How to cook Chu Mei Chicken?

Chumei Chicken is a local specialty. Because of its sour flavor of plums, it is loved by many men, women, young and old. The preparation of Chumei Chicken is not difficult and is similar to general cooking methods. However, you need to be careful when using the ingredients. You need to use perilla and camellia sasanqua to have a distinctive flavor.

Cuisine and efficacy: Sucai

Ingredients for making Chu Mei Chicken:

1 chicken leg, 10 perilla camellias, 1 brown rope, sauce: 1/4 cup perilla camellia juice, 1/2 cup water, 10 grams of fine sugar, 1 tablespoon of plum vinegar.

Chu Mei Chicken Method:

1. After removing the core of the perilla camellia, chop the plum flesh into small pieces, then add the plum juice and mix together for later use.

2. Mix all the sauce ingredients together and cook over low heat until thick.

3. Use scissors to cut the triangular bend in front of the chicken thigh to drain the blood.

4. Put the chicken thighs prepared in step 2 into water and blanch for about 10 seconds. Rinse with clean water, remove the bones and set aside.

5. Spread the chicken thighs from step 3 flat, put the plum meat from step 1 on top, roll it up like sushi, tie it up tightly with brown rope and set aside, then steam it in a pot for 10 minutes.

6. Take out the steamed chicken thighs from step 4, let them cool, untie the brown rope, cut them into slices, place them on a plate, and then pour the sauce from step 2 on them.