Hainan coconut chicken recipe

China has a vast territory and a large population. Based on this, different places or ethnic groups have different special cuisines. Coconut chicken is a popular specialty food in Hainan. It is mainly made with coconut, which is popular among locals, and local Wenchang chicken. This dish has a salty and fresh taste and is rich in protein, glucose, vitamins and other nutrients. Here I will introduce you to some relevant knowledge about Hainan coconut chicken.

1. Food Introduction

Hainan Coconut Chicken Healthy Beauty Restaurant is a restaurant with the theme of new Hainan-style coconut chicken. It uses authentic Hainan Wenchang chicken and natural coconut juice to cook. It is sweet, smooth, fragrant, healthy and refreshing.

Coconut chicken is a local dish made with coconut and chicken, and is a Hainan dish. The taste is salty and fresh, with a fragrant coconut flavor. The soup is clear and refreshing, and has the effect of invigorating qi and promoting salivation. Coconut water and coconut meat contain large amounts of protein, fructose, glucose, sucrose, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin E, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc.

2. Production method:

Main ingredients: one coconut, one tender chicken, and appropriate amounts of cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and ginger.

Specific steps

1. Saw off a round cap with a diameter of about 8 cm from the top of the coconut and pour out the coconut juice.

2. Cut the chicken into 1.5 cm pieces and put them into an empty coconut. Add appropriate amounts of cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and ginger, pour back the coconut milk until it is almost full and must cover the chicken pieces, then put the coconut lid back on.

3. Put the coconut with chicken into the pot (note: the coconut must remain standing when the water boils), add water to the pot, and after the water boils, steam it on medium heat for another 2 hours.

3. Notes

1. The older the coconut, the better. The coconut meat contains coconut milk and oil, which is nourishing and moisturizing, has a rich fragrance, and has greater tonic effects.

2. When serving, you can use a little cornstarch water to make the sauce thicker.

4. Nutritional Benefits

Coconut is the fruit of the coconut tree. Its juice is as clear as water, as sweet as honey, crystal clear, and refreshing and thirst-quenching. Coconut juice has a unique flavor, with the taste of water chestnuts and the fragrance of coconut in its sweetness. It has the effects of quenching thirst and relieving heat, promoting fluid production and promoting diuresis, and is often used to treat heat stroke or high fever and other febrile diseases. The chicken in the dish is mild in nature and is paired with coconut juice and coconut meat. The meat is delicious and the coconut flavor is fragrant. The soup is refreshing and tonic, with a unique flavor. It is a remedy for invigorating Qi and promoting fluid production, clearing away heat and replenishing deficiency. It is suitable for the elderly, tiredness, weakness, irritability, thirst and other symptoms.