Stupid Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms
1.
Soak the little stupid chicken (must be stupid chicken, meat chicken is easy to stew and taste completely different from little stupid chicken) soak in cold water for 20 minutes, soak in blood and water, rinse well, put in a basin to control the water, onion and ginger, cut star anise, dried red pepper, white sugar Put the dried mushrooms in the container and soak them in water, wash them and put them in the container for later use
2.
Pour a little oil in the pot (be sure to put less oil because the chicken will produce oil during the frying process). Add white sugar and fry until the mash is turned and the color will change. Pour the chicken and stir fry
3.
Stir-fry for about 5 minutes, pour in cooking wine to get rid of fishy, then add light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, continue to stir-fry, then add scallion, ginger, star anise, dried red pepper and continue to stir-fry (use medium heat during stir-frying)
4.
Pour the fried chicken into an Adi pot or a pressure cooker, add hot water and wipe the chicken for 25 minutes. If there is no pressure cooker, you can add water and simmer for 1 hour (do not add salt during the stewing process. Adding salt too early will make the meat old Not easy to stew)
5.
Pour the stewed chicken and soaked mushrooms into a clean casserole or ceramic pot. This step is to collect the juice and make the taste of the mushrooms better integrate with the chicken.
6.
Bring to a boil, add salt and turn to medium heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. The time can be adjusted according to the amount of soup. If you like to eat more soup, simmer for a while)
7.
The stewed chicken can be served on a platter
Tips:
Generally, chicken stew is blanched first. The little stupid chicken in this dish is not blanched. The purpose is to retain the internal nutrition of the chicken. At the same time, the unblanched chicken has a better taste and richer taste.
