Steps for making watermelon chicken and nutritional value of watermelon chicken

I don’t know if you have ever eaten watermelon chicken. It is very delicious and the method is also very simple. Today I will tell you how to make it. You can try it:

Nutritional watermelon chicken recipe:

1. Break the chicken's leg bones, chop off the spine and neck bones (without breaking the skin), and wash; tie the green onions into knots and slice the ginger for later use;

2. Wash and slice the winter bamboo shoots thinly, blanch them in boiling water and set aside;

3. Wash and slice the mushrooms;

4. Put the chicken into the wok, add chicken broth (2000 ml), put it on high heat, skim off the foam after boiling, and continue to cook for 5 minutes;

5. Take out the chicken, clean it and put it back into the original pot. Place it on low heat and cook until it is 80% cooked. Take it out and put it into a soup bowl.

6. Add salt and rice wine to the original soup pot and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam and pour into the soup bowl with the chicken. Add scallion knots and ginger slices. Cover the bowl with a round plate and steam over high heat for about 30 minutes until tender. Remove from the soup and pick out the scallions and ginger.

7. While the chicken is steaming, use a small sharp knife to carve a zigzag pattern (deep into the flesh) around the top of the watermelon (choose a round one) (about one-fifth of the way through the watermelon), and take out the top to use as a watermelon cover;

8. Scoop out the melon pulp, carve patterns or words on the melon skin, blanch it in boiling water for about 2 minutes until the melon skin changes color (do not allow boiling water to seep into the melon), and place it in a large bowl;

9. Place the chicken (breast side up) into the watermelon and pour in the original chicken soup;

10. Place the ham, bamboo shoots and mushroom slices neatly on the chicken breast;

11. Cover the watermelon with a lid, steam it in a steamer over high heat for 5 minutes and serve.

Nutritional value of watermelon chicken:

Nutrition Watermelon Chicken is not only delicious, but also a healthy and nutritious food. Chicken meat is tender, delicious, nutritious, and nourishing. Chicken has a high protein content and high digestibility. It is easily absorbed and utilized by the human body, which has the effect of enhancing physical strength and strengthening the body. Chicken contains phospholipids that play an important role in human growth and development, and is one of the important sources of fat and phospholipids in the Chinese dietary structure. Chicken has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, fear of cold, fatigue, irregular menstruation, anemia, weakness, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that chicken has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, replenishing deficiency and filling essence, strengthening the spleen and stomach, activating blood vessels, and strengthening tendons and bones.

Watermelon is one of the most popular fruits in summer. It is rich in nutrients. It can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and has the effect of diuresis and lowering blood pressure. In terms of treating nephritis and lowering blood pressure, watermelon can be regarded as a good doctor among fruits and vegetables. Watermelon not only has good edible value, but also is an efficient and economical natural nourishment for women who love beauty. However, watermelon is cold, and excessive cold stimulation will weaken normal gastric peristalsis and affect gastric function. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach deficiency, indigestion and gastrointestinal diseases should not eat too much at one time, otherwise a large amount of water will enter the stomach, dilute the gastric juice, cause indigestion, and reduce the resistance of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with heart failure or nephritis should not eat too much watermelon, so as not to increase the burden on the heart and kidneys and aggravate the condition. It is not suitable for the weak before the summer solstice and after the beginning of autumn.

In this hot summer, the method of making nutritious watermelon chicken is not complicated. Let's taste a rich and healthy dish together.