Yellow Braised Chicken

Name: Yellow Braised Chicken
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some Lute leg; Some Shiitake Mushrooms; Some shallot; Some ginger; Some star anise; Some Dried chili; Some Soy sauce; Some Cooking Wine; Some salt; Some crystal sugar; Some Cooking oil

by Dong Xiaochu 2012

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

2

Braised chicken with rice is a famous dish in Shandong. To make the most authentic yellow braised chicken, not only the selection of ingredients must be fine and accurate, but also the requirements for the pot body are very high. After making it, the color and fragrance are beautiful, the taste is fresh and tender, and the fragrance is strong. Regardless of the taste, vision, and color, it is top-grade, which is endlessly memorable and endless.
Although my method is not so sophisticated, after many attempts, I chose different ingredients, including broiler, native chicken, three yellow chicken, chicken wing root and drumstick. The same method has some differences in the taste, and some conclusions are also made. Own experience. The broiler chicken is bright and bright, with thick fat in the soup, the local chicken is slightly thinner and the meat is better than the firewood, and the three yellow chicken is in the middle of the two. Because I don't like some parts of the chicken, I personally like the yellow braised chicken made with drumsticks. Although it is not authentic, the taste is good, so it is named "Yellow Braised Chicken" for the time being. "

Yellow Braised Chicken

1. Prepare all ingredients

2. Wash the drumsticks, chop them into small pieces, add ginger, cooking wine, light soy sauce and salt, and marinate for half an hour

3. Slice ginger, cut green onion into sections, and cut dried chili into two sections for later use

4. Wash the mushrooms and put them in warm water (60~80℃), add a little sugar to soak

5. Boil the soaked shiitake mushrooms for use

6. Heat the pot, add oil, add dried chili and star anise and stir fry until it is fragrant

7. Add chicken nuggets and green onion ginger and continue to fry until fragrant

8. Add cooking wine, light soy sauce and a small amount of dark soy sauce

9. Add the boiled shiitake mushroom water, soak the chicken nuggets

10. Put in the soaked shiitake mushrooms

11. Put in the right amount of rock sugar

12. Bring to a high heat, turn to medium heat, simmer for 30 minutes, add appropriate amount of salt, turn to high heat to slightly collect the juice

Tips:
1. The main ingredients of the yellow braised chicken can be selected according to personal preference
2. Do not blanch the chicken in advance, otherwise the fat in the chicken cannot be released, which will affect the color and taste
3. The water for soaking mushrooms should be at 60~80℃, so as to stimulate the umami taste of mushrooms
4. Add a little sugar when soaking shiitake mushrooms, which not only shortens the soaking time, but also tastes more delicious after cooking
5. Don't throw away the water for soaking mushrooms. Use it to stew chicken after boiling it. The flavor will be stronger and the loss of some water-soluble nutrients will also be reduced. Because there is less water for shiitake mushrooms, add some cold water when cooking
6. It is best to choose dried shiitake mushrooms, which can fully absorb the essence of the soup during the stewing process, so that the shiitake mushrooms are more delicious and rich.