【Shanxi】Braised chicken legs (a must for New Year’s Eve dinner)

Overview

The salty and juicy braised chicken legs are prepared in advance and soaked in marinade. Take them out and heat them up when you're ready to eat them. It's quick and delicious!

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• cao guo
• chicken legs
• cinnamon
• doubanjiang
• dried chili pepper
• ginger
• green onions
• old soy sauce
• rock sugar
• star anise
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• fragrant leaves
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash chicken legs

   

2. 2 Wash and cut green onions into sections

   

3. 3 Put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot. When the oil is 50% hot, add the green onions and stir-fry over low heat

   

4. 4 Add a small amount of bean paste and fry slowly over low heat

   

5. 5 Add the washed chicken legs

   

6. 6 Stir fry until the chicken legs are covered with seasonings

   

7. 7 Continue to stir-fry until the surface changes color

   

8. 8 Add enough water to cover the chicken legs

   

9. 9 Add grass fruits, bay leaves, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, appropriate amount of salt, and add 2 to 3 pieces of rock sugar, a spoonful of dark soy sauce, and bring to a boil over high heat

   

10. 10 After boiling over high heat, reduce to low heat and simmer

    

11. 11 Simmer over low heat for about 40 minutes, and the delicious chicken legs are ready!

    

12. 12 It’s time to eat! If you can soak the original soup overnight and eat it the next day, it will taste even better!

    

13. 13 Very delicious

    

14. 14 It tastes better after soaking it overnight!

    

15. 15 A must for family dinners!