Steam pot chicken is one of the famous dishes in Yunnan, which was spread in the folk of southern Yunnan as early as 200 years ago. Jianshui produces a unique clay steamer, called "steam pot", which is specially used to steam food. In recent times, many variety shows have produced steam pot chicken, such as "Longing for Life", "Cooking, Singer-Songwriter" and so on. So how can we miss this dish?
Steam pot chicken to prepare
First prepare an old hen that kills and washes well, cuts its ass into large pieces after removal, and the old hen does not need to blanch water or wash it after cutting, otherwise it will dilute its soup water, provided that the chicken, knife, and cutting board are clean, and the chicken is cut and set aside.
Then take out the prepared steam pot, there is a hole in the middle of the steam pot, and the bottom is a funnel shape, the purpose is to let the steam at the bottom rise into the vaang, and the concave part is naturally used to hold the ingredients. Cut the chicken into a container and put the right amount of salt to stir it well, the marinated chicken can be put into the bottom of the steam pot to pave, after laying, put in ginger shredded, red dates, goji berries and an appropriate amount of astragalus tablets, kidney tonic maca, a little cordyceps flowers, green onions, but also according to their own taste with their favorite medicinal food such as Qing SupplementAl, Three Seven Black Truffle and so on.
After the ground pot is boiled, the steam pot should be careful not to let the water vapor directly leak out of the two pots, you can block the air outlet with gauze, cover the lid and cook it for an hour and a half to two hours over medium heat. Note that the water of the Empire must be enough to prevent it from being burned dry and become mushy. After an hour and a half, you can come out of the pot and get a delicious steam pot chicken.
Since the soup is steam condensed, the umami taste of the chicken is less lost during the steaming process, so the original taste of the chicken is basically maintained.
The history of steam pot chicken
As early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, steam pot chicken was popular in the southern Yunnan area. Legend has it that Yang Li, a chef at Fudeju in Lin'an Province (present-day Jianshui County), invented the way to eat. In that year, the emperor inspected the prison, and the prefect, in order to please the Son of Heaven, issued a notice to solicit delicacies, and the selected reward was 50 taels of silver. Yang Li's family was poor, the old mother was seriously ill, in order to get a heavy reward, he synthesized the local method of eating hot pot and steamed steamed buns, created a steam pot, and regardless of the danger to life, climbed to the top of the swallow cave to collect bird's nest, and wanted to make a bird's nest steam pot chicken to apply. Unexpectedly, the steam pot was stolen, and Yang Li was asked to deceive the king and wanted to kill the head. Fortunately, the emperor asked the truth, spared Yang Li's death, and renamed Fudeju "Yang Li Steam Pot Chicken". Since then, the reputation of steam pot chicken has been greatly enhanced, and it has become a famous dish in Dian. At that time, the steam pot chicken recipe was simple, but the taste was very mellow.
Let's do it ourselves!