Wenchang chicken Hainan's most prestigious traditional dishes. It is known as the first of the "Four Famous Dishes". Wenchang chicken is a high-quality fattening chicken, produced in Wenchang County, Hainan Province (has been removed from the county and set up a city) and named. According to legend, Wenchang chicken first came from the village of Tianci in the town of Taniu in the county, where banyan trees grow in abundance and their seeds are rich in nutrients, which are pecked at by domestic chickens, resulting in an excellent physical condition. Wenchang chicken is characterized by the individual is not large, weighing about 1.5 kg or so, brightly colored hair, short wings and feet short, round body and flat stock, thin and smooth skin, fat meat. Hainanese people eat Wenchang chicken, the traditional way of eating is white chop (also called "white cut"), best reflect the Wenchang chicken fresh and tender original flavor. At the same time with chicken oil and chicken broth cooked rice, commonly known as "chicken rice". Hainanese people say "eat chicken rice" that includes white chopped chicken. White chopped chicken in Hainan regardless of feasts, casual meals or family dishes are used. In Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, it is highly regarded and famous. Wenchang Chicken - The most famous traditional dish in Hainan. It is called the first of the "Four Famous Dishes". It is a must-try for everyone who travels to Hainan. Wenchang Chicken is one of the "Four Famous Dishes" of Hainan, and it is a famous dish both at home and abroad. And authentic Wenchang chicken out of which place? If the local people in Hainan know that there is a Taniu town in Wenchang area, because the streets and alleys are hung with "Wenchang Taniu Chicken"; Wenchang Taniu Chicken what is its uniqueness? Taniu town town north of the village, more banyan trees outside the village, the trees on the ancient branches of the sky, shade, trees on the green grass like grass, chickens in groups, chickens eating banyan seeds, looking for insects, chasing and playing, living and reproducing, chickens, although slow-growing, small body feet fine; generally now the local people raise chickens method: purebred chickens to the farmers to graze feeding for 120 days, recycling and feeding rice, sweet potatoes, peanut cake, coconut, and other cooked fodder, centralized fertilization for 50 days. Wenchang chicken meat is smooth and tender, thin skin and crispy bone, very strong flavor, fat but not greasy; food Wenchang chicken is generally white cut mainly, and there are other coconut chicken, crispy chicken, fried chicken and so on. If you clip a piece of golden brown chicken into your mouth, will certainly come out of the mouth of the sentence "great!" No wonder there is a saying in Hainan that "no seat without Wenchang chicken". Eat Wenchang chicken condiments are very delicate, garlic + soy sauce + orange juice, Hainan people do not have the habit of eating vinegar, orange juice is essential. Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, a Wenchang man was an official in the imperial court, and when he returned to the capital, he brought a few Wenchang chickens for the emperor to taste. After tasting, the emperor praised, "Chicken out of the culture of the township, people, culture and prosperity, chicken is also sweet, it is Wenchang chicken!" Wenchang Chicken was thus named and became famous all over the world. Because of the village wild chickens by the emperor of the son of heaven to give his name, the village house glory, the village was named Tianci Village. The earliest chicken breeder in Tianci Village was surnamed Cai, so Wenchang chicken is also known as Cai's chicken. Wenchang chicken has been famous several hundred years ago, but because of the historical reasons and the limited standard of living at that time, Wenchang chicken only appeared on the table of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. With the improvement of the standard of living and consumption level of the people in the country, people in their leisure or holiday trips, in addition to enjoy the local attractions, taste the local famous dishes have also become an essential choice of travel. 1997 Hainan Yung Seed Wenchang Chicken Food Development Co., Ltd. was created at the beginning of the types of chicken in Hainan, Wenchang chicken mixed, visitors to Hainan can rarely eat the authentic Wenchang chicken. Wenchang chicken features: beautiful plate, yellowish glossy color, crispy skin, tender meat and fresh taste, jiaojiao condiments and eat, the entrance fragrance, smooth exception. How to make your own Wenchang chicken First of all, Wenchang chicken ingredients need: Wenchang chicken (to be laying hens best, you are not in Hainan, of course, no Wenchang chicken, buy an ordinary hen try) 1 (weighing about 1 kilograms or so) ginger, garlic, monosodium glutamate (MSG), white vinegar, sugar, salt, soy sauce, each in appropriate quantities. After preparing the materials, now we do it to make Wenchang chicken: the live chicken cut neck bloodletting, de-feathering in addition to dirty (without damaging the whole chicken in its original state), wash: in the chicken vein capsule mouth inserted into a porcelain spoon (in order to facilitate the convection of soup from the chicken cavity) the chicken feet twisted reverse inserted into the chicken hole in the lower abdomen fixed: the chicken head tilted flexed with a nest of wings clamped, (the purpose of making the chicken head back up, without the wings can also be clamped, but need to be mastered in the cooking of the chicken in the shape of good. (The purpose is to make the chicken's head tilt back.) Put into the boiling broth turned hot blanch, so that the chicken body around the heat expansion of the shape. Changed to a slow fire cooking (to the degree that the soup bubbling gas eye without rolling open) about 5 minutes, with an iron hook to lift the chicken, pouring out the abdominal soup, and then put into the soup cooking, repeated three or four times, to only cooked (can not be too raw or overcooked), away from the fire and then put in a cool broth to cool slightly cooled and then removed, wiped with a layer of sesame oil, so that the skin color is light yellow and glossy, eaten chopped pieces of plate, laying into the shape of the original chicken on the table. Seasoning: Usually there are two kinds of seasoning, one is salty and fresh, made with shredded ginger, minced garlic, monosodium glutamate (MSG), old pumpkin, and the other is sweet and sour, made with white vinegar, sugar, refined salt, minced ginger, and minced garlic. There is also chili sauce for backup. Folk also have camellia oil or sesame oil blended with ginger, garlic, orange juice, refined salt and other condiments, a unique flavor. White cut Wenchang chicken white cut practice can best express the meat quality of Wenchang chicken, eating can be dipped in Hainan special sauce, which is made of garlic, refined salt, cooked oil, the special feature is to add a few drops of Hainan wild orange juice, unique flavor. The Coconut Stew Pot is made with wolfberry, Chinese yam, red dates, pork and Wenchang chicken, and the thick soup is still fresh with coconut flavor. The chef of Big Coconut Rice said that the stew is made from old coconuts, so that the flavor is strong enough, and the coconut juice is not wanted, because the coconut milk will be sour in the soup. The key to this soup is to take the flavor of coconut meat. Characteristics: beautiful plate, yellowish color and glossy, crispy skin, tender meat and fresh taste, jiaojiao condiments and eat, the entrance is fragrant, smooth and unusual. Authentic Wenchang chicken in Hainan is priced at 20 yuan to 30 yuan Legend of Wenchang chicken Legend has it that a long time ago, in the territory of Wenchang County, living in a pair of dependent mother and son, when the son grew up to eighteen years old, and finally married a kind and filial daughter-in-law, and soon the daughter-in-law also pregnant. The old mother was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut. However, when her daughter-in-law was two or three months pregnant, her son died in a hunting accident. The old mother was devastated and was in tears all day long. But she was comforted by her daughter-in-law and her unborn grandson. So the old mother went to great lengths to raise a flock of Wenchang chickens and slaughtered one every day to make soup for her daughter-in-law. A few months later, the daughter-in-law really gave birth to a white and chubby grandson, and the family of three also enjoyed a happy and incomparable happiness. Since then, in the local folk have been prevalent in such a saying and custom: pregnant women eat Wenchang chicken, both complementary to the body and can give birth to a boy.