How to stew chicken so that it is easy to tenderize?

Chicken is a very delicious food. It is rich in nutrients and has certain nourishing effects. For friends who have just recovered from a serious illness, drinking more chicken soup can not only replenish nutrition but also help repair the damaged body, which is particularly effective. It’s just that when people stew chicken, they always feel that it’s not easy to stew it. What method can make the chicken stewed easily?

Common steps for easy stew

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

2. Put the cleaned chicken into the pressure cooker, add thick slices of ginger, 2 scallions, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, and the cleaned wolfberry, codonopsis, angelica (a little, just a small piece), 3 or 4 hawthorns, red dates (4 or 5 pieces are enough, more will make the soup sour), 3 longan pulps. If you are afraid of getting angry, you can remove the angelica, add 5 grams of polygonatum and coix seed, a little salt (to make the chicken taste good), add water to cover the chicken by about an inch, cover the pot with a lid and valve, and boil it on the stove over high heat;

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

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

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

6. You can also use a covered ceramic container to stew in water. Put the container with the ingredients in the steamer. If conditions permit, use gauze paper to seal the container (adjust the taste first), and steam it over high heat for about 2 hours.

7. If you use a steamer to stew, you don't need to add water. The steam will condense into soup, which has a rich and mellow taste. The stewing method is similar to that of stewing in water.

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

When stewing chicken, you can first stir-fry the chicken pieces with balsamic vinegar and then stew them. This will not only make the chicken pieces delicious and rosy in color, but also make the chicken meat soft and tender quickly. In addition, it should be noted that do not add original seasonings such as pepper and fennel when stewing chicken. Because chicken itself has a strong aroma, using too many or too heavy seasonings will affect the aroma of the chicken itself.