How to make homemade braised chicken with cowpea and mushrooms

How to make your own braised chicken with cowpea and mushrooms? Here is the specific method, it is very simple:

Homemade Braised Chicken with Cowpea and Mushrooms Ingredients

Ingredients:

Cowpea, three-yellow chicken, shiitake mushrooms, and chives.

seasoning:

Oyster sauce, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, garlic, ginger, starch, water, pepper, refined salt, chicken powder, cooking oil. (Those who like spicy food can also add dried red pepper)

Homemade cowpea and mushroom braised chicken method/steps

Soak the dried mushrooms for 1 hour in advance; (just wash the fresh mushrooms)

Chop some ginger and garlic into fine pieces for pickling;

Chicken processing: Live poultry trading is prohibited in Beijing, so the chickens you buy are already killed and plucked and gutted. Just wash the chicken, cut off the butt, head and claws, cut the chicken into small pieces, wrap it in a pan, add appropriate amount of cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, minced garlic, minced ginger, starch, mix well and marinate for about 15 minutes;

Wash and cut the cowpeas (also known as long beans) into small pieces for later use;

Wash and slice the soaked mushrooms; wash and cut shallots into sections; slice garlic and ginger for cooking;

Prepare the sauce: add appropriate amount of oyster sauce, soy sauce, starch, water, pepper and chicken essence;

Heat the pan and oil, add the sliced ​​mushrooms, ginger and garlic slices and sauté until fragrant; (If you like spicy food, you can also add dried red peppers, remember to add them at this time and sauté until fragrant)

Then add the marinated chicken pieces and stir-fry quickly over high heat until they change color;

Then, add the cowpeas and stir-fry quickly over high heat for a while;

Add a little bit of hot water (be careful not to add too much), cover the pot and simmer over medium heat for about 4 minutes to make it more flavorful. When the time is up, open the pot, add an appropriate amount of refined salt and stir well over high heat;

Then pour in the sauce and stir-fry over high heat to make it more flavorful.

When the juice is almost collected, add the scallions and stir-fry quickly over high heat until fragrant and then turn off the heat. A dish of fragrant, golden and green cowpeas, doesn’t it feel very appetizing?!

Precautions

[Nutritional value]:

Cowpeas provide high-quality protein that is easy to digest and absorb, an appropriate amount of carbohydrates, and a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can supplement the body's signature nutrients. The vitamin B1 contained in cowpeas can maintain normal secretion of the digestive glands and gastrointestinal motility, has the effect of strengthening the spleen and kidneys, inhibits the activity of cholinesterase, helps digestion, and increases appetite. The vitamin C contained in cowpeas can promote the synthesis of antibodies, enhance the body's antiviral effect, and has auxiliary effects on frequent urination, spermatorrhea, and some gynecological functional diseases. The phospholipids in cowpeas can promote insulin secretion and participate in sugar metabolism, making them an ideal food for diabetics;

Shiitake mushrooms are rich in nutrients, eating more can strengthen the body and increase resistance to diseases;

Chicken meat is tender, delicious, nutritious and has a nourishing effect on the body.

【Warm Tips from Jingchu】:

Beans must be cooked thoroughly. If they are not cooked thoroughly, food poisoning will occur. However, cowpeas should not be cooked for too long. Just cook until they are cooked to avoid nutritional loss.

When selecting shiitake mushrooms, the best ones are those with thick caps, milky white insides, short and thick stems, and thick flesh.

In the 10th step of cooking, be careful not to add too much hot water, as the chicken pieces will release water during the cooking process, so too much water will affect the taste of your cooking.