Lotus, lotus leaf and lotus leaf can be described as three treasures in water. The lotus seeds we are familiar with on weekdays are not only pleasing to the eye, but also the fruit in the lotus leaf, which is a rare good ingredient for making soup and porridge. In addition to lotus seeds, delicate lotus flowers and green lotus leaves will also appear on the dining table inadvertently. Lotus leaves are wrapped in egg batter and fried until crisp, and the lotus leaves can be used to steam rice flour meat, make lotus leaf chicken or directly cook lotus leaf tea.
It's late autumn, fresh lotus flowers can't be eaten, and lotus leaves can be eaten all year round. Before I went to Weishan Lake Scenic Area with my friends, I saw that the nearby restaurants had picked fresh lotus leaves and put them in the open space to dry naturally. Dried lotus leaves can be kept for one year. You can buy dried lotus leaves and one piece of 2 yuan in the dry goods store. I bought a lotus leaf chicken today. Lotus leaf has the functions of clearing away heat, inhibiting bacteria and relieving spasm. They are wrapped in pickled chicken with natural flavor. Steamed chicken is tender and juicy, very delicious.
Fried chicken and roast chicken are good dishes for drinking, but fried chicken is not low in calories. In addition, the weather is dry in autumn and it is easy to get angry. We might as well eat steamed vegetables, which are nutritious and delicious, and can satisfy our desire. No oven is needed. Today, we can cook this dish with a rice cooker. Smart low-sugar healthy rice cooker can not only make low-sugar rice, but also have the function of "steaming meat". Steamed chicken is also suitable. Let's take a look at the specific practice!
Lotus leaf chicken
Ingredients: Sanhuang chicken 1, lotus leaf 1, shallot 1, ginger 1, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce 1 tablespoon, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, sugar 1 tablespoon, and pepper/kloc-0.
Specific practices
1. Wash dried lotus leaves with running water and soak them in warm water.
2, prepare a Sanhuang chicken, don't cut the belly, cut off the ass directly, and clean up the internal organs. This step can be handled by the merchant.
3. Use a toothpick to make a small hole in the fleshy part of the chicken, so that it can be tasted quickly when pickled.
4. Stuff the shallots and some shredded ginger into the chicken belly, and massage the chicken with 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of pepper and chopped shredded ginger. Marinate for at least 2 hours. Pickled the night before and put it in the refrigerator. I made it at noon the next day. It is very delicious.
5. Stuff the chicken feet into the chicken belly, wrap the whole chicken with lotus leaves and put it in the retort of the smart kettle rice cooker.
6. Add the water with the lowest water level into the triangular kettle of the rice cooker.
7. Put the triangular kettle into the rice cooker, put the retort into the rice cooker, and press the "Steamed Meat" function. After the water in the pot is boiled, the countdown begins, and it will be steamed in 20 minutes.
8, steamed lotus leaf chicken, emitting a burst of fragrance, especially the chicken skin part, full of lotus leaf aroma, refreshing and appetizing.
skill
1, if the taste is heavy, you can add aniseed and Chili powder when curing.
2. The Sanhuang chicken I used was tender and cooked quickly. You can also steam it directly with chicken legs or wings.