Chestnuts, a common nut, are rich in protein, vitamins, and other rich nutrients, making them sweet and delicious. In the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, chestnuts are usually used to make various delicacies, such as chestnut roast chicken, chestnut stew, etc. Today, we're going to learn how to make chestnut chicken soup, which is delicious and mouth-watering!
Let's prepare the ingredients: fresh hen or local chicken, chestnuts, ginger, green onions, salt, cooking wine, water, pepper.
You can also add some red dates and wolfberries).
Next, let's start making:
In the first step, we wash the prepared chicken, chop it into small pieces, and set it aside; Wash the chestnuts, prepare a pot, put water to boil, pour in the chestnuts, cook for about 5 minutes, remove and peel off the shells (you can also buy peeled ones), and set aside.
In the second step, we wash and slice the ginger, wash and cut off the green onions, and set aside.
The third step is to prepare a pot, put in the oil, add the ginger slices and green onion segments and stir-fry under the heat of the oil, after bursting out the fragrance, add the fresh chicken pieces, and continue to stir-fry until the fragrance is fragrant, and the water is dry.
Step 4: Pour cooking wine into the side of the pot to remove the smell, stir-fry evenly, pour enough water, turn off the medium-low heat after boiling on high heat, then add chestnuts, cover the pot, and simmer for 1 to 2 hours.
Step 5: When the time is up, remove the lid, add a little half salt, continue to simmer for five minutes, then add a little pepper and an appropriate amount of chopped green onions, stir well, simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, and then turn off the heat!
And just like that, a simple and delicious chestnut chicken soup is ready!