Pork belly chicken Guangdong Province dishes.

Pork belly wrapped chicken, is a traditional local dishes in Guangdong Province, belongs to the Hakka cuisine, also known as pork belly boiled chicken, phoenix cast, popular in Guangdong, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Heyuan, Meizhou and other areas of the eastern part of Guangdong, the Hakka region of Guangdong banquets must have before the meal with soup, soup in the soup in the thick and clear, with a strong flavor of medicinal herbs and pepper aroma.

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Pork Belly Chicken Allusion: According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, Yifei just gave birth to the crown prince, because Yifei has a stomach disease, post-partum weakness, Qianlong commanded the Imperial Household Cuisine stewed tonic for Yifei to eat, but she ate nothing to eat no appetite, the phoenix body is becoming more and more emaciated.

Palace doctors try to do all kinds of expensive tonic to eat, or to no avail. Qianlong summoned the doctors and the Imperial Catering House, the decree passed down, no matter how to use any method, to cure Yi Fei's disease. The imperial kitchen thought of "medicine is not as good as food" method.

So the folk tradition of eating chicken soup during the month to improve the practice, the chicken into the pig belly with precious herbs in the soup, Yifei eat really appetite, after a period of time dietary regimen, Yifei's stomach has been cured and the complexion is also glossy, beautiful.

This dish is not only sick and strong body, but also has the effect of health care, from this Qianlong called this dish "Phoenix reborn", is now the pork belly chicken hot pot, will be widely circulated in the folklore from now on.

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