Dezhou paji, which originated in the Ming Dynasty, was founded in the Qing Dynasty and spread in the Republic of China, is a famous historical food at home and abroad. After more than ten generations of braised chicken artists' hard management and development, it has become a unique Chinese famous food from a local famous product, and has formed its own characteristics in color, fragrance, taste, shape, quality and cultivation, and is known as "the wonder of China" and "the first chicken in China".

There are various opinions about the origin of Texan braised chicken, such as: "Texan watermelon is the seedling of Wucheng, Texan braised chicken is the soup of Yucheng", which means Texan braised chicken originated in Yucheng (county-level city); There are also rumors that the braised chicken in Texas is the result of continuous refining and summary by the merchants of roast chicken in Texas. And every statement has an allusion.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, with the busy transportation of grain, Dezhou became the imperial road for Kyoto to reach nine provinces. The economy began to show prosperity, and roast chicken appeared on the market. Old people selling roast chicken with baskets often appear near the canal pier, flood and drought stations and official offices in the city. This kind of roast chicken is a delicious roast chicken after careful manual work: its shape lies on its side, its color is red and delicious, and its meat is tender and delicious. As the prototype of braised chicken later, it has emerged. With the development of economy, Dezhou City entered its heyday and has become one of the 33 big cities in China. Land and water thoroughfares, merchants gather, and goods from four townships are distributed here, resulting in a situation of "tourists from south to north are like clouds, and restaurants and inns are like forests". Roast chicken is not only seen in the dining table, but also "step" into the society. There are many people selling roast chicken with suitcases on their arms. At the beginning, Jia's family was named, and later, Xu Enrong's family, nicknamed "Xu Roast Chicken", and the Zhangjia family in the west, etc., and it is not uncommon to set up shops in front of the door. Of course, the people who eat roast chicken at this time are still limited to dignitaries, businessmen and rich people, and the common people can only look at the chicken and sigh. But the inventor and producer of roast chicken is the real working people. In order to support their families, they worked hard and managed dismally, and also made contributions to society. Later, the chicken gizzard was developed, and the original chicken culture was produced in the narrow family workshop and in the ancient and extensive technological process.

in the thirty-first year of Kangxi (AD 1692), there was a roast chicken maker named Jia Jiancai on the street outside the west gate of Dezhou City. He ran a roast chicken shop. Because this street leads to the canal pier, the small business is not bad. One day, shopkeeper Jia had something urgent to go out. He told Xiao Er to put down the fire. I didn't know that the shopkeeper Jia left with his front foot, but the boy soon fell asleep in front of the cooker and woke up to find that the fire had been cooked. When the shopkeeper Jia came back, he tried to fish out the chicken and take it to the store for sale. Unexpectedly, the smell of chicken was attractive, which attracted many passers-by to buy it. The guest bought it and praised it: not only is the meat rotten and fragrant, but even the bones are crisp and fragrant when chewed. It can be said that it is really fragrant and penetrating. Afterwards, shopkeeper Jia devoted himself to studying and improving his skills. This has led to the original practice of braised chicken, that is, cooking with a big fire and stewing with a small fire. In the current saying, the temperature should be taken before the text, and Wu Wen is orderly. Therefore, braised chicken is called "grilled" because of this. Jia Jia chicken is famous, so our regular customers suggest giving it a name. Jia shopkeeper himself can't think of anything. A few days later, I suddenly remembered an old scholar named Ma, who was on the street, and thought he would have a good name. So I wrapped two steaming chickens in lotus leaves and walked quickly to Ma Xiucai's house in Liukou Street, Majia, and asked the scholar to name the chicken. Ma Xiucai tasted the chicken, asked how to do it, and recited it while tasting it. He blurted out: "When you shake the flesh and blood in the heat, the strange fragrance smells unexpectedly; Provoked the old man to stretch his five fingers, and the entrance teeth stayed in Tianjin for a long time. " After the poem was sung, he blurted out, "What a spiced braised chicken!" In the second year, in 1693, Jia Jiancai mentioned braised chicken to the Lantern Festival for sale, which sold well and gained great fame. Since then, there has been a situation in Dezhou City where roast chicken and braised chicken are produced and sold at the same time.

With the full opening of the Jin-Pu Railway and Shide Railway, the operation of braised chicken in Dezhou has entered a prosperous period, showing the scene of "a hundred schools of thought contend". The shopkeepers inherited the skills for their own prosperity, and secretly "stole" the skills from each other, which objectively contributed to the great improvement of braised chicken production skills. At this time, most of the braised chicken shops are concentrated in front of the railway station square, and there are shops, stalls and stalls scattered all over the place. Walking through the street smells delicious and mouth-watering. During this period, the descendants of braised chicken were mainly represented by Hou Baoqing of the braised chicken shop in Baolanzhai and Han Shigong of the braised chicken shop in Deshunzhai, as well as five families (all from Dezhou) who followed the production points of Jia and Xu. Han Shigong is a businessman who is not good at talking and thinks about processing skills. In practice, he explored and summarized the experience of his predecessors in making roast chicken and braised chicken, improved the technology, increased the ingredients, and made great efforts in washing and frying chicken, especially in stuffy cooking. At first, he was himself, and in the middle, he cooperated with Wu Qinghai and Cui Jinlu to open a braised chicken shop called Deshunzhai. Finally, Zhang Jintang, Zhang Jingui and Duanmu Zhaorong set up a sihe store called "Center Zhai". Several people cooperated, learned skills, abandoned roast chicken and specialized in braised chicken, which laid a solid foundation for the further development of braised chicken skills and played a role in connecting the past with the future. At this time, due to the extension of trains in all directions, the sales expanded to Northeast China, Central Plains and South China, and the annual sales reached 311,111.

"sing a rooster and the world is white." The founding of the People's Republic of China has brought new life to the braised chicken industry. The number of braised chicken shops has grown to more than 31, with an annual sales of more than 411,111 braised chickens. There have been shop names such as Deshunzhai, Baolanzhai, Shenglanzhai, Fushun Zhai and Zhongxinzhai. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, the braised chicken industry embarked on the road of cooperation. The Dezhou Braised Chicken Joint Venture was formed by more than 21 descendants of Braised Chicken, and then the platform sales department was established to specialize in braised chicken in the station.

In 1956, the descendants of braised chicken walked into the door of state-owned enterprises (Dezhou Company, China Food Company) along with the food industry. In these times, the descendants of braised chicken also brought their skills into the company. The leaders of the company attach great importance to these highly skilled Texan braised chicken successors, which improves their enthusiasm and wisdom. Giving stunts to each other, combining hundreds of skills into one, makes this authentic product continue to develop under the attention and protection of state-owned food companies. In the same year, the first "National Food Exhibition and Evaluation Meeting" was held in Beijing, the capital of China, where Dezhou spiced boneless braised chicken was the exclusive style. Zhang Shulin and Cui Changqing, descendants of braised chicken who lived in Dezhou, exhibited their skills at the scene. The press and gourmets praised Dezhou braised chicken as "the first chicken in China".

At present, Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken Group has gradually developed into a provincial-level enterprise group focusing on poultry breeding, meat and eggs processing, catering service and food management. Dezhou Brand Braised Chicken was rated as "China Famous Trademark" and "China Time-honored Brand", and the Group was rated as "China Top 51 Enterprises in Meat Products Industry".