Different ways to cook a whole chicken

The nutritional value of chicken has always been recognized, so chicken is a common delicacy on the dinner table. There are various ways to eat chicken, and stewing a whole chicken is also a relatively special way of eating it. You can do it by following the method introduced below.

Method 1:

The ingredients needed for stewing a whole chicken include 1 live hen, 75 grams of ham feet, 50 grams of Shaoxing wine, 5 grams of fine salt, 10 grams of scallion segments, and 5 grams of ginger slices. Its characteristics are that the chicken is crispy and boneless, the soup is clear and the bottom is visible, and it is rich in umami flavor with a hint of ham.

practice:

1) Kill the living hen, scald it with boiling water, cut open its abdomen, take out the internal organs, esophagus, and trachea, wash them, put them in a pot of cold water and boil them, take them out and wash away the blood. Put the ham feet into a pot of cold water and boil them, then take them out and scrape them clean.

2) Take a large casserole, put in the chicken and ham feet, scoop in 1500 grams of water, add Shaoxing wine, scallion segments, ginger slices, cover the pot, bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for about 2 hours, until the chicken is tender, remove the lid, remove the ham feet, scallion segments, ginger slices, add fine salt and bring to a boil, then remove from heat.

Operation points:

1) When stewing chicken, you must use a low heat, otherwise the soup will not be clear.

2) If ham feet are not available in the ingredients, you can use winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, ham and other ingredients instead.

Method 2:

15g red pepper (pointed, dry), 10g green onion, 10g ginger, 10g cooking wine, 5g vinegar, 5g sugar, 3g MSG, 3g Sichuan pepper, 30g peanut oil, 10g sesame oil

【Production process】

1. Cut off 1/3 of the tomato lid and use a spoon to hollow it out into a cup; do not waste the tomato flesh, cut it into small cubes and set aside.

2. Fill some rice into the tomato cup. I cooked rice, millet and corn grits together, so the rice has a mixture of gold and silver colors. Nutritionists say the more variety of foods you eat every day, the better for your health. Of course, you can also use pure rice.

3. Heat the oil and sauté the minced garlic and ginger. Add diced tomatoes and mushrooms and sauté until juice is released. Add soy sauce, pepper, salt, sugar and other seasonings. You can add a little water to make the soup more juicy.

4. Spread the fried tomatoes on the rice in the tomato cup. Pour some soup into the rice and let it seep into the rice, it will taste good.

5. Wrap the tomatoes with tin foil, put them in the oven, bake at 170 degrees for 8 minutes, then take them out and eat them.