Chicken wrapped in paper-the first dish of traditional festivals in Guangxi
Most diners who have just arrived in Wuzhou are attracted by the lotus leaf-shaped and sauce-colored small oiled paper packets in the side dishes. This kind of paper is colorfast, green, hygienic and non-toxic, and has a long-standing reputation in the official history. The chef fried the original jade paper with refined peanuts once, then wrapped the chicken and the secret sauce tightly, and then put it in the oil pan and kept rolling. After seven or eight minutes, the chicken will be delivered to the guests immediately after it is cooked. Having said that, I believe everyone can guess what cooking technique this is, that is, Wuzhou paper-wrapped chicken spread from 65438 to 050.
In order to pursue the authentic taste, paper-wrapped chicken is selected as raw material, cut into pieces, pickled with soy sauce, ginger juice, star anise, fennel, dried tangerine peel, tsaoko, red Gu Mi, Gu Yue powder and scallion, decorated with a little white wine, wrapped with jade paper one by one, and fried with peanuts. The original separate paper frying method locks the original flavor of chicken and seasoning, and keeps the chicken fresh, tender, mellow but not greasy, golden in color and fragrant in smell.
Jian Xiao, a famous contemporary sinologist and cultural scholar in China, has made a cultural orientation for paper-packed chicken, and the authority has determined that paper-packed chicken is a masterpiece of Cantonese stew, which can be called the first dish of traditional festivals! As the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." In China, chickens are indispensable on holidays.
According to Jian Xiao's research, paper-packed chicken has a history of at least 2,200 years as a court tribute and a daily main course, and it originated in Lingnan area. In 203 BC, Zhao Tuo established Nanyue, with Panyu (now Guangzhou) as its capital. At that time, the main course of the banquet of the king of South Vietnam was paper-wrapped chicken. In 202 BC, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor and established the Western Han Dynasty. Zhao Tuo presented the wrapped chicken to Liu Bang as a tribute. Liu Bangli made Zhao Tuo the king of South Vietnam, and the world was unified. Paper-wrapped chicken became an annual tribute from South Vietnam to the Western Han Dynasty.
In the fifth year of the Republic of China (A.D. 19 16), the Yuexi Building was completed in Wuzhou, and Guan Liang, a famous Cantonese chef, was hired as the specialty of the restaurant. Since then, the restaurant has become famous and the guests are like clouds. Yuexi Mansion has become the leading "golden lacquer signboard" in Lingnan catering industry, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad. There is a saying in society that "you can't eat Lingnan unless you taste the paper-packed chicken". Paper-skinned chicken can be called the first dish of Wuzhou traditional festival food culture!
With the development of the times, the paper-wrapped chicken has broken the geographical restriction that "eat in Wuzhou" must be "eaten in Wuzhou", developed into the "Handett of Guangxi" in food, and became the leader of the development of local food culture industry in Wuzhou, which has played a role in demonstrating, driving and promoting the development of "Handett Culture in Wuzhou"! Paper-wrapped chicken has entered the era of "sauce roasting", and the innovation of production technology and flavor series foods has enriched its cultural connotation, expanded its cultural extension and enhanced its brand value.
20 12 Lin, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, founded the New Guangdong West Building, which will never change the production skills of paper-wrapped chicken. 20 16 "Paper Chicken Making Skills" was selected into Guangxi Intangible Cultural Heritage List.