braised chicken head
According to one Chinese proverb, cheap ingredients are often delicious. Chicken head is one of the them. There are very few edible things in chicken heads, especially the chicken brain which contains high cholesterol, so people usually avoid eating chicken heads, and some of them discard it as scraps. But whenever I see a chicken head, I can’t help thinking back to my childhood. My family had try many chicken head recipes and I really like to eat it.
At that time, we could only buy a chicken with a ticket during the Chinese New Year. Because we buy anything need the ticket in China. When the family was a large one, we had to put some cabbage in the chicken to make it a good meal. I just remember it being such a big annual dish that my mom barely ate the chicken and just put the leftover chicken heads, claws and bones, and such into her bowl to taste. When we asked her about it, she said she would like to eat chicken heads, they taste good.
When the conditions gradually got better and we grew up, when we were mentioning chicken heads, my mom said something like, “Sweety, who eats chicken heads when there’s enough chicken to serve? When I think of this conversation, I get a sinking feeling in my heart. The other day I happened to see a separate seller of chicken heads, which made me think again about what my mom said, so I bought a bag of chicken heads and made this braised chicken head. We also have more braised style Chinese recipes, our braise duck head style is another wonderful Chinese dish.
Braised chicken heads
Can you braise chicken too long?
The chicken should not be stewed for too long. If the time is too long, the nutrients of the chicken will be lost and the nutrients will gradually decrease. Moreover, the taste of chicken is poor and not delicate, so the time for stewing chicken is usually 1 to 1.5 hours.
What do they do with all the chicken heads?
First, the chicken head should be cleaned up, removing the remaining fine hairs on the head, the cuticle on the beak, the yellow skin membrane in the nasal cavity, and the larynx. Then tear the head in half along the beak and scrape off the white crust on the chicken’s tongue. Second, squeeze the ears, eyes, and nose of the chicken’s head with your hands to squeeze out the mucus from them, and then place the chicken head under running water and rinse well. Third, prepare a pot of water, add the chicken head, and soak it for about 15 minutes to leach out the remaining blood inside the head, then boil a pot of water, when the water boils, add the chicken head, cook for 3 minutes, then take it out, rinse well with water, drain the water and set aside.
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What are the benefits of eating chicken head?
From a nutritional point of view, the chicken head is mainly composed of protein, fat and other micronutrients. Chicken head has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, the nutritional value is relatively high. It can be eaten appropriately to soothe the muscles and blood and tonify the liver and kidneys. It is suitable for people with insufficient kidney energy to regulate the body, which can improve symptoms such as body fatigue and weakness, dizziness, and headache.
Why is braising so good?
Braising is the way we often use to cook food in our daily life, a bite of braised meat can make the fresh aroma overflowing, mouth full of flavor is always long-lasting.
How To Cook Chicken Heads
Step 1
Prepare the ingredient, including 20 fennel, white rock sugar, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried chili. Cut the ginger and pat the garlic.
Prepare stir-fry
Step 2
Cut the chicken head with two necks into sections. Add some water to the pot, and blanch the chicken heads for 2 minutes, removing the blood foam.
Chicken head with two necks, cut into sections, blanched for 2 minutes, remove the cleansed blood foam
Step 3
Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil into the pan. And add the leek, dried chili, ginger, and garlic to the pan. Stir fry.
Pour appropriate amount of oil into the pan
Step 4
Put in the boiled chicken head and neck, and stir-fry until lightly browned on the surface of the chicken.
Put in the boiled chicken head and neck, stir fry until the surface is slightly discolored
Step 5
Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and stir-fry until evenly colored.
Add braised soy sauce and stir-fry until evenly colored
Step 6
Pour in enough water to cover the chicken head, turn to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Pour in water and keep it level with the chicken head, turn to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes
Step 7
Add 1 teaspoon of salt, stir well. And simmer for another 10 minutes on low heat.
Add salt, stir well and simmer for 10 minutes on low heat
Step 8
Dish up and put it on a plate. Finally, you get the home-cooking braised chicken head.After a long time of simmering, these chicken heads have become very flavorful, each bite can be quite rich in flavor, and the taste of the chicken head itself is very unique!If you want to try something special and new,you could try cooking this braised chicken head.
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Braised Chicken Head
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 2 chicken head with neck
Accessories
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 star anise
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 segments leek
- 2 slices ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 dried chili
- 20 fennel
- 10 Sichuan peppercorns
- 10 g white rock sugar
- 1 piece Chinese cinnamon
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredient, including 20 fennel, white rock sugar, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried chili. Cut the ginger and pat the garlic.
- Cut the chicken head with two necks into sections. Add some water to the pot, and blanch the chicken heads for 2 minutes, removing the blood foam.
- Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil into the pan. And add the shallot, dried chili, ginger, and garlic to the pan. Stir fry.
- Put in the boiled chicken head and neck, and stir-fry until lightly browned on the surface of the chicken.
- Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and stir-fry until evenly colored.
- Pour in enough water to cover the chicken head, turn to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt, stir well. And simmer for another 10 minutes on low heat.
- Dish up and put it on a plate. Finally, you get the home-cooking braised chicken head.After a long time of simmering, these chicken heads have become very flavorful, each bite can be quite rich in flavor, and the taste of the chicken head itself is very unique!If you want to try something special and new,you could try cooking this braised chicken head.
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