Stewed chicken with chestnuts(li zi men ji )

Stewed chicken with chestnuts

Introduction:

"Spring is the time to eat chestnut... Chestnut, also known as chestnut, is a kind of tonic health care products. According to traditional Chinese medicine, chestnuts are sweet and warm in nature, with the functions of nourishing stomach and spleen, tonifying kidney and waist, strengthening tendons and activating blood circulation, hemostasis and detumescence. Chestnut is rich in nutrients, including sugar, protein, fat, vitamins and inorganic salts. Chestnut has good preventive and therapeutic effect on hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis. Old people often eat chestnuts, which is good for fighting against aging and prolonging longevity. "

Production steps:

Step 1: cut the chicken into small pieces, divide the chestnut into two parts, prepare ginger, garlic, scallion, cinnamon 1 small piece, star anise 2 pieces, cooking wine and soy sauce < br > < br > heat the pot to dry the water, do not put oil, directly put into the chicken, stir fry < br > < br > when the chicken is dry, add peanut oil and cooking wine, stir fry for a while, then add ginger and garlic >Finally, add cinnamon and star anise, pour in chestnuts, stir fry evenly, and then add soy sauce

Step 2: stir fry the chicken skin in a big fire. When you see that the chicken skin starts to pour oil and quickly squeeze out water, add cold water to submerge the chicken and chestnuts, cover the pot and turn to medium heat to stew and cook < br > < br > because it's not cooking vegetables, you can open the pot cover halfway to see how the water dries... When the water is almost finished, turn the heat down and stir fry until the water is harvested. Then add a little salt and chicken essence. Turn off the heat and stir fry evenly. Remove from the pan and sprinkle with scallions

Materials required:

Fresh chestnut: 20

Fresh chicken: about 1 jin

Ginger: 5 slices

Garlic cloves: 5

Cinnamon: 1 small piece

Star anise: 2

Cooking wine: 1 porcelain spoon

Soy sauce: 1 spoon

Salt: right amount

Chicken essence: appropriate amount

Scallion: right amount

Note: * for the sake of beauty, pick out cinnamon and star anise from the pan and put them in salt and chicken essence, then turn off the heat and stir fry them evenly for the sake of better health. These two kinds of things should not be put in early. Dry pan without oil is also for the sake of less oil and healthy diet, because the chicken itself has chicken oil, and the chicken skin can also produce oil. Of course, it's better to remove the skin, but you need to put a little oil first In a word, there are many ways to stew meat, and there are many kinds of seasonings. Everyone has different habits... I've tried many ways, this way is less oil and light taste, more healthy

Production difficulty: ordinary

Technology: stewing

Production time: half an hour

Taste: Original

Chinese PinYin : Li Zi Men Ji