What is the origin of beggar chicken?
Beggar chicken belongs to Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. There are two reasons: according to the story, a long time ago, there was a man named Huazi who lived in a village in Changshu County and begged along the way. One day, he happened to get a chicken and wanted to kill it for cooking, but there was neither cooker nor seasoning. He came to the foot of Yushan Mountain, killed the chicken, took out its internal organs, coated it with yellow mud and firewood, simmered the coated chicken in the fire, peeled off the mud shell when it was cooked, and removed the chicken feathers and mud shell together to reveal the chicken. About 100 years ago, according to this legend, the "Mountain View Garden" restaurant in Yushan Resort in the northwest of Changshu County, refined the chicken by removing the rough and selecting the fine. According to the second story, Emperor Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River incognito and wandered into the wilderness carelessly. A man named Huazi felt sorry for him, so he gave him a beggar chicken, which he thought was delicious. Sleepy and hungry, I naturally think this chicken is particularly delicious. After eating, I asked his name and called him Flower Head. I was embarrassed to say that this chicken was called "beggar chicken", so I praised it as "rich chicken". Gan Long was full of praise for the chicken. The beggar learned afterwards that the tramp was the present emperor. This beggar chicken became a "rich chicken" because of the emperor's golden mouth. Spread to this day, it has also become a famous dish in Yalou.