Jiaohua Chicken, also known as Changshu Jiaohua Chicken and Braised Chicken, is a traditional dish in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. It is to wrap the processed chicken with soil and lotus leaves. The production materials are fresh and tender lotus leaves, yellow mud and live chickens.
The production method of beggar chicken is similar to the "cannon dolphin", one of the "eight treasures" in Zhou Dynasty. "Cannon Dolphin" is a dish made by wrapping suckling pigs with clay, grilling and further processing.
Its color is bright Bordeaux, fragrant, crisp and tender, crisp and tender at the entrance and unique in flavor.
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origin
Legend has it that a "beggar" got a chicken, had nowhere to cook, and killed it without washing or unhairing. He just wrapped it in lotus leaves, coated it with mud, stuffed it into a hot pot and burned it at random. When it was almost burnt, he took it out, mashed the mud and ate it. The taste is particularly delicious, and the "beggar chicken" has since become famous.
Nutritional efficacy
Chicken meat is tender, delicious, nutritious, containing high-quality protein, low in fat and high in amino acids, all of which are essential amino acids for human body. In addition, Sanhuang chicken is a good source of phosphorus, iron, copper and zinc, and is rich in vitamin B 12, vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin K, which can be used for nourishing blood and strengthening the body.
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