Shaoxing drunken chicken is a refreshing and delicious cold dish, as a classic dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, almost every household will have this dish on the table during the New Year's Festival. The original method is to treat the whole chicken clean, cook until the chicken is off the bone, cut into small pieces, and then marinate it with Shaoxing wine for two days, so that it is tender and refreshing, the wine is fragrant, or it is cooked with Chinese herbal medicine to create a delicious and healthy medicinal food dish. And now the ingredients are more boneless chicken legs instead of whole chicken, cooked with Shaoxing wine marinated into the flavor and then sliced to eat, the wine is fragrant, the chicken skin is smooth and tender with crispness, the chicken is tight and tender, and there is still a fragrance of flower carving between the mouths after eating, and the aftertaste is endless.
material:
2 spring onions, 5 g ginger, 1 chicken thigh.
seasoning:
1 tbsp of goji berries, ginseng to taste, 10 grams of red dates, 250 grams of Shaoxing wine, 200 ml of water.
method:
1: Turn the chicken leg over to cut off the tail bone, and then remove the chicken bone. (Boneless chicken thighs can also be purchased directly).
2) Wash the boneless chicken thighs, roll them into long strips, roll them tightly with plastic wrap, wrap them with a layer of tin foil and roll them tightly.
3) Slice the ginger, cut the green onion into small pieces and set aside.
4) Place the tin foil chicken thigh rolls in water with ginger slices and green onion strips, then cook over low heat for about 20 minutes until cooked.
5) Take a pot and add all the seasonings to boil and stir well, add the cooked tin foil chicken thigh roll, turn off the heat and soak for 3 to 4 hours until the taste is in, you can open the tin foil, slice the chicken thigh and plate.
[Generally when making drunken chicken, aged Shaoxing wine is often used, because its wine taste is not choking, mild and mellow, and it can be bought in general supermarkets or convenience stores, so it is quite easy to obtain and has become the most commonly used liquor when making drunken dishes. 】
The chicken bones can also be boiled to make chicken bone broth: wash the chicken bones, add 500 ml of water to the pot, add the chicken bones, 10 grams of ginger slices, and a little pepper. After boiling over high heat, remove the foam while cooking, then turn to medium heat and cook for 20 minutes. Place in a bowl and sprinkle with green onions.