Braised Chicken with Chestnuts

Name: Braised Chicken with Chestnuts
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 Grass Chicken; 200g chestnut; A teaspoon Soy sauce; Some Cooking Wine; 1 spoon granulated sugar; piece ginger; 3s shallot

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Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

2

Baidu Encyclopedia: Braised chicken with chestnuts is a traditional Han-style famous dish. It has its own unique cooking methods in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Shanxi cuisines. This dish is yellow, bright, oily, crispy chicken and chestnut sticks, and the juice is strong and fragrant. It is cooked together with tender chicken and chestnuts, and then it is made by three processes of frying, steaming and braising. It is a seasonal delicacy generally loved by the people in Shanxi's urban and rural areas. It is characterized by chicken crispy chestnut sticks, thick juice and fragrant flavor. In practice, boil the chestnuts first, remove the inner skin, and then fry the chicken until the skin is tight and simmer for a while, then add the chestnuts, and simmer until soft and waxy. "

Ingredients

1/2 Grass Chicken
200g Chestnut
A teaspoon Soy Sauce
Some Cooking Wine
1 spoon Granulated Sugar
piece Ginger
3s Shallot

Braised Chicken with Chestnuts

1. Prepare all the ingredients (purchase chestnuts and peel off the shell, otherwise it will be troublesome to remove the shell)

2. Wash the chicken, cut into pieces, and put it in the pot. Pour in a small amount of cooking wine, add ginger slices, and marinate the green onion for 20-30 minutes.

3. After washing the chestnuts, put them in a pot and add water to boil for 7~8 minutes, remove them and set aside.

4. Pour the marinated chicken nuggets into boiling water. Remove impurities and blood.

5. The main material has been initially processed.

6. Pour the salad oil into the oil pan and stir-fry when the oil temperature is 70~80% hot, add the chicken nuggets boiled in water. A small amount of cooking wine can be added to remove fishy. Stir fry until the chicken pieces are slightly yellowed.

7. Add the boiled chestnuts and stir fry together for about 2 minutes.

8. Add a large bowl of water, a small amount of dark soy sauce (colored) light soy sauce can be slightly more (salt and chicken essence) a spoonful of sugar. After stir-frying evenly, turn to medium-low heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Finally, turn the fire to accept the juice. The chicken and chestnuts are soft and waxy. The sweetness and saltiness can be controlled by oneself.

9. Easy to operate and delicious at home.

10. The chicken is tender and glutinous, the juice is thick and delicious.

11. Rich in nutrition, suitable for all ages.

12. Chestnut is warm and sweet, cooked food nourishes kidney qi, strong gluten; chicken is mild, sweet, warms the middle and nourishes qi, nourishes the five internal organs, replenishes essence and adds marrow. After being cooked, it will benefit the spleen and stomach, anger and blood, so that it can nourish the beauty.