Now, going to a small restaurant, kung pao chicken, shredded pork with fish flavor and Mapo tofu are basically delicious.
Kung pao chicken mainly uses chicken as the main ingredient, with diced cucumber, peanuts, pepper and other ingredients. Red but not spicy, spicy but not fierce, spicy but not spicy, the meat is smooth and crisp, and it is very delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken?
So the question is, is kung pao chicken Sichuan cuisine or Shandong cuisine?
To discuss this issue, let me first mention a man named Ding Baozhen, who was a high official in the Qing Dynasty.
The first sentence came.
When Ding Baozhen was the governor of Shandong Province, he liked chicken and peanuts very much, especially spicy food.
He is from Guizhou and misses the taste of Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan. So a famous chef improved a dish called "Fried Chicken with Sauce" in Shandong, and replaced the sweet noodle sauce with diced cucumber, peanuts and dried peppers.
Kung pao chicken made by this method is sweet and sour, slightly spicy and delicious. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Sichuan, and he spread this kind of kung pao chicken to Sichuan.
This is the first statement.
Kung Pao Chicken?
The second theory is that when Ding Baozhen was the governor of Shandong, he missed the food in his hometown very much. One day in an alley in Jinan, he asked about the spicy taste of Sichuan. When he walked into a house, he saw a man cooking with diced chicken, dried peppers, diced cucumber and uncooked rice.
I asked what the name of this dish was.
The man replied, "kung pao chicken!"
Ding Baozhen took a bite and was ecstatic. He found that kung pao chicken made with this ingredient is really delicious, which is very suitable for their expensive and Sichuan tastes.
Later, when he was promoted to the governor of Sichuan, he spread the dish of kung pao chicken to Sichuan Province and gradually spread it in Sichuan.
There are still many places that call kung pao chicken kung pao chicken.
Kung Pao Chicken?
There is also a third saying, which is based on the improvement of Guizhou cuisine.
None of this can be verified now.
Nowadays, almost no one remembers Ding Baozhen, but kung pao chicken has been passed down through the ages and become a famous dish.
Whether it is Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine or Guizhou cuisine, delicious food is the last word.
After eating in a restaurant, let's have a kung pao chicken first!