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Stewed chicken, it is best to choose an old hen. Generally, the growth cycle of hens will be longer than that of roosters, so hens will contain more creatinine, creatine and nitrogen-containing substances, and the stewed chicken soup will be more delicious and nutritious.

Besides hens, you can also use black-bone chickens, native chickens and laying hens, but don't use broilers. Now the vegetable market is not allowed to sell live birds. You can only buy big brands of frozen chicken from the supermarket. But it depends on the date of production, not too long.

Different medicinal materials can be added to chicken soup, which has different nourishing effects. Adding ginger can nourish essence, relieve colds and improve human immunity; Adding Lycium barbarum can supplement yang, help the growth of yang and resist the cold. You can also add some oil-absorbing foods such as wax gourd and mushrooms, which can lower cholesterol.

Chicken soup has always been famous for its nutrition and delicious taste. If you want to keep healthy better, you can add mushrooms, codonopsis pilosula and astragalus. Lentinus edodes contains an ingredient called lentinan, which can improve immunity. Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis pilosula, two well-known nourishing traditional Chinese medicines, are also polysaccharides, which are called Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharide and Codonopsis pilosula polysaccharide respectively, and can promote human immune function.

Every time I clean up the chicken in the kitchen, it's very lively, because I don't like to stew the whole chicken, and I always feel that it can't be cleaned, so I have to chop it into small pieces and wash it carefully. So, I took a bone cutter, raised my hand and fell into the room, bleeding all over the floor, chopping up the chicken, and then cleaning up the crime scene. Where is the appearance of a weak woman?

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Get to the point, take the chicken apart, chop off two thighs first, and then throw away two wings, head, neck, chicken feet and ass, that's all. Then, peel off all the skins, including the butter, and finally slice the chicken breast and thighs.

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The picture below shows a six-catty rooster my mother bought from an acquaintance when I went back to my mother's house. This meat is just different. It is delicious to stew potatoes and mushrooms with it!

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Slice the chicken oil, stir-fry the onion and ginger in the pot. There is no need to put oil in the pot.

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Cooking is the same as refining lard.

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It has been fried to this extent, and the aroma is fragrant!

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Refined chicken oil is so fragrant that it doesn't drip oil! Can be used to make pancakes. It smells better than vegetable oil and lard, and it's crisp. Fried chicken skin, not so much oil, can be put in soup, stew together will be more fragrant.

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Chicken breast and chicken leg slices can be used for cooking.

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Chicken soup material:

Old hen, onion, ginger, garlic, mushrooms, ginseng, simmer for an hour and a half.

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About how to bleach:

Whether it is chicken or other meat, it should be boiled in boiling water for a while before stewing soup, which can remove the fishy smell and make the stewing soup clearer and more beautiful, without any peculiar smell, and it must be noted that it is not allowed to cook in cold water, otherwise it will easily lead to the loss of meat nutrition. It is recommended to cook in warm water for about three or four minutes.

Immediately after blanching, take out the chicken, rinse it with cold water, put it in the pot, pour in clear water, and be sure to cook it slowly with cold water, so that the chicken will release more nutrition with the increase of water temperature, and its taste and nutrition are in the best state.

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About water consumption and temperature:

Chicken soup should be cooked in cold water, and the water should be added all at once. Do not add water at will. Generally speaking, a chicken weighing about 3 kg needs to put about 6 kg of water. Let the raw materials fully release nutrition and fragrance with the slow increase of water temperature. Stew the chicken soup on low heat 10 minutes. Open the lid and skim off the floating foam on the surface when boiling, so that the chicken soup will be white and clear without any impurities. After skimming the floating foam, turn to slow fire, and then don't uncover it casually, otherwise it will be easy to lose breath and affect the taste.

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About the choice of pot:

If you want the soup to be nutritious, you need to heat it slowly with a small fire. Only in this way can we force out delicious food and nutrition. Therefore, it is not recommended to use a pressure cooker to cook soup, because the expected effect cannot be achieved, and the best instrument for cooking soup is casserole.

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Chicken stew tips:

1. Parts to be removed: Some parts of chicken directly affect the taste and color of chicken soup and must be removed before cooking. (1) A large number of bacteria remain in the toenails of chicken feet, which is not conducive to the hygiene of chicken soup. (2) Remove the internal organs and buttocks of the chicken. Remove the skin and chicken oil to avoid greasy.

2. Soak in rice washing water: Soak the washed chicken in rice washing water for more than ten minutes, which will make the chicken more tender;

3, first blanch and then ice: blanch the chicken in advance, put it in the pot and blanch it with cold water. After the water is boiled, skim off the floating foam, which not only removes the raw smell, but also makes the soup much clearer. After blanching, soak in cold water for a while, so as to make the chicken more compact, and the meat will not be loose during the soup making process, so as to avoid the generation of residues.

4, cold water pot: let the chicken slowly release nutrition and fragrance with the increase of water temperature.

5, secondary foaming: pour out the chicken water, take another pot of cold water, boil and skim off the remaining foam, so that the chicken soup will be clearer. Then put it in a saucepan, simmer slowly, and don't open the lid half-way, so as not to volatilize the aroma.

6. Finally add salt: add salt 5 minutes before turning off the fire. Putting salt too early will solidify the protein of chicken, which is not easy to be soft and rotten, and the aroma is not easy to boil out.

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The practice of diced Chili chicken:

This is sliced chicken breast and chicken leg, marinated with oyster sauce, starch, sesame oil, soy sauce and onion ginger, cooked with cooking wine, fried chicken, and then added with pepper and salt.

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Chicken stew soup can be used to make all kinds of vegetable soup, noodle soup and breakfast. You can dilute it with a little water, because the chicken soup is delicious, just add a little salt and you don't need a wok.

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Since ancient times, due to the constant geological, natural disasters and man-made wars, people hope to live a good life in peace and security in the turmoil and disasters. The cock stands tall with a flaming comb, which looks magnificent and beautiful. Moreover, "crown" is homophonic with "official", which literally means ceremony. The ancients took high-pitched as a gift, which meant promoting to a higher position and making a fortune. People place more auspicious and prosperous meanings on chickens.

I met a rooster in Putuo Temple. It must be delicious

In ancient times, during the Spring Festival, people painted chickens on doors and windows. Dong Fangshuo's "The gauntlet" said: "The first day of the first month accounts for chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses and people." During the Spring Festival, people may draw chickens, because the first day is Chicken Day. This custom has been handed down, making sticking chicken on the lintel a custom in some places during the Spring Festival, which means people want to live a good life.

These ancient legends about chickens have always influenced modern people. Moreover, modern people think that "chicken" and "auspicious" are homophonic, which also makes people pin their auspicious feelings on chickens.

In many places in the south, drinking chicken soup during the New Year symbolizes the peace of Qingtai. "Who will eat chicken feet?" Give it to whoever can earn the most money in the family, which means that you are capable and can get some money back. Chicken wings should be reserved for children, which means that children have a pair of wings and can fly higher and farther. The head and butt of chicken should be given to grandpa at home. The head of a chicken represents the leader, and grandpa is the head of the family. Chicken butt is the richest meat on chicken, which should be given to grandpa who has the longest generation. Family, you humble, I humble, and finally share happily.

Have soup and meat with your family, and be happy!