In order to pursue the authenticity and authentic taste of the paper-wrapped chicken, we select free-range three-yellow chicken from local farmers as raw materials. After cutting into pieces, we add dark soy sauce, ginger juice, star anise, fennel, It is marinated with tangerine peel, grass fruit, red rice, ancient moon starch and other seasonings and scallions, garnished with a small amount of white wine, wrapped one by one in jade-buttoned paper, and then dipped in peanut oil in a pan and deep-fried. The original paper-dipping cooking method locks in the original flavor of the chicken and seasonings, so it can keep the chicken tender, smooth, mellow and not greasy, golden in color and fragrant in smell.
Xiao Jian, a famous contemporary Chinese scholar and cultural scholar, made a cultural positioning for paper-wrapped chicken. He authoritatively determined that paper-wrapped chicken is the representative work of Cantonese braised food and can be called the first dish of traditional festivals! As the saying goes, "There is no feast without chicken." In China, chicken is indispensable as the main dish in all festivals and festive banquets. ? According to Xiao Jian's research, paper-wrapped chicken has been used as a palace tribute and daily main dish for at least 2,200 years. It was originated in the Lingnan area. In 203 BC, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom and made Panyu (today's Guangzhou) its capital. At that time The Nanyue King Banquet uses paper-wrapped chicken as the main course.
In 202 BC, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor and established the Western Han Dynasty. Zhao Tuo presented a paper-wrapped chicken to Liu Bang as a tribute. Liu Bang decreed that Zhao Tuo be named the King of Nanyue. The world was unified, and the paper-wrapped chicken became The Nanyue Kingdom paid tribute to the Western Han Dynasty every year. ]? In the fifth year of the Republic of China (AD 1916), Yuexi Restaurant was founded in Wuzhou. Guan Liang, a famous Cantonese chef, was hired to serve as the restaurant's signature dish. Paper-wrapped chicken became the restaurant's signature dish. From then on, the restaurant became famous and customers came like clouds. Yuexi Restaurant It has become the leading "gold paint sign" in the Lingnan catering industry and is famous at home and abroad. There is a saying in the society that "when eating in Lingnan, you can't miss the paper-wrapped chicken". In 2012, Lin Yanguang, inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, founded Xin Yue Xi Lou to keep the craftsmanship of paper-wrapped chicken unchanged. In 2016, the "Paper-wrapped Chicken Making Technique" project was selected into the Guangxi Intangible Cultural Heritage List.