When autumn comes, the chestnuts should also be on the market. In the golden autumn, you can see the peddlers pushing their cars on the road. They are forced to stir fry the round chestnuts with a big pot. They are tempted to pay for a package every time they pass by. Songnuo. Sweet silk. Refreshing. Chinese people pay attention to eating. They know how to eat according to the season. Autumn is the most appropriate food to eat. Chestnut is delicious. It can be boiled, braised, steamed, roasted or fried. Traditional Chinese medicine thinks that chestnut can nourish the spleen, strengthen the stomach, strengthen the kidney, activate the blood and stop bleeding. In the current dry autumn, use chestnut to make a black chicken soup, which is supplemented with lotus seeds which can nourish the spleen, the lungs, the heart, and clear the fire. A proper amount of red dates and wolfberry are added. The chestnut black chicken soup which is warm, sweet and nourishing is completed. Such a soup is most suitable for autumn consumption. It will benefit you It can invigorate the kidney, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, strengthen the essence and tranquilize the mind.
Step1:After the chestnuts are shelled, boil a pot of boiling water. Put the chestnuts into the boiling water for about 30 seconds (if the water is boiling), and immediately remove them.
Step2:The chestnut skin that has been scalded in boiling water can be easily peeled out with a single flick (see my action
Step3:Wash the lotus seeds, wolfberry and jujube.
Step4:Wash ginger, peel it and pat it flat for use.
Step5:Cut the black chicken and wash it. Blanch it with boiling water and remove the blood.
Step6:Put the chicken in the electric casserole. Put the lotus seed, wolfberry and chestnut (the red dates are not put first). Pour in the pure water (subject to submerging the chicken).
Step7:Turn on the power and cook for 1.5 hours.
Step8:Add dates after 1.5 hours. Continue to cook for another 30 minutes.
Step9:Finally, add some salt according to your taste. But I didn't add it.
Cooking tips:1. By the way. Let's talk about it here. I use Castanea mollissima as my raw material. You can also change it into Castanea mollissima. It doesn't matter. 2. Don't put the dates in the first place, or they will all rot at the end of the stew. 3. When removing the film, the chestnuts should not be boiled all the time. Scalding for about 30 seconds (at this time, the water should be kept boiling. If it is not boiling, it should be lengthened for a while) can peel out the chestnuts very well. 4. The black chicken should be boiled with blood before stewing. The blood is dirty. This can clean the dirt. There are skills in making delicious dishes.