Suzhou watermelon chicken

Local cuisine: Jiangsu Province

(1) Suzhou watermelon chicken

Watermelon chicken is a seasonal dish in Suzhou, once popular for forty or fifty years, because it can only be eaten in the summer, but also cooked on the same day to eat, can not be stored, can not be carried, so there are not many people who know, of course, fewer people have eaten. In fact, as long as you learn the method of cooking, no matter where it is, as long as the watermelon is on the market, it can be brewed.

【Raw Materials】

1 hen (one or half)

1 watermelon

Clear broth to taste

Ham slices 100-150 g

Bamboo shoot tip 25 g

Refined salt 25 g

Ginger slices 25 g

Rice wine 30 g

【Method】

1. Cut the upper end of the watermelon into a lid, dig out the melon, do not dig too much, affecting the integrity of the melon skin. After digging, soak the entire melon shell in boiling water and dry it with a clean cloth.

2. After the chicken is slaughtered, dehair and remove the belly, wash it, put it into a crock pot (not a metal can pot), add ham slices, ginger slices, bamboo shoot tips, rice wine, salt and clear soup (soup to be able to survive the chicken), simmer on the charcoal fire until the chicken will rot, take the ginger, pour the chicken and soup into the watermelon, cover the melon lid, and then steam until the melon peel is yellow, you can open the watermelon lid to eat.

【Features】

The melon color is beautiful, there is the umami taste of chicken, the fragrant taste of fruit, the aroma of ham, and the rich nutritional components, which is a good color and flavor delicacy.