Cantonese Famous Dish Pig's Belly Chicken Recipe
Pig belly chicken is a traditional local dish from Guangdong, belonging to Hakka cuisine. It is also known as Pig Belly Chicken Hot Pot and Phoenix Transformation, and is popular in Guangdong's Huizhou, Heyuan, and Meizhou areas of the southeast region. It is a necessary appetizer for Hakka banquets in Guangdong, with a rich and refreshing soup taste, featuring a rich medicinal herb flavor and peppercorn fragrance.
Today, we’re going to share a home-style recipe for this famous Guangdong dish. From cleaning the pig’s belly to preparing the ingredients, we’ll tell you in detail, so if you like it, please save it and make it for your family to enjoy when you have time.
First step: Clean the pig’s belly. Pour a spoonful of salt into the pig's belly, then add a little liquor, and use your hands to scrub it, then turn the pig’s belly over and use a knife to scrape off the dirty stuff inside. After scraping clean, wash it clean with clean water. After cleaning, add two spoonfuls of flour.
Use your hands to scrub for a while, clean the outer layer, then turn over the other side and scrub it again, then pour in water to clean it, remember to turn it over, both sides need to be cleaned.
Second step: Cut the ingredients. Slice fresh ginger. A fresh whole chicken, the chicken should not be too big, 2-3 kilograms is enough, clean it and remove the chicken's claws and wings, which cannot be eaten. Then add black peppercorns, liquor, ginger slices, and use your hands to smear evenly.
Third step: After smearing evenly, put the whole chicken into the pig’s belly, and also put in ginger slices, add some black pepper and whole black peppercorns (the amount of black pepper is determined by personal taste) Use a poisoned needle to sew the pig’s belly with thread. Pig belly chicken, cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, after boiling for five minutes, take out the pig’s belly and put it in a rice cooker, put in red dates, ginger slices, black peppercorns, scallion knots, and a certain amount of liquor, then pour in warm water just enough to cover the pig’s belly and chicken. Cover with a lid and press the stewing function for 2 hours.
Fourth step: After two hours, open the pot cover, add a handful of goji berries, and a certain amount of salt, and stew for 15 minutes. After fifteen minutes, open the pot cover, use a knife to cut open the pig’s belly and take out the chicken and pig’s belly and cut into small pieces, and the dish is complete.
If you also add some garlic chili sauce, while drinking soup and dipping chicken in garlic sauce, it’s truly the ultimate enjoyment of life. The chicken is cooked this way, fragrant and delicious, you don't have to worry about the difficulty in controlling the heat and the chicken becoming tough.
Dietary tips
Pig’s belly is the stomach of pigs from the pig family. Pig’s belly contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium, phosphorus and iron, which has the effects of replenishing deficiencies, strengthening the spleen and stomach, warming the stomach and intestines, nourishing the stomach and dispersing cold.
