Mabe most of you never heard about the chicken neck recipe. It is a strange recipe if you don’t like any Chinese snacks. But if you have eaten some Chinese snacks like spicy duck neck, you would like to try this one.
In China, there is always a saying in the folk that the chicken neck is the best part of the whole chicken. Most people have some misunderstanding with chicken neck. They think that there are a lot of lymph nodes on the chicken neck, like bacteria, viruses which make people easy to affect health if they eat it. However, those things are not lymph nodes and are the thymus that has any connection with bacteria and viruses. In general, we will clean the thymus and the skin of the chicken neck before we start to cook it. It will not affect the taste of chicken neck.
The chicken neck is shorter than the duck neck. But when you buy it that it is to weigh by catty that we do not need to care about to length problem. Chicken neck meat is very tender, tastes very good, and has a high nutritional value. Its oil content is low. It is rich in protein, vitamins, and other nutritional elements, even higher than the nutritional value of beef. If we compare its price to beef, we will know the value of the chicken neck. We also offer a detailed video guide chicken neck recipe for you, hope you like it.
How To Make Spicy Chicken Neck
Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Firstly, we should prepare ingredients for this snack. Cut 6 slices of ginger. Then save them for later. Cut 1 bunch of green onion segments. Then save them for later. Cut 3 chili peppers into small pieces. Then save them for later.
Prepare Ingredients
Step 2: Prepare Mixed Spices Bag
Second, we should prepare the mixed spices bag. Add 3 slices of ginger, 5 bay leaves, 15g dry red peppers, 5g Chinese cinnamon, 5g star anise, 5g Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers into the bag. Then save them for later.
Prepare Mixed Spices Bag
Step 3: Blanch Chicken Neck
Next, we should blanch 1kg chicken necks. Firstly, put chicken necks into the pan. Then add 3 slices of ginger, green onion segments into the pan. Then add enough water to immerse them. Those things can help us to remove the meat flavor of the chicken neck. Use the big fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, blanch the chicken necks for 3 minutes. We should scum the bubble when the water is boiling. After 3 minutes, drain the chicken necks and use water to wash. Then drain and save them for later.
If you buy frozen chicken necks, you should unfreeze them in advance. If you want to deeply remove the meat flavor of the chicken neck, you can add som cooking wine to do it.
Blanch Chicken Neck
Step 4: Cook Spicy Chicken Neck
Now we can start to cook spicy chicken necks. Put the chicken necks, mixed spices bag into the pan. Then add enough water to immerse them. Then add 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 1 tablespoon thirteen-spices, 2 tablespoons light soy sauce, 4 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sunflower oil into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then use the big fire to heat them. After the water is boiled, use a small fire to cook it for half an hour.
Cook Spicy Chicken Neck
After 15 minutes, add 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, 1/2 teaspoon chicken powder into the pan.
Add Monosodium Glutamate And Chicken Powder
When the time is up, turn off the heat and simmer it for half an hour. After half an hour, we got the delicious chicken neck. The spicy chicken neck is a little spicy but fresh incense food. It can be used as a drinking dish, but also a rare leisure food. Hope you can try it at home.
Delicious Chicken Neck
FAQ About Chicken Neck Recipe
What Can We Do With Chicken Necks?
We can use chicken necks to do grilled chicken neck, pot stewed chicken neck(our recipe), potato chicken neck, beer chicken neck. It has many methods to cook.
Are Chicken Necks Good Eating?
It depends on how we cook them. If we choose the right cooking method, it will be very delicious. If you like the fried style, just make fried chicken necks that means our recipe is not the best for you.
How Do Chicken Necks Taste?
Our recipe is very delicious and tender and also has a spicy taste. We use the blanching method to remove the bad taste of the chicken necks. That’s why we suggest you follow our guide to cooking.
How Much Meat Is On A Chicken Neck?
They consist of 75% bone and 25% meat for every chicken neck(without any chicken skin). That’s why we called it a snack not a portion of good food for dinner. We think it is also a good Chinese snack for beer.
How Long Can Chicken Necks Stay In The Fridge?
The cooked chicken necks should be immersed in the sauce(we use the sauce to cook them before). Then we can put them into the fridge. If we don’t do it, the chicken necks are easy to oxidic that will not have a great taste anymore. It can be safely stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 days if you follow our advice to store.
That’s our spicy chicken neck recipe for you today. If you have any problems with this recipe, please leave your comment below.
Spicy Chicken Neck
Equipment(affiliate link)
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 1 kg chicken necks
- 6 slices of ginger
- 1 bunch of green onion segments
- 5 bay leaves
- 15 g dry red peppers
- 5 g Chinese cinnamon
- 5 g star anise
- 5 g Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 1 tablespoon thirteen-spices
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- ½ teaspoon monosodium glutamate
- ½ teaspoon chicken powder
Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare ingredients for this snack. Cut 6 slices of ginger. Then save them for later. Cut 1 bunch of green onion segments. Then save them for later. Cut 3 chili peppers into small pieces. Then save them for later.
- Second, we should prepare the mixed spices bag. Add 3 slices of ginger, 5 bay leaves, 15g dry red peppers, 5g Chinese cinnamon, 5g star anise, 5g Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers into the bag. Then save them for later.
- Next, we should blanch 1kg chicken necks. Firstly, put chicken necks into the pan. Then add 3 slices of ginger, green onion segments into the pan. Then add enough water to immerse them. Those things can help us to remove the meat flavor of the chicken neck. Use the big fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, blanch the chicken necks for 3 minutes. We should scum the bubble when the water is boiling. After 3 minutes, drain the chicken necks and use water to wash. Then drain and save them for later.
- Now we can start to cook spicy chicken necks. Put the chicken necks, mixed spices bag into the pan. Then add enough water to immerse them. Then add 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 1 tablespoon thirteen-spices, 2 tablespoons light soy sauce, 4 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sunflower oil into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then use the big fire to heat them. After the water is boiled, use a small fire to cook it for half an hour. If you are not sure the chicken necks are enough to flavor for your salt taste, you can taste the sauce to estimate. You can add some water or some salt to adjust the salt taste. After 15 minutes, add 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, 1/2 teaspoon chicken powder into the pan. When the time is up, turn off the heat and simmer it for half an hour. After half an hour, we got the delicious chicken neck
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