Zuo Zongtang's chicken actually has nothing to do with the historical celebrity Zuo Zongtang.

This was made in 1952 by Peng Changgui, a famous chef on Treasure Island.

At that time, the guest was very satisfied with the meal and asked him what kind of dish it was.

Because Peng Changgui is a native of Hunan, he hopes that the name of the dish will be loud and have something to do with Hunan, so he casually named it: "Zuo Zongtang Chicken".

As one of the four famous ministers of Wanqing Zhongxing, Zuo Zongtang would never have thought that decades after his death, a fellow villager would actually name a dish after him.

What he didn't expect was that this dish named after him would not only take root on the other side of the ocean.

It even knocked out a number of competitors such as Kung Pao Chicken, Tomato and Eggs, Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs, and Mapo Tofu, and was selected as the most popular Chinese dish in the United States.

It's not complicated to make this dish.

Chinese food that can be learned by foreign chefs is not complicated even if you think about it.

However, there are a lot of ingredients used in this dish.

In addition to chicken thighs, there are dried chilies, egg yolks, salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, rice vinegar, sugar, dry starch, water starch, minced ginger, and minced garlic. Minced green onions, etc.

After Xu Zhuo prepared the ingredients, he began to make the legendary Zuo Zongtang chicken.

First, debone the chicken thighs and cut them into pieces.

This step is the same as that of Kung Pao Chicken.

However, the meat of Zuo Zongtang's chicken is larger than that of Kung Pao chicken, and it basically has to be cut into pieces.

In this way, it is more enjoyable to eat.

Once it's cut, put the meat in a bowl and start marinating.

Put some salt, some cooking wine, grasp the chicken and mix it evenly and set it aside to marinate.

While marinating the chicken, Xu Zhuo adjusted the sauce to be used.

Take an empty bowl, put rice vinegar, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, minced ginger, minced garlic, minced green onion and finally mix in water starch, stir well and set aside.

When the chicken has marinated for about ten minutes, Xu Zhuo puts the egg yolk in it, and continues to grasp and mix evenly, so that all the meat pieces are stained with egg yolk liquid.

The color of the fried in this way is golden, and it makes people want to eat it at first sight.

Then heat the oil, wait for the oil to heat and pour the dry starch into the chicken, stirring slightly so that each piece of chicken is stained with dry starch.

Then put it into the pot in turn.

The starch should not be put too early, and the fried chicken will not have a crispy taste.

When frying the chicken nuggets, you can't put all the chicken nuggets in one go.

You have to throw it into the pan piece by piece, so that the fried chicken pieces can be fried thoroughly.

And don't put too many chicken pieces at a time when frying, so as to avoid the oil temperature in the pot being reduced due to too many chicken pieces, which will affect the color and taste of the finished product.

In addition, when frying, try to fry it in a large pot, so that the oil temperature is more constant, and the fried chicken pieces will be more crispy and delicious.

When the chicken nuggets in the pot were fried to a golden surface, Xu Zhuo took them out and controlled the oil.

At the same time, pour out the oil from the pan and leave the bottom oil.

Turn down the heat and stir-fry the chopped dried chili peppers into the pan.

After the fragrance is stir-fried, pour in the previously prepared sauce and boil.

Under the action of heat, the juice in the pot gradually thickens.

At the same time, the fragrance began to drift out.

Continue to boil, wait for the soup in the pot to become thick and transparent, pour in the fried chicken pieces, and quickly stir-fry evenly, so that each piece of chicken is wrapped in the soup.

Then, remove from the pan and serve on a plate.

The whole production process is not complicated.

But the taste is perfect.

Moreover, the dishes made are golden in color, crispy on the outside, fresh and tender on the inside, and have a variety of flavors, integrating sour, sweet, crisp, spicy, and fragrant, which is really worthy of being the most popular Chinese dish in the United States.

After Xu Zhuo brought it out, just smelling the smell made Lu Bo hungry.

"Wow, this smells so much stronger than the black chefs at school. ”

Xu Hum smiled: "Chinese food, or we Chinese do authentic." ”

Lu Bo tasted it and immediately gave a thumbs up: "Boss Xu's craftsmanship, I really don't have to say anything." ”

When Ma Zhiqiang heard this, he also put a piece into his mouth.

The result was a little disappointed: "Isn't this just pot-wrapped meat, it's no different from pot-wrapped meat, foreigners just like this kind of sweet and non-sluggish meal, and they don't get tired of panicking." ”

In his opinion, it is still the pickled pepper and phoenix feet that are delicious.

Nibble on two chicken feet and take a sip of wine.

Then continue to nibble on the chicken feet.

What he enjoys most is to gnaw every small bone on the chicken feet with his teeth, and shave the chicken and cartilage on it little by little.

This feeling is really super cool!

It was a bit busy at this time, so Xu Zhuo said hello to them and continued to work in the kitchen.

And the little girl and Sun Panpan were already full of salt-fried pork before, so they didn't have much interest in this all-chicken feast.

At this time, a few people got together and discussed whether to go to the movies later, or find a bar to sit for a while.

At Christmas, you have to follow the example of others and go crazy.

Usually life is very boring, but now I finally have an excuse to go crazy, and I can't miss it.

Sun Panpan is more literary and artistic, and tends to go to Hutaoli to listen to songs.

And Yu Keke, he wants to go to Jumpy.

Zhou Wen wants to go to the movie tonight's midnight show.

As for Li Hao and Meng Liwei......

Do men's opinions work?

The three of them argued endlessly, unable to convince anyone, but they did not want to separate and act alone.

The more people there are, the more lively they are.

"Lao Meng, where did you say you were going to play tonight?"

In the end, Yu Keke plans to find a foreign aid and vote by a show of hands, and the more people the better.

Meng Liwei pouted helplessly: "As long as you don't want to be with someone like you who wants to show affection, it doesn't matter where you go." ”

The little girl hurriedly pouted him: "Let's go to the bar, all kinds of beautiful girls are up to you to choose, and you are also a celebrity in the live broadcast circle, maybe you can meet your fans." This long night, accompanied by a confidant fan, tsk......"

Meng Liwei was also a little moved by this.

As a result, Sun Panpan poured a basin of cold water: "What if you meet the legendary Wang Tiezhu?"

The smile on Meng Liwei's face immediately froze.

Recently, every time he broadcasts live, that Wang Tiezhu jumps out and says something to tease him, but the people in the live broadcast room like it very much, and that Wang Tiezhu often gives rewards, so that Meng Liwei can't ban it if he wants to, so he can only endure it like this.

If it was a man, he would admit it.

But Wang Tiezhu, regardless of his name or the tone of his speech, is the same as a man.

made Meng Liwei unconsciously start to get goosebumps when he thought of the name Wang Tiezhu.

"If you don't forget it, that kind of place is mixed with dragons and snakes, let's find a quiet place to listen to the song and relax, after all, you still have classes tomorrow, and Xu Zhuo has to get up early to get busy." ”

Meng Liwei was talking, and suddenly saw that in the fan group, Wang Tiezhu sent a message.

"Go to Hutaoli tonight to listen to the song, do you want Xiao Weiwei to go together, touch your ass while listening to the song, think about it, the chicken will freeze ......"

Meng Liwei: "......"

Damn, don't you want to be so coincidental!

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