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In many places in Henan, which are important regions for ancient Chinese civilization, are called "Zhuge". There is a very popular dish called "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" in Zhengzhou, and if you go to Zhengzhou but don't eat it, or if you don't bring some back for your family and friends, you will feel bad.

How to make "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji"

“Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji” is a local delicacy in Zhengzhou, and there is a town called "Su Shui Town". If you want to eat this "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" but don't go to Zhengzhou to buy it, you have to make it yourself, which is quite a hassle.

Ingredients Preparation

One chicken, lean meat Pork 100g of pork, 400g of lard, 1 piece of glass paper,Shrimp and cooked lard 50g each, water mushrooms and cooked ham 25g each, 3000g of wine jar mud,soy sauce 500g.

Method

1 Use soy sauce, cooking wine,Salt to marinate the chicken for 1 hour, grind dried tangerine peel,star anise and rub it on the chicken, evenly, so that the chicken is evenly seasoned;

2 green onions,ginger and dried tangerine peel, star anise, sauté, add shrimp, pork, ham, stir-fry, add cooking wine, soy sauce,sugar，Fry into filling, fill the chicken belly;

3 Wrap the chicken with lard, then wrap it with lotus leaves and then wrap another lotus leaf on the outside, tie it with fine hemp rope;

4 Grind the wine jar mud into powder, add water and mix to coat the mud on the chicken for about five minutes, then wrap it in packaging paper and put it in oven，When it's cooked, take it out, knock it open and remove the lotus leaf, then drizzle with fragrant oil.

Homemade "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" recipe

If you don't have all the ingredients to make authentic "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" at home, it's still very delicious, and the aroma makes you want to eat the lotus leaves.

Ingredients

One whole chicken, lotus leaves, a small amount of meat,scallions and mushrooms 25g,bean sprouts 100g, old ginger, green onion, old ginger, soy sauce,honey and two spoonfuls of cooking wine, salt,black pepper and ground,flour and a small amount.

Method

1 First, boil the scallions in boiling water for about five minutes, then wash and soak them;

2 Wash and prepare the lotus leaves, cut the mushrooms and scallions into small particles, cut half the scallions into segments, and cut the other half into small pieces, and cut the ginger into slices;

3Three yellow chicken Clean and drain the water, put it in with scallion segments, ginger slices, cooking wine, honey, soy sauce, salt, and black pepper, and rub it evenly for one day;

4 Heat a small amount of oil in a pot until it's five out of ten hot, then stir-fry the meat and then stir-fry the mushrooms and scallions for about one minute;

5 Then pour in the scallions, turn off the heat, and stir evenly, then take it out and put it in the chicken belly;

6 Place the chicken in the lotus leaves, then wrap it up and tie it with a rope;

7 Mix flour with water to make a dough, then cut a large hole in the middle of the dough, put the chicken in the hole, and then seal it with the dough, so that the dough is evenly wrapped around the whole chicken;

8 Sprinkle a layer of dry flour on the surface and put it in the preheated oven at 200 degrees, and bake for about 80 minutes;

9 Take it out and let it cool, then knock it open and take out the chicken.

Location of "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" in Zhengzhou

Many people say that "Su Shui Jiao Hua Ji" in Zhengzhou is delicious, and if you have the opportunity to go to Zhengzhou, you must try it. Most netizens say that these are the best: one is "Zheng Shang Road and Worker Road" in the central region, and the other is at the intersection of "Central Road and West Four Ring Road". Which one is the best to eat still needs to be tried by yourself to judge, because "as there are a thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlet"