How to make mushroom stewed chicken soup

Suddenly I felt homesick, and missed the mushroom stewed chicken that my mother made for me. So in order to recall the taste, I went to the market to buy some mushrooms and chicken. Today I will tell you how to make them:

Ingredients for Chicken Mushroom Soup:

1 whole chicken (free range chicken, black chicken, three-yellow chicken are all fine, or half a black chicken + half a free range chicken are also good. It takes some time to make soup with free range chicken and black chicken, about 2 hours, while it is much easier to use three-yellow chicken~), some mushrooms (you can use dried or fresh mushrooms to make this soup, the nutritional value is the same. If you don’t like mushrooms, you can replace them with your favorite mushrooms, which will go well with the chicken soup. Mushrooms contain women’s “trump card” for anti-aging: selenium, which can promote skin metabolism and anti-aging.), 5-6 red dates, 10 wolfberries, 2-3 slices of ginger, and a little salt.

How to cook chicken stew with mushrooms

Mushroom Chicken Soup Method:

1. The whole chicken you bought has been cleaned of its internal organs. After rinsing it, chop off the chicken's head and tail. There are two thick pieces of fat on the left and right sides of the tail, which should also be removed. Also remove the lymph on the chicken's neck; wash your favorite mushrooms, cut into pieces and set aside; wash the red dates and wolfberries, soak them in warm water for a while and set aside.

2. Pour enough water into the pot, put the whole chicken in cold water, boil over high heat, remove the foam, add ginger slices, soaked red dates and wolfberries, and mushrooms. Are you using dried mushrooms? Then pour the soaking water into the soup to make the aroma stronger. In this case, you must wash the mushrooms carefully.

3. For free-range chicken and black chicken, simmer for 2 hours on low heat. For three-yellow chicken, 1 hour is enough. Sprinkle some salt before drinking.

Tips:

This soup can replenish qi and blood, nourish the skin, and improve immunity. Shiitake mushrooms can enhance the body's immune function and have anti-cancer effects. When shiitake mushrooms and chicken are used together to make chicken soup, the effective ingredients in the mushrooms dissolve in the soup, which can improve the body's absorption rate; chicken soup itself also has the function of improving the immunity of the respiratory system, which can be said to be a double effect in one.

If you are afraid of the oil in chicken soup, you can pour the cooked chicken soup into a small bowl and let it cool, then skim off the oil after it solidifies, and then heat it up before eating.

It is said that the water used to soak mushrooms is rich in nutrients and can be used to give a "spa" massage to the calves, arms and other parts of the body that are prone to dryness. This will allow the epidermal cells to fully absorb water, making the skin softer, whiter and more tender.

If you are like me and don't like the tasteless chicken breast in the soup, you can take the chicken breast off, tear it into thin strips, find some ready-made vegetables in the refrigerator, and spend a few minutes to make a refreshing side dish of cold chicken shreds. Friends who think chicken soup is greasy may also try to eat it with such a side dish~