In the summer, the hottest seasonal fruit is watermelon. The skin is thin, the flesh is thick, and the juice is more. And not only can you eat directly, you can also squeeze juice to drink, and you can also stir-fry vegetables when you encounter a watermelon skin with thicker skin. The children in the family are more naughty, and they can also buckle the hollowed watermelon shell to the head of the first level. It can be seen that watermelon really plays a role in the summer.
In fact, in addition to the more common ones listed above, watermelon can actually be used for cooking. That is to say, I want to introduce this delicious watermelon chicken to you today. As the name suggests, watermelon and chicken are used, combined with some other ingredients, to make a delicious dish. At first glance, this dish may seem like a dark dish, but it actually tastes pretty good. Most importantly, although the taste is light, it is extremely nutritious and is a delicacy that is very suitable for eating in summer. Let's take a look at how delicious watermelon and chicken collide.
First, the specific production process
Watermelon chicken is a famous dish of Confucius, and its method is naturally more elaborate. However, with the development of the times, watermelon chicken has been passed down to this day, and there are many cooking methods that are relatively suitable for family operation. Next, let's take a look at how to use the simplest way to make the most delicious watermelon chicken.
(1) Preparation of ingredients
Ingredients: Oval watermelon can be about four pounds, more than one pound of small hens two
Ingredients: Water hair sea cucumber, water hair shiitake mushrooms, water hair magnolia slices, ham, water hair dried scallops, green onion, ginger, garlic to taste
Seasoning: cooking wine, salt, watermelon juice, white oil
(2) Specific cooking process
1. After washing the watermelon, peel off the outer skin, and then in the middle of the watermelon, use a knife to cut a hole, take out the melon inside, do not need to scrape the melon too clean, you can leave more melon flesh on the melon skin. Do not throw away the cut watermelon lid, and use it later;
2. Cut the sea cucumber, shiitake mushrooms and magnolia slices into slices of uniform size, then put them in a pot and blanch the water and fish them out;
3. After slaughtering two chickens, treat the internal organs cleanly, remove all the larger bones, including the tip of the chicken's claw and the tip of the wing, blanch the water to remove the blood stain, and put it into the basin;
4. Add cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, white oil, watermelon juice and sea cucumber, shiitake mushrooms and magnolia slices to the pot, and then add the appropriate amount of green onion, ginger and garlic, stir well, and marinate;
5. Put the watermelon in a slightly larger basin, then pour the marinated chicken with the seasoning, and finally cover the watermelon lid cut with a knife and pin it with a toothpick;
6. Finally, you can put the watermelon chicken in the steamer and steam until the chicken is soft and rotten.
(3) Precautions
1. Prepare the watermelon as large as possible;
2. When steaming, be sure to pay special attention not to steam too badly, otherwise it will affect the taste.
Second, the characteristics of the dish
Watermelon chicken into a dish on the table, on the color of this point to win, a little green on the table, no one expected it will be a dish. Open the top watermelon cover, you can see the watermelon shell inside the very rich ingredients, completely have the feeling of eating Buddha jumping off the wall. Watermelon chicken tastes excellent, the chicken is soft and rotten, with a faint taste of watermelon juice. Other side dishes also taste excellent, the most novel, or from the watermelon soup to drink, eat meat. Because the whole dish is completely steamed and basically does not put any oil, it is very light to eat, and it is definitely a seasonal dish that is very suitable for summer consumption.
epilogue
Now the price of pork has suddenly risen again, whether there is money or not, it always feels like a loss to eat. Although chicken is also a little more expensive than usual, it is not expensive enough to hurt the meat. Now it's summer, it's a good season to eat watermelon, and buying two little hens can't cost a few dollars to make such a delicious and nutritious novelty. Watermelon chicken sounds like lychee grilled fish, very much like dark cuisine, but the taste is actually very good. All over Jiangsu, families love this seasonal dish in summer. Like friends, must not miss, I believe that the simple practice of watermelon chicken, will not let you down.