According to Yucheng County Records, Wang Mingkui, a villager from Yueya Bay in the north of Yucheng City, was the first to cook braised chicken, and his ancestors all made a living from roast chicken. His family put the killed chicken's legs crossed into the chamber, inserted two wings from the knife edge of the chicken's neck, let the tips of the wings protrude from both sides of the mouth, and then put the usual seasoning. This is the so-called "braised chicken". Later, in order to attract business, he invited an old Chinese doctor to prescribe five kinds of condiments, such as clove, cinnamon, pepper, anise and fennel, to make braised chicken appetizing. At that time, it was called "spiced braised chicken". One autumn night when Wang Mingkui 18 years old (189 1), he cooked more than 20 chickens in the pot, chopped more firewood on the stove, lit a fire and went to rest. Because of fatigue, it was already dawn when he woke up, and the stew was so big that the chickens in the pot collapsed. He laughed and cried, so he carefully fished the chicken into a basket with iron bars and mentioned it to the county for sale, and named the cooked chicken "spiced boneless braised chicken". After shouting a few times at the entrance of the county yamen, the word "Debon" caught everyone's attention and attracted many diners in an instant. Since then, his chicken has been stewed for a long time until it is boneless, forming a unique production process. Therefore, Yucheng spiced boneless braised chicken is famous in the north and south. At the beginning of the following year (1892), a small restaurant specializing in boneless braised chicken was established in Texas. Since then, Yucheng spiced boneless braised chicken was introduced to Texas. In addition, Wang Mingkui has a son named Wang. With superb skills, they have opened braised chicken shops in Yucheng Railway Station, Dezhou, Jinan, Zhanhua, Lijin and other places, and Yucheng spiced braised chicken is becoming more and more famous.
Since Xuantongyuan Year of Qing Dynasty (AD 1909), with the construction and opening of the Jin-Pu Railway, more and more people in Yucheng made a living as braised chickens. One of them is Wang Yuting, an old chef from Matun Village in Chengguan. He constantly improved his technology, and the quality of braised chicken he made has surpassed that of Wang Mingkui, further developing this delicious taste. During the Republic of China, Yucheng Railway Station gradually set up such braised chicken shops as "Fuheju", "Xiangshengju" and "Badachu". At that time, there was a saying that "get off when you smell the fragrance, and taste it quickly".
After the national liberation, under the care and leadership of the party and the government, the braised chicken industry in Yucheng has also developed rapidly. 1956 there is a public-private joint venture of the state-owned Yucheng braised chicken factory. On this basis, Yucheng braised chicken has continuously improved its processing technology, improved its quality, expanded its production scale and improved its economic benefits. After the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, in order to further develop Yucheng braised chicken and promote this historical famous food, Yucheng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government decided to implement the production chain of "breeding chickens-hatching chickens-broiler feeding-braised chicken processing-professional sales", which promoted the development of braised chicken industry in the city. By the end of 2002, the city had developed a leading braised chicken enterprise 10, and more than 0 processing households (shops) 100, with an annual production and sales volume of more than 2 million chickens. Jin Shuai, Lexing, Silly Xiaoer, Native Chicken, Ting Yun Braised Chicken and other processing enterprises and their products are all famous. Especially the Jin Shuai brand braised chicken produced by Dezhou Jin Shuai Food Co., Ltd., a leading industrialization enterprise in our city, became the first "Shandong famous brand" in the history of braised chicken in 2005. The quality and output of braised chicken products will be improved to a new level, and the products will be selected by international supermarket giants such as Wal-Mart. Products are sold in Wal-Mart supermarkets in 70 large and medium-sized cities in China. Widely favored by consumers. Xinhua News Agency, China News Agency, Hong Kong Popular Newspaper and other news media all made special reports on Yucheng Braised Chicken, which made Yucheng Braised Chicken famous at home and abroad.
Source: Office of Yucheng Local Records Compilation Committee