Zuo Zongtang chicken, a famous Hunan dish

Zuo Zongtang chicken, a famous Hunan dish

Introduction:

"Zuo Zongtang" is one of the four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, the four famous ministers and generals headed by Zeng Guofan were all from the Hunan army. They were all outstanding figures who were able to fight and read poetry and books. They are Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin and Hu Linyi. At that time, with the joint efforts of these four people, the late Qing Dynasty, which was on the verge of collapse, wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, pacified the northwest and recovered the lost territory. It also conducted diplomatic mediation with Britain, France and Russia, which stabilized the Qing Dynasty and consolidated its political power! The Qing Dynasty has a history of nearly 50 years. At that time, these four people's achievements and roles were really great. They were all important figures who controlled the fate of the Qing Dynasty and needed to write in the history of the Qing Dynasty! What is more memorable for later generations is that they created and laid the industrial infrastructure of our country, and laid a solid foundation for the future power. For example, China's textile industry, military industry and shipbuilding industry also created the most powerful Chinese navy "Beiyang navy" in Asia at that time. Unfortunately, no one could command and make good use of this powerful Beiyang navy fleet. Only in the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was defeated by Japan and completely destroyed! It's hard to look back on the past! "Zuo Zongtang" was born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province. He liked spicy food in his life. "Zuo Zongtang chicken" was a famous dish made by his private kitchen at Zuo Gong's instigation. "Zuo Zongtang chicken" of Hunan cuisine and "Gongbao chicken" of Sichuan cuisine have the same effect! One is invented by Zuo Zongtang and the other is invented by Ding Baozhen. The two kinds of delicious food are spicy food, but there is a big difference in practice. Although the appearance of Zuo Zongtang chicken is not as good as Gongbao chicken, its taste is better than Gongbao chicken. "Gongbao diced chicken" tastes smooth, tender, salty, fresh and spicy, while "Zuo Zongtang chicken" is tender, sour, sweet and spicy, with different tastes, but they are all famous historical dishes in China. Today, Zuo Zongtang chicken is the first Hunan dish to be cooked. This dish is very popular in restaurants of overseas Chinese. It is found in all restaurants of Hunan Sichuan spicy food opened by Chinese. The specific methods of "Zuo Zongtang chicken" are as follows; "

Production steps:

Step 1: first cut the chicken leg into pieces of uniform size, and put eggs in the chicken.

Step 2: sprinkle a little MSG and salt, and then drop a few drops of Shaojiu.

Step 3: add proper amount of dry starch.

Step 4: grasp the chicken by hand repeatedly until the chicken is sticky and smooth, and hang evenly until the egg paste is full.

Step 5: stir in a bowl of soy sauce. Put MSG, salt and sugar into the bowl.

Step 6: pour in the right amount of vinegar and a little soy sauce, drop in a few drops of Shaojiu.

Step 7: add a little water and mix the starch.

Step 8: put the minced ginger and garlic into the sauce and set aside.

Step 9: heat up the oil pan. When the oil temperature is 40% hot, fry the chicken.

Step 10: deep fry the chicken with warm oil, then change the medium heat to deep fry the chicken until golden yellow, scorched outside and tender inside. Take out and set aside.

Step 11: leave the bottom oil in the pot, add the dry pepper, stir the pepper until fragrant, and then add the fried chicken.

Step 12: put the chicken into the bowl and cook it quickly. Turn to high heat and turn it over quickly.

Step 13: thicken the sauce and add a few drops of sesame oil.

Step 14: drizzle with proper amount of chili oil and stir fry evenly.

Step 15: after the pot code plate, sprinkle a little coriander stem on it to serve.

Materials required:

Chicken leg: 350g

Minced ginger: 5g

Minced garlic: 20g

Egg: 1

Dried pepper: 4G

Sugar: 10g

Salt: 3 G

Dry starch: appropriate amount

MSG: 1g

Soy sauce: 5g

Vinegar: 10g

Wet starch: 10 g

Sesame oil: 5g

Chili oil: 5g

Shaojiu: 10g

Cooking oil: proper amount

Coriander stalk: a little

Note: the characteristics of this dish: the color is oily and glossy, the smell of garlic is pungent, the taste is tender inside, salty, fresh, sour, sweet and spicy, the rice with wine is wonderful, it can be called Hunan cuisine. Warm tips: 1. To make this dish, chicken legs or whole chicken should be used. Chicken breast is not recommended. It tastes bad. 2. When chopping chicken pieces, the size should be uniform. When making the paste, it should be repeatedly grasped to make it sticky and smooth. It is better to hang the paste evenly. The paste should be moderately thick. 3. When frying, it's better to fry well and then color it. It's best to fry until it's golden yellow. 4. When cooking chicken nuggets, the action should be fast. After a long time, it will not taste good. Zuo Zongtang chicken, one of the representative dishes of Hunan cuisine, is ready. It tastes salty, sweet, sour and spicy. It's a very good dish for your reference!

Production difficulty: simple

Technology: explosion

Production time: 20 minutes

Taste: sweet and sour