Xinjiang Big Plate Chicken, also known as Shawan Big Plate Chicken and Spicy Fried Chicken, is a specialty delicacy in Shawan City, Tacheng District, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Jianghu cuisine originated from Xinjiang highway restaurants in the 1980s. It is mainly fried and stewed with chicken and potato cubes, and is also eaten with Xinjiang belt noodles.

The brightly colored, smooth and spicy chicken and the soft, sweet potatoes are spicy and fragrant, thick and thin, making them a delicious dish on the table.

On September 10, 2018, "Chinese Cuisine" was officially released, and "Big Plate Chicken" was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Xinjiang.

It is said that the chicken is an appetizer for long-distance drivers.

In the old days, people traveling from Urumqi to Ili, Tacheng, Altay and other places had to pass through Shawan.

Due to poor road conditions, it takes half a day to drive from Urumqi to Shawan.

Most of the drivers are hungry, so there are many small restaurants on both sides of the road in Shawan County specifically for passing drivers.

In the development of the dish, one of the Sichuan chefs used dried chili peppers, which stimulate the appetite, and fried green chili peppers with the chicken.

Served with potatoes, wide noodles, etc., it was very popular with everyone. Later, this dish gradually evolved into a large plate of chicken.

Xinjiang Dapan Chicken appeared in the 1980s. It specializes in spicy chicken nuggets. Although it tastes good, it always feels that the quantity is too small.

When they saw Li Shilin coming out of the back hall with a whole chicken, they asked him to fry the whole chicken for them.

However, the fried chicken nuggets were not placed on such a large plate, so Li Shilin served them on a plate containing noodles. After eating, the group of guests were very satisfied.

The guests sitting next to each other also asked for a large plate of chicken, and the large plate chicken was formed.

At first, the store wrote the recipe on a small blackboard and called it "Spicy Fried Chicken." Later, more and more restaurants began to introduce this method of serving chicken nuggets on a large plate, and the reputation of the large plate chicken spread.