This week’s guide: Braising tofu skin with chicken legs is surprisingly delicious, and after cooking, there’s not even a drop of soup left.

Tofu skin is a relatively familiar bean product, it is easy to absorb flavor and is loved by people. Tofu skin has a high nutritional value, containing a rich amount of calcium, iron, molybdenum and other trace elements, which are essential trace elements for the human body. Long-term consumption can promote the development of the body and intelligence. Pregnant women eating tofu skin can help increase milk supply and help the body recover after delivery. Tofu skin also has the effects of coughing, resolving phlegm, clearing heat and detoxifying, and nourishing the stomach.

Tofu skin is made from soybeans, which are ground and simmered, then solidified to make. Tofu skin has a slightly yellowish color and a smooth surface, it is a high-protein, cholesterol-free low-fat bean product. Tofu skin contains a large amount of lecithin, which has the effect of preventing arteriosclerosis, protecting the heart and blood vessels. Tofu skin contains a large amount of minerals, which can replenish calcium for the human body, which is especially suitable for children and the elderly to eat.

Today, Mr. Yang will share a particularly delicious way to make tofu skin, it is more delicious than cold mixing and stir-frying. If you like tofu skin, you must not miss it. The detailed steps are as follows:

Tofu Skin Braised with Chicken Legs

Finished Tofu Skin Braised with Chicken Legs

Ingredients

Tofu skin, 2 chicken legs, a green onion, ginger,, edible oil, star anise 3, cinnamon stick 1, clove 3, cardamom 1, fragrant leaf 3, fennel seeds 1 small amount, Safflower 1, peppercorns a small amount, yellow bean sauce 1 spoonful, sugar 1 appropriate amount, dried chili 3, old wine 1 appropriate amount, oyster sauce 1 appropriate amount, salt 1 appropriate amount, green onion flower a little.

Steps

1 First prepare a few sheets of tofu skin, cut it in half with a knife, then fold it and fold it again, and cut it into strips about 2-3 cm wide. After cutting, shake it open and put it in a plate.

Tofu skin cut in half

Tofu skin folded

Then folded again

Cut into strips

Shake it open

Put it in a plate

2 Next, prepare two chicken legs, first use a small knife to cut two marks on each chicken leg.

Chicken leg marked with two cuts

3 Then put the chicken legs into the boiling water, add green onion segments and ginger slices, and add.

Add water

4 Cover with a lid, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then take out the chicken legs and put them in a plate.

Chicken legs taken out and put in a plate

5 When the oil temperature is 50% hot, put the cut tofu skin into it, use a chopsticks to stir it, when frying, it won’t clump together. Tofu skin needs to be fried once, firstly, it’s more chewy to eat, secondly, it’s more resistant to boiling. After frying to a golden brown surface, use a sieve to drain the oil.

Tofu skin is put into hot oil to fry

Frying tofu skin

Draining the oil

6 Next, prepare some spices: star anise, cinnamon stick, clove, fragrant leaf, cardamom, Safflower, peppercorns, etc. Grind them with a rolling pin and put them in the spice bag. Close the mouth tightly, prevent the spices from leaking out.

Prepare spices

Putting spices into spice bag

7 Now put the cooked chicken legs into the boiling water, add green onion segments and ginger slices, add a spoonful of yellow bean sauce, add a little sugar, then add dried chili. Then add old wine, oyster sauce, and finally add water, and then put the spice bag in. Cover with a lid, boil over high heat.

Add ingredients

Boil over high heat

8 After boiling over high heat, turn it down to medium-fire. First boil for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, put the fried tofu skin in. Add a little salt to enhance the flavor, stir well, cover with a lid, and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

Put in fried tofu skin

9 After 30 minutes, take out the spice bag, then take out the braised tofu skin. Take a sniff, it’s really comfortable.

Take out the braised tofu skin

Braised tofu skin

10 Let the chicken legs rest, open the big fire to evaporate the juice, after evaporating the juice, take it out and put it in a large basin. Then use your clean small hand to tear it into small pieces.

Tear the chicken legs into small pieces

11 Then add the tofu skin, add a spoonful of soup, stir evenly, and finally plate it, and decorate it with green onion flowers.

Add tofu skin

Add green onion flowers

This tofu skin is very chewy, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, added to the chicken legs, the soup has a meaty aroma, not bland at all, the two are matched together, it’s really comfortable to eat. Every time you make this dish at home, you will finish it without a drop left. If you like it, you can collect it. When you have time, make it for your family to eat.

——Mr. Yang’s Sayings——

1 Tofu skin is a very common ingredient, you can buy it in the market and supermarket.

2 When blanching chicken wings, put green onion segments, ginger slices and into it, is to remove the fishy smell of the chicken.

3 When frying tofu skin, remember that the oil temperature is 50% hot when you put it in, when frying, use chopsticks to stir it, so that the tofu skin will not clump together.

4 Tofu skin needs to be fried once, firstly, it’s more chewy to eat, secondly, it’s more resistant to boiling.

5 When packing the spice bag, remember to close the mouth tightly, prevent the spices from leaking out.

6 Tofu skin should not be stored, it’s best to eat it once it’s bought.

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