In the early 1990s, Tang Lajiu studied the technology of marinated vegetables and the formula of Chinese herbal medicine in Chengdu. After returning to Wuhan, he opened the first duck neck shop.
Duck neck is definitely a new contribution of Wuhan people to Chinese cuisine. People in Wuhan like to eat duck neck, because the taste is strong enough and the aftertaste is endless. It is a pity to abandon the tasteless duck neck itself. However, after careful cooking of dozens of pure natural spices such as red pepper, pepper and star anise, it is completely different, and then chopped into segments, the size is just enough to rotate freely in the mouth. The duck neck meat is layered and quite chewy. After eating meat, sucking out the bone marrow in the middle of the joint makes people feel quite fulfilled. According to the older generation, duck neck is live meat. Ducks look for food all day. The slender head and neck stretch freely, and the muscle fibers are very tough. Therefore, the duck neck tastes particularly good. What makes it stand out is that its meat is connected with bones, and the duck liver and intestines are fragrant and easy to satisfy. But duck wings and feet are easy to separate, so it is not difficult to eat. Only the duck neck is connected by flesh and blood, which can be chewed and sucked. Wuhan Jason Wu duck neck originated in Chongqing. 1993, duck neck business rose in Wuhan and entered a hot period after 2000. This brand has a strong Wuhan flavor and full market atmosphere from the beginning. At present, the recognized birthplace of Wuhan duck neck is Jason Wu Road in Hankou. A narrow alley with duck neck shops on both sides, with hundreds of shiny duck necks on the stalls, is quite spectacular.
A legend about duck neck is that in the early 1990s, Tang Lajiu studied the technology of marinated vegetables and the formula of Chinese herbal medicine in Chengdu, and returned to Wuhan to open the first duck neck shop. Another way of saying it is that in the late 1980s, there was a restaurant on Jason Wu Road that cooked Sichuan food-Jason Wu Restaurant, and the business was booming 199 1 year. In order not to let diners wait for the main course for too long, YanJiaHua, a Sichuan-born chef, came up with an idea. He could pickle pig tails and duck necks to kill the boring time of diners, and used more than 30 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines to pickle spicy mouths, which made them not spicy, but more fragrant when chewed.
No matter which version is the positive solution of the origin of duck neck, it is certain that the map of duck neck has been continuously excavated since then, and the four leading duck neck brands of Huashan School Tu Guohua, Shaolin School Tang Guangshan, Wutang School and Zoroastrianism Sue are fighting fiercely in the rivers and lakes, and even today new brands are injected into them.
Jason Wu duck neck has developed into the most famous brand in Hankou and Jason Wu. With the help of Hong Tao's image endorsement, Jason Wu duck neck became the designated product of the 6th National City Games, which successfully achieved another leap in corporate brand image. Duck neck originated from Jason Wu Road and has been developed for nearly 20 years. At present, there are more than 20 duck neck shops in this alley of Jason Wu Road, all of which are called "Jason Wu Duck Neck". If you taste it carefully, there is still a big difference. In recent years, Jason Wu duck neck has slowly spread to the whole country, and duck neck shops of different brands have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
With the release of the film "Life Show", Wuhan duck neck quickly swept the country. A duck neck sells 10 yuan. Its spicy, fresh and salty complement each other, and its flavor is bone-deep. Once the eater has eaten it, he keeps talking until the meat is gone, chewed up and the soup is gone. Besides duck neck, there are duck head, duck intestines, duck gizzard, duck wings, duck feet, duck liver and so on. , each has its own wonderful taste. The process is to soak the fresh duck neck for 2 hours, wash it several times, put it in boiling water for 5- 10 minutes, put it in marinade, boil it with strong fire, and then simmer it for one hour. After the duck neck is cooked, take it out and pack it for sale. Its advantage is that the marinated duck neck removes a lot of fishy smell from the duck neck itself and tastes excellent. Duck neck is rich in flavor, sweet in taste, salty with sweetness, tender, smooth and delicious, bright in red and spicy in aftertaste. Really achieve the color, fragrance, taste, beauty, health and no toxic side effects, as the customer said, Jason Wu duck neck is fragrant, and 28 ingredients are added with old soup. However, it was Chi Li, a famous writer born in 1969, and actress Hong Tao, a movie star, who inadvertently made Jason Wu Road duck neck popular in China. In June 2002, Life Show, starring Chi Li and the actress Born in 1969, won three awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival, including best film, best photography and best actress, and then won the China Watch Award and the Golden Rooster Award, making it one of the hottest films at that time. Wuhan duck neck followed closely, and quickly swept the country.