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Exclusive Salt-Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Exclusive Salt-Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Chicken drumsticks are rubbed with salt-bake seasoning and peanut oil, then gently braised with gardenia fruit for a golden hue. Skin-on, juicy, and fragrant with ginger.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Clean the chicken leg and set it aside.

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    Scald the chicken skin with boiling water and then pour out the water.

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    Add slices of ginger.

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    Add a packet of salted baked powder and an appropriate amount of peanut oil.

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    After kneading and massaging evenly, let it sit for more than an hour to absorb the flavor.

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    Add the scallion knots to the pot.

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    Add the chicken legs.

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    Add one or two yellow gardenias.

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    Add an appropriate amount of water.

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    Cover and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat to simmer.

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    Flip the chicken drumsticks halfway through, then simmer for about twenty minutes until the sauce is reduced.

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    Once braised, let the chicken legs cool, then chop into pieces.

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    Finished product.

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    Finished product.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • 鸡腿
    to taste
  • Ginger
    to taste
  • 黄桅子
    to taste

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Scallion
    to taste

Seasonings

  • Peanut oil
    to taste
  • Salt-baked powder
    to taste