Name: Belly-wrapped Chicken
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 pork belly; 1 whole chicken; Beiqi 5g; Adenophora 5g; Polygonatum 5 grams; Codonopsis 5g; 10 red dates; Moderate amount of ginger; White peppercorns to taste; Amount of salt

Belly-wrapped Chicken

by Teacher Kong teaches cooking

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Easy

Time

30m

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The three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is over. Isn’t it still a little bit more interesting, but the long holiday is coming soon, you will have more time to spend time with your family and play. Today I will also teach you to cook a big dish that can entertain relatives and friends-the famous Cantonese dish "Bum Chicken", also known as Phoenix Reincarnation.

It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, Yi Fei had just given birth to the prince. Because Yi Fei had a stomach problem and was weak after giving birth, Qianlong ordered the imperial kitchen to stew tonics for Yi Fei to eat, but she had no appetite for anything, and the phoenix body gradually became thinner. The imperial physician in the palace tried his best to make all kinds of expensive supplements for Yi Fei to eat, but to no avail.

Qianlong summoned the imperial physician and the imperial dining room to pass on the will, no matter what method was used, he must heal Yifei's illness.

The imperial restaurant thought of the method of "medicine tonic is not as good as food tonic", so he improved the folk traditional method of eating chicken soup during confinement, and put the chicken into the pig belly and added the precious medicinal material to stew the soup. Time dietary conditioning, Yi Fei's stomach disease has been cured, and the complexion is ruddy and shiny, beautiful and moving.

This dish not only removes diseases and strengthens the body, but also has the effect of health care. From then on, Qianlong called this dish "Phoenix Reincarnation", which is now the pork belly chicken hot pot, and it has since been widely spread among the people.

Pork belly is a diet food material for the parturients to "receive the belly". Pork belly is sweet and mild in nature. It returns to the spleen and stomach meridian. It is suitable for people with blood deficiency and weak body. Slowly stewed chicken belly, pork belly and chicken layers are soaked with a refreshing aroma, and the stewed soup is clear and moisturizing, delicious and healthy. You can show your hands during the November holiday

Belly-wrapped Chicken

1.
Clean the pork belly first. The pork belly should be cleaned three times. For the first time, rinse off the mucus and grease in the pork belly with running water. (This dish uses a whole set of pork belly, which is difficult to buy, so it is recommended to go to the vegetable market and make a reservation with the store one or two days in advance.)

2. The second time, scrub with salt repeatedly, and then rinse with running water. Sprinkle cornstarch on the pork belly for the third time, rub it repeatedly, and rinse with running water. (Clean the pork belly three times, and the pork belly can be thoroughly cleaned. Clean and odor-free pork belly is the key to the success of this dish.)

3. Remove the head, neck, butt and claws of the whole chicken, and stuff the whole chicken into the pork belly. (The more authentic method is to fry white peppercorns until fragrant, then mash them, put them in a gauze bag, and stuff them into the belly of the chicken.)

4. Tie both ends of the pork belly with cotton rope, the tighter the better.

5.
The stewing pot should be large enough to completely hold the whole belly-wrapped chicken, pour in hot water, completely cover the pork belly, and let the pork belly float.

6.
Add Beiqi, Polygonatum odoratum, Adenophora Radix, Codonopsis, ginger slices, and red dates. (You can buy these Chinese herbal medicines in pharmacies.)

7.
Bring to a boil on high heat, then change to low heat and simmer for about 90 minutes.

8. Remove the belly-wrapped chicken from the pot and cut it into pieces. After it has cooled slightly, take out the whole chicken.

9. Then cut the pork belly into pieces.

10.
Cut the whole chicken into pieces and serve on a plate. (The whole chicken has been stewed very softly. If it is for banquets, you can put it directly into a large soup bowl without cutting it, and serve with the cut pork belly.)

11.
Put another bowl of soup, add salt according to personal taste when drinking. This portion is enough for 4-5 people. It is actually quite OK with white rice. With the appetizers, two bowls of rice can be dried.

Tips:
TIPS

1 / If it is difficult to stuff the whole chicken into the pork belly for the first time, it is recommended to cut the chicken into small pieces when making it at home, blanch and wash it, and stuff it into the pork belly.

2/ It is best not to add salt when stewing the soup, it will inhibit the precipitation of umami, and add salt according to personal preference when drinking. Pork belly and chicken can be eaten with soy sauce.

Belly-wrapped Chicken

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Belly-wrapped Chicken

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