Mushroom and Chicken Porridge

I don’t know if you have ever tasted mushroom and chicken porridge. The preparation of this porridge is quite simple. Let us learn some knowledge about this porridge.

Ingredients for Mushroom and Chicken Porridge

5g cooking oil, a pinch of pepper, 0.25 tsp salt, 150g rice, 20g mushrooms, 100g chicken legs, 1 shallot, a pinch of ginger

How to make mushroom and chicken porridge

1. Wash the rice and mix it with a small amount of oil; soak the mushrooms until soft and cut them into pieces; cut the shallots into chopped green onions, wash and cut the ginger into shreds;

2. Wash and bone the chicken legs, cut into small pieces, blanch in boiling water, remove and set aside;

3. Put rice, chicken thighs and mushrooms into the porridge pot, add water and bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes;

4.Finally, add salt and pepper to taste, sprinkle with chopped green onions and shredded ginger and serve.

Notes on making mushroom and chicken porridge

Fresh, fragrant and nutritious. After the mushrooms are soaked and softened, it is best to simmer them in broth before making porridge, which will make the taste more delicious.

It is also known as the "Hao Shiitake Mushroom" because the word "Longquan" means "Chen Yifu" in the Longquan dialect, and Qingyuan was originally under the jurisdiction of Longquan, but later it was divided into counties. Jingning was not a county either! It had already formed a certain scale in Zhejiang in the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty. Longquan, Qingyuan, Jingning and other three mountainous counties are the birthplaces of artificial cultivation of winter mushrooms. To this day, tens of thousands of people still cultivate winter mushrooms in Zhejiang or outside the province every year. The three counties of "Long", "Qing" and "Jing" are known as the "Hometown of Shiitake Mushrooms". Winter mushrooms have strict specifications and clear grades. They are divided into 3 grades and 11 levels: flower mushrooms, thick mushrooms and thin mushrooms. Winter mushrooms are rich in protein and a variety of trace elements necessary for the human body. Winter mushrooms are tender, smooth and sweet, and dried mushrooms are delicious and fragrant. They are suitable for cooking, boiling, frying and stir-frying. They can be made into delicacies with meat and vegetables. Winter mushrooms are also health foods that prevent and treat colds, lower cholesterol, prevent and treat liver cirrhosis and have anti-cancer effects.

Winter mushrooms are sweet and have a neutral medicinal property. They have the effects of replenishing qi and benefiting the stomach, and removing toxins from sores. They can treat physical weakness, poor appetite, pharyngitis, tracheitis, anemia, neurasthenia, nephritis edema, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and soreness of the waist and legs.

Selecting Mushrooms by Using Their Stems

To distinguish the thickness of mushrooms from their appearance, we can start with the mushroom stem. The mushroom stem is equivalent to the neck of the shiitake mushroom. If the neck is thin and short, the mushroom body will be thin; if the neck is thick and thick, the body will be strong. Therefore, when we buy mushrooms, if the mushroom stem is thin, the mushroom body will be thin, and vice versa, if the mushroom stem is thick, the mushroom body will be thick.