How to make delicious chicken stewed with chestnuts?

Chestnut is a kind of nut food. There are many people who like to eat chestnuts in life. Even if it is not the season for eating chestnuts, you can buy some fresh chestnuts from acquaintances or from the Internet. Eating chestnuts as snacks regularly is good for your health. There are many ways to eat chestnuts. For example, they taste especially good when paired with chicken. How to make chicken stewed with chestnuts?

Material

Ingredients: 2 chicken legs, 200g chestnuts, 30g dried hazel mushrooms

Seasoning: peanut oil, rock sugar, cooking wine, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, onion, ginger, garlic, aniseed, pepper, Sichuan pepper powder, salt, filtered water, appropriate amounts

practice

1. Chop the chicken legs into small pieces, wash and blanch in cold water;

2. Use a water filter to filter the water and set aside;

3. Soak the dried hazel mushrooms in advance, pick and wash them clean;

4. Remove the chestnut kernels from the chestnuts and set aside;

5. Heat the pot, add peanut oil, a few crystal sugars and heat slowly over low heat;

6. When the rock sugar melts and turns slightly brown, add the chicken and stir-fry;

7. Season with scallion, ginger, minced garlic, aniseed, pepper and Sichuan pepper powder;

8. Pour in cooking wine, dark soy sauce and light soy sauce and stir well;

9. Add chestnut kernels;

10. Add hazel mushrooms and stir-fry evenly;

11. Inject appropriate amount of filtered water;

12. Cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium-low heat until the chicken is cooked through and the soup thickens.

Main Value

[Chemical composition] Contains 5.7% protein, 2% fat, 62% carbohydrates, 1.3% ash, 25% starch, vitamin B, lipase, etc.

[Nature and flavor and meridians entered] Sweet in taste, warm in nature; enters the kidney, spleen and stomach meridians.

[Functions and indications] Nourishes the stomach and spleen, replenishes the kidneys and strengthens the tendons, promotes blood circulation and stops bleeding. It is used for nausea, diarrhea, weak waist and legs, vomiting, epistaxis, bloody stool, wounds, swelling and pain caused by fractures, scrofula, menstrual disease, nine-son ulcer, red and white dysentery, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] Eat raw, boiled or fried, then grind into powder for oral administration; mash and apply externally.

[Combination and application] Yuejia disease: 10g chestnut flower, decocted in water and taken orally. (Huangping, Guizhou)

Nine-seed sore: Take appropriate amount of chestnut flowers and decoct them in water. (Songtao and Bijie, Guizhou)

Red and white dysentery: 10g chestnut, 10g purslane, 10g jujube red, decocted in water and taken orally. (Bijie, Guizhou)

【Eating northern and southern chestnuts】

1) Roasted chestnuts: The fruit is smaller, higher in sugar and protein, less in starch, and more glutinous. The excellent varieties are represented by chestnuts produced in the Yanshan Mountains in Hebei Province.

2) Chinese chestnut species, with larger fruit, low sugar content, high water content, high starch content, and japonica texture, suitable for making dishes, cakes, canned food, etc. Representative varieties include chestnuts from Jiangsu, Hubei and other places.