Chicken stew with mushrooms and cabbage with tofu are the specialties of all the cooks in the army, because this stew is the dish they make the most.

This is not because the food in the army is coarse, but it is the most popular, not to mention that the stew tastes quite good, just the soup, poured on the rice, dipped in the steamed buns, it is a pleasure to eat.

Generally, we make chicken stewed mushrooms, and all that is used is hazel mushrooms, and the stewed chickens are comfortable to eat, but hazel mushrooms are indeed a bit expensive for the troops, but there are many dried shiitake mushrooms, so Meng Chuan specially asked the cooking squad to pull out half a bag.

As for mushrooms, they are ordinary fresh mushrooms, but Meng Chuan is not very satisfied, this kind of mushroom stewed has to be braised to be delicious, and the process is a bit troublesome.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a soldier from the cooking class hurriedly ran over, still holding something in his hand, "Director Meng, look at what I found." ”

Meng Chuan looked at the mushroom with the big lid in the soldier's hand and exclaimed, "I'll go, where did I find this, why is it so big." ”

The soldier laughed, "I just arrived here, I felt that the soil here was a little wet, so I asked the comrades of the engineer platoon, they said that there was a heavy rain here just two days ago, in our hometown, after the rain, there will be big mushrooms in the dry ditch, I thought that the environment here is similar to my home, so I looked for it, but I didn't expect to find it." ”

The cooking squad leader also came over at this time, and it was a little strange to see such a big fresh mushroom, "Is this mushroom poisonous, can you eat it?" ”

Meng Chuan knew that this kind of mushroom that came out after the rain was not poisonous, but before he could speak, the warrior immediately said: "I grew up eating this mushroom since I was a child, and I have eaten it for twenty years, and I have not seen any accidents, it is absolutely not poisonous." ”

Meng Chuan smiled, "You cooking soldiers, can't you tell if the mushrooms in the wild are poisonous or not?" ”

While speaking, Meng Chuan broke off a mushroom, pointed to the juice that flowed out and said: "This transparent color juice means that it is not poisonous, if it is poisonous, the color is black, and the smell is very strong." ”

And you are smelling the mushrooms, is there a clear fragrance, which also means that the mushrooms are not poisonous.

I'm teaching you the easiest way to do it, take a green onion.

Then Meng Chuan broke the green onion and rubbed it on the mushroom cap, "Look, the green onion has not changed color, if the green onion has changed color, it means that it is poisonous, and if it does not change color, it proves that it is not poisonous." ”

Then he looked at the mushroom-picking warriors, "These mushrooms are all picked from under the trees, like this almost no man's land, the trees are quite clean and nutritious, and the mushrooms produced in clean places are most likely not poisonous." ”

As for the mushroom soup cooked from colorful mushrooms picked by the bunnies in the cartoon, it is a lie to children.

The more colors there are, the more dangerous they are, and what can be eaten is white and off-white, and other colors are basically not edible.

The cooking squad leader scratched his head, "I actually know how to tell the difference, but after all, I haven't done much food in the wild, and the food safety of the soldiers is the first, and we are afraid of accidents." ”

Therefore, identifying whether a mushroom is poisonous or not is almost equivalent to a skill that we can't use, and if the skill is not used, it will naturally be forgotten after a long time.

When Meng Chuan heard this, he didn't feel strange, because what the cooking squad leader said was very right, and the skills that could not be used would naturally be slowly forgotten.

Even scouts, special forces, these fighters who can tell if food is poisonous or not, will not eat mushrooms.

Non-poisonous mushrooms do not mean that they can be eaten raw, if eaten raw, it is easy to cause diarrhea, compared to wild vegetables, at least eating wild vegetables raw, will not diarrhea, and will not reduce combat effectiveness.

Meng Chuan didn't bother, "This mushroom is a good thing, squad leader, you take people to pick more, since you have come here, and you have encountered such good game, it is a pity not to eat it." ”

The squad leader hurriedly called out to four or five people, "You guys, bring the basket and follow me." ”

Meng Chuan was worried about the lack of mushrooms, so he came to mushrooms, this kind of fresh mushrooms, it tastes very fresh, and it is suitable to make a chicken stew with mushrooms.

At this time, the other cooking soldiers also prepared cooking utensils, and the chicken was also chopped into pieces, because the chicken stewed mushrooms took the longest time, so Meng Chuan planned to make it first.

When you boil the water, as usual, you still blanch the chicken first, Meng Chuan's habit is to blanch the white meat in the pot with hot water, and the red meat is in the pot under cold water.

This method is actually not very accurate, but it is basically applicable, white meat is chicken and duck meat, this kind of poultry is easy to cook thoroughly, so there is no need to blanch in cold water, cold water blanching will not taste good, the meat quality will be too bad, not tight.

And domestic animals, such as pigs, cattle and sheep, which are suitable for long-term stewing, are best blanched in a pot under cold water, so that they are easier to stew and not bite when eaten.

After blanching, start to boil the oil.

As usual, fry the sugar color first.

The oil temperature is 50% hot, add rock sugar and start stir-frying, at this time, you can use low heat, boil until the rock sugar melts, put in the chicken pieces, and start stir-frying over high heat.

As soon as the chicken came into contact with the rock sugar oil, it was instantly stained with red rock sugar, and the appetite came up at once.

At this point, continue to fry until the chicken is firm, add dark soy sauce and a little salt, then let go of the water and start to simmer.

Some people will think that the salt should not be put too early, so the iodine in the iodized salt will be invalid, this statement is true, iodine can not be simmered at high temperature for too long.

But there are pros and cons to everything, judging from the data provided by the WHO, the daily intake of iodized salt per person cannot exceed 6 grams, but the daily intake of residents in our country has exceeded 20 grams, which is almost three times overdose.

In fact, it is not terrible to overdose three times, but everyone should be clear that eating too much iodine is not good, and if there is too much iodine, it is the same as the harm caused by no iodine.

So now there is a new non-iodized salt counter, in fact, Meng Chuan said, don't have to be so troublesome, who will always have two kinds of salt at home.

Since high-temperature stewing can volatilize the iodine in iodized salt, it is better to put some salt in it first, and then put a little iodized salt when it is about to come out of the pot.

In this way, the salt is added earlier, and it is easier to stew the flavor into the food.

At this time, Meng Chuan began to add spices to the pot.

Since it is a stewed meat, the star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, green onions, ginger and garlic, don't think about this, just put it in it, these spices are suitable for stewed meat.

If you like spicy food, put some chili noodles, and if you like to eat hemp, put some peppercorns, this depends on your taste.

The chicken should be stewed for at least half an hour, so that it is easy to stew, and now the cooking squad leader has just come back with someone, Meng Chuan is not in a hurry, anyway, mushrooms are such a thing, and then put it later, so as not to delay eating.