Chestnut Roast Chicken
Overview
It's chestnut time again. In fact, there is no shortage of chestnuts all year round, but now is the season when chestnuts are abundant, and the streets and alleys are filled with the sounds of roasted chestnuts. As a convenient snack, chestnuts not only satisfy cravings, but also have nutritional value. In addition to sugar-fried chestnuts, chestnut health chicken soup is also slowly becoming popular among everyone. When I was a child, this season was the time when chestnuts were beaten everywhere in the mountains and plains. Most people in the city have only seen shelled chestnuts, and rarely see raw chestnuts covered with thorns. But a group of children in our countryside can harvest enough chestnuts for several meals with a bamboo pole, a thick glove, and a basket. Chestnuts are delicious, but not good. Chestnuts are hard to come by, and chestnuts covered with thorns can hurt your hands if you are not careful. As for the chestnuts picked home, the sugar-fried chestnuts are better. After the chestnuts are cooked, peel off the shell and you will have orange flesh. However, if you want to make soup, you have to patiently peel off the shell and remove a layer of film inside, and this film is even more difficult to remove (Nainaiya has no countermeasures for this). It is hard-won and even more precious. Look at the delicious food on the plate being created by your own hands. The inner sense of accomplishment and satisfaction has long forgotten all the previous unhappiness. So when you are in a bad mood, you might as well go to the kitchen, divert your attention, and turn your unhappy mood into the motivation to make delicious food. You will find that all the unhappiness is just a passing cloud.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Prepare the raw materials in advance and chop the chicken into small pieces: Cai Caiwu chose fresh three-yellow chicken with chestnuts, which were just bought from the market. In fact, I personally suggest that for the convenience of operation, it is easier to buy shelled chestnuts directly
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Pour clean water into the pot, blanch the chicken pieces with clean blood in cold water, pour in the cooking wine, boil until cooked, remove and drain the water: Do not throw away the blanched soup, it will be useful later
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Peel off the shell of the chestnut: the membrane inside the chestnut is difficult to deal with (next time I plan to buy the peeled chestnut directly)
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Then put it into boiling water and blanch it for 2-3 minutes (to soften the inner membrane)
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Use a knife to peel off the endometrium. Nataotao: I finally finished dealing with the troublesome endometrium
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Crush garlic and ginger and set aside
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Pour a small amount of oil into the pan and heat it up, then add the blanched chicken nuggets and stir-fry to remove excess water and grease: The chicken nuggets themselves will produce oil, but in order to prevent them from sticking to the pan, you need to add a small amount of oil
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After the chicken pieces are stir-fried and the oil is released, add the chopped garlic and ginger and saute until fragrant
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After the aroma comes out, add light soy sauce and add color
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Then pour in the water used to blanch the chicken pieces, add the chestnuts and bring to a boil over high heat, sprinkle in sugar and salt to taste: the original soup is transformed into raw food, the water used to blanch the chicken pieces has just been used here
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Cut green peppers into angled blades
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Wait for the soup to thicken naturally. When the chicken and chestnuts are fully cooked, add green pepper slices and stir-fry for a few times before serving
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After serving, sprinkle with scallions and serve
