Stone pot fish is not a Chongqing specialty.
"Stone Pot Fish" is also called "Golden Fortune Fish". It is a famous dish in Hunan cuisine. It has a unique preparation method. A large granite rock is used to cut a stone pot with two ears, and the fish is placed It is cooked and fried in a stone pot, and then added with various condiments, mainly chili peppers, and some nourishing medicinal materials. During the Kangxi period of the early Qing Dynasty, there was a small shop on the bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha that was good at making "stone pot fish" with a unique flavor. When Emperor Kangxi went to the south of the Yangtze River incognito, he tasted this dish in this small shop and felt that it was extremely delicious and delighted, so he happily named this dish "Golden Fortune Fish". After that, "Stone Pot Fish" became "Jin Fu Fish", and this shop was named "Jin Fulin".