Salted ChickenChicken MeatClear and fragrant, most commonly used for cold dishes.If you want to make salted chicken at home, it's also very simple. Here, I will introduce the authentic method of making salted chicken, which you can choose freely.

Authentic method of making Sichuan-style salted chicken

IngredientsPreparation

1000g whole chicken, 8g Sichuan saltBlack pepperandMSGandStar aniseeach 1g,Gingerslices, 5g fragrant oil, 15g chopped green onions, 500g fresh soup.

Method steps

1. Wash the whole chicken, evenly spread Sichuan salt, MSG, ginger slices, chopped green onions, star anise, black pepper on the inside and outside of the chicken, wrap with clean white cloth, place in the refrigerator at low temperature for 2 hours to absorb the flavor, then take it out, remove the white cloth, and remove the seasonings.

2. Place the chicken belly down in a container, add fresh soup, and put it inSteamingcook in a steamer for 40 minutes, take it out to cool.

3. Before eating, cut into 5cm long, 1cm wide strips, arrange in a dish, and pour the soup over it (you can usecilantroleaves as decoration).

How to make chicken strips

Ingredients preparation

500g chicken meat, 15g chopped green onions, 10g ginger slicesFine saltand 1 tablespoon of fragrant oil, 1/2 tablespoon of MSG, star anise, and black pepper each

Method steps

1. Mix chopped green onions, ginger slices, star anise, black pepper, and fine salt, spread on the chicken meat, and marinate for about 1 hour.

2. Place the chicken meat in a container, add fresh soup and mix, then place in a steamer, cook over high heat for about 40 minutes, take it out to cool, use a diagonal knife to slice thinly, and arrange in a dish.

3. Addsteamedchicken soup

MSG and fragrant oil, and pour it over the chicken slices.Cucumber

How to make salted chicken

Ingredients preparation

500g chicken thigh meat, 75g cucumber, 10g fragrant oil, 15g fine salt, 3g MSG, 5g rice wine, 10g ginger.

Method steps1. Wash the chicken thigh meat, put it in a pot of boiling water to blanch, take it out after it tightens;

cut ginger into pieces, lightly beat with a knife to loosen its texture.2. Pour 1500ml of water into the pot, add fine salt, MSG, rice wine, and ginger, put the chicken meat in, use abig fire

to boil, then use a small fire to cook, take it out and cool.3. Tear the chicken meat into fine strands, mix with fragrant oil.

cut the cucumber in half, then cut it into 0.2cm thick semicircles, ready to use.

4. Place the chicken strips in the middle of the dish, surround the edges with cucumber to form it.5. If the chicken thigh meat is too old, you can pour a littlechicken soup

when eating.

Authentic method of making salted chicken

One whole young hen (about 1kg), 20g salt, 10g MSG, 15g Shaoxing wine, 5g star anise, one each of green onion and ginger.

Method steps

1. After killing the chicken, cut off the head and claws, remove the internal organs, wash clean, chop green onions and ginger.

2. Boil 1000ml of water in the pot, put the chicken in, add green onions and ginger, simmer over low heat for about 1 hour (do not let the water boil during cooking to prevent the chicken skin from cracking), when almost cooked, use a fork to poke thechicken legsmeat, if there isbloodwater, remove it immediately, pour the soup into a basin.

3. Take out the chicken legs andwingsseparate, put them in the basin, put the chicken thigh meat in, add salt, MSG, Shaoxing wine, and star anise, marinate for 3-4 hours.

4. When eating, you can cut it into pieces and arrange it on a dish, place the chicken wings at the bottom, cut the chicken legs into pieces and arrange them on the dish, cut the chicken thigh meat into 1cm wide strips and place it on top, and you can eat it.