What is a beggar chicken and why is it called a beggar chicken?

It is a special dish made by wrapping the processed chicken in soil and lotus leaves and baking it.

It has bright maroon color, fragrant aroma, crispy meat and tender meat. It is a perfect gift for family dinners and picnics, and as a gift to relatives and friends.

Let’s take a look at Jiangnan’s food culture.

Changshu Beggar's Chicken, also known as "Stewed Chicken", is produced in Changshu, Jiangsu, China.

It belongs to Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine.

Changshu Beggar's Chicken is brown-red in color, oily and shiny, fragrant and fragrant, rich in chicken aroma, crispy and tender, rich in nutrients and has a unique flavor.

Beggar's Chicken is a famous dish in Louwailou, Hangzhou. Louwailou was established in 1848. According to legend, Changshu Shanjingyuan, which was the first to sell beggar's chicken, was established in 1890. According to the time, this dish is

It is a famous dish in Hangzhou. It is also said that this dish existed in Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. Jigong Zhongyi mentioned beggar's chicken many times. In addition, it can be seen from the lotus leaves wrapped in the chicken that this is obviously a Hangzhou dish.

Beggar's chicken often appears in Chinese stories and novels. Merchants racked their brains to imagine the delicacies Hong Qigong had eaten back then. What Hong Qigong missed the most was the half chicken with chicken that Huang Rong tore to her when they first met.

Ass beggar chicken.

Beggar's Chicken is a traditional dish in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, a beggar stole a chicken at the foot of Yushan Mountain in Changshu. He had no cooking utensils, no seasonings, and no boiling water to remove the hair. After killing the chicken, he took out the internal organs, smeared them with mud, and piled them up.

Some fallen pine leaves were roasted.

This DIY eating method may have been invented by beggars a long time ago, so it seems reasonable that Jin Yong advanced the Changshu beggar's chicken to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Lin Yutang also wrote about beggar's chicken in "Ephemeral Capital". After losing her daughter, Mulan pursued peace of mind and cooked beggar's chicken according to the Changshu cooking method and ate it with soy sauce.

Lin Yutang borrowed her words to talk about her views on food: "Chicken has its own beauty. Excessive cooking, stuffing, seasonings and spices will only distract from its pure beauty." Huang Rong agreed with this. She finally

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