so that Chicken essence can be perfectly integrated into the dishes, adding freshness and flavor to the dishes.