Chicken is famous for its unique flavor in various ways and cuisines! And the cuisine made by the chicken method introduced to you today is also famous.
Paper-wrapped chicken - the first dish of the traditional festival in Guangxi
Most diners who are new to Wuzhou are attracted by the small, lotus leaf-shaped, sauce-colored, small, oiled paper wrappers in the small dishes. This kind of paper, which can't be wiped off, is green, hygienic and non-toxic, and has been famous for a long time in positive history. The chef fried the originally jade-like jade button paper once with refined peanuts, then wrapped the chicken and secret sauce tightly, then put it into the frying pan and kept rolling. After seven or eight minutes, the chicken will be delivered to the guests immediately after it comes out of the pot. Having said that, I'm sure you can guess what this cooking technique is, it's the Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken that has been passed down for 150 years.
In order to pursue the authentic and authentic taste, the paper wrapped chicken is chosen as the raw material, cut into pieces, marinated with soy sauce, ginger juice, star anise, fennel, tangerine peel, grasshopper, red cereal rice, gu yue powder, green onion and white onion, adorned with a small amount of white wine, wrapped one by one in jade paper, and then deep-fried in peanut oil. The original method of frying through paper locks in the original flavor of the chicken and seasonings, keeping the chicken fresh, tender, mellow and not greasy, with a golden color and a fresh smell.
Chinese contemporary renowned sinologist and cultural scholar Xiao Jian has made a cultural positioning of the paper wrapped chicken, authoritatively recognized the paper wrapped chicken is a masterpiece of Cantonese cuisine braised, which can be called the first dish of traditional festivals! As the saying goes, "You can't have a banquet without chicken." In China, chicken is indispensable for festivals and holiday banquets.
According to Xiao Jian, paper-wrapped chicken has a history of at least 2,200 years as a palace tribute and daily entree, originating in the Lingnan region. In 203 B.C., Zhao Tuo established the state of South Vietnam, with the capital city of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou). The main dish of the South Vietnamese King's banquet at that time was paper wrapped chicken. In 202 B.C., Liu Bang became the emperor and established the Western Han Dynasty. Zhao Tuo presented the paper wrapped chicken to Liu Bang as a tribute. Liu Bang made Zhao Tuo the King of South Vietnam and the world was unified. The paper wrapped chicken became the annual tribute from South Vietnam to Western Han.
In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916 AD), Yuexi Mansion was inaugurated in Wuzhou, and the famous Cantonese chef Kwan Leung was employed as the restaurant's signature dish. From then on, the restaurant became famous and had many guests. Yuexi Mansion has become the premier "golden signboard" in the Lingnan catering industry and is renowned both at home and abroad. There is a saying in the society that "if you don't try the paper wrapped chicken, you can't eat Lingnan". Chicken wrapped in paper can be called the first dish of Wuzhou traditional festival food culture!
With the development of the times, the paper wrapped chicken breaks the "eat in Wuzhou" must "eat in Wuzhou" geographical limitations, the development of food in the "Guangxi HANDT", become a local food culture industry development. Become the leader of Wuzhou local food culture industry development, the development of "Wuzhou Handet culture" has played a demonstration, drive and promote the role! Paper-packed chicken into the "sauce baked era", the production process and flavor series of food innovation has enriched its cultural connotation, expanding its cultural extension, enhance its brand value.
In 2012, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor Lin founded the new Guangdong West Building, the production technology of paper-packed chicken will remain unchanged forever. 2016, "paper chicken production technology" project was selected as Guangxi intangible cultural heritage list.