If you want to stew an old hen, the key is to buy an old hen. You can tell whether it is an old hen by the following six methods.
1, touch the hen's belly. If the belly is rich in fat, this is an old hen for more than a year or even longer, and the baby is not rich in fat.
2, you can touch the chicken's ass, the old hen's ass has obvious protruding parts, which is also one of the characteristics of the old hen.
You can tell whether a chicken is an old hen by its voice. Generally speaking, the voice of hens in breeding period is crisp and loud, while that of old hens is hoarse and rough.
4, look at the chicken feet, the old hen's chicken feet are thick and rough, the scales are very obvious, and the old hen's claws have obvious meat quality at the bottom.
5. The slaughtered old hen's meat is obviously yellow with yellow grease and ointment, which is the characteristic of old hen's meat.
6. After cooking, you can tell whether it is old hen meat by taste. The old hen is thick and chewy.
Choosing an old hen is stew.
Gastrodia elata and jujube first stewed old hen
condiments
Chicken half-day hemp 10g red dates 10g medlar 20 ginger 1g pepper 5 with a little salt.
Stewed chicken with red dates and gastrodia elata
1 Wash chicken and cut into pieces. Wash gastrodia elata, slice it, wash jujube and medlar, slice ginger, boil a pot of boiling water for later use, blanch it in chicken and take it out.
2. Put the cooked chicken into a casserole, pour enough cold water at one time, add ginger slices and pepper, and boil over low heat. Add Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Fructus Jujubae and Fructus Lycii, cover and cook for more than 2-3 hours, and add salt.
skill
Gastrodia elata is an expensive component of traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effect of nourishing the brain and calming the nerves, and can also relieve pain and lower blood pressure. Stewed chicken with gastrodia elata is an ideal brain tonic soup for children.
The second kind of stewed old hen
condiments
Half an old hen, onion, ginger and pepper, wrapped in gauze.
Stewing old hen technology
1. The old hen is depilated and thoroughly cleaned.
2. Cut into small pieces and soak in water for 2 hours.
3. Fill the pot with water and put the chicken pieces. Cook on high fire for 2 minutes until blood drops.
4. Wash the chicken pieces with clear water for many times.
5. Put the chicken pieces in the casserole and put them in the bag.
6. Inject a lot of water at one time, and it is best not to add water twice. After the fire boils, simmer for 4 hours.
7. After simmering for 4 hours, the soup is still half, and there is a lot of oil floating on the surface. If you don't like it, you can remove it.
8. Add salt 5 minutes before cooking.
9. Sprinkle chives before eating.