Wenchang chicken is the most famous traditional dish in Hainan. Known as the "four famous dishes". Wenchang Chicken is a kind of high-quality fattening chicken, named after it was produced in Wenchang County, Hainan Province (now it has been removed from the county to set up a city). According to legend, Wenchang Chicken was originally from Tianci Village, Niuzhen Town, Tanniu Town, this county. This village is full of banyan trees, and the seeds are rich in nutrition. Domestic chickens peck at it and have excellent physique. Wenchang chicken is characterized by its small size, weighing about 1.5 kg, bright coat, short wings and feet, round and flat body, thin and smooth skin and fat meat. Hainan people eat Wenchang chicken, the traditional way is to cut it in white (also called "white cut"), which can best reflect the original flavor of Wenchang chicken, which is delicious and tender. At the same time, cooked rice with chicken oil and chicken soup is commonly known as "chicken rice". Hainan people call it "eating chicken rice", which includes boiled chicken. White-chopped Wenchang chicken is used in Hainan for banquets, light meals or family dishes. It is highly respected in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia and enjoys a high reputation. Wenchang Chicken-the most famous traditional dish in Hainan. Known as the "four famous dishes". It is a delicious food that everyone who travels to Hainan must taste. Wenchang chicken is listed as one of the "four famous dishes" in Hainan, and it is a famous dish at home and abroad. Where does the authentic Wenchang chicken come from? If Hainan locals know that there is a Tanniu town in Wenchang area, it is because "Wenchang Tanniu Chicken" is hung in the streets and alleys; What is the uniqueness of Wenchang Tanniu Chicken? There is a village in the north of Tanniu Town. There are many banyan trees outside the village. The ancient branches on the trees are towering and shaded by the sun. The trees are covered with green grass, and chickens are in groups. The chickens eat banyan seeds, look for insects, chase and play, and live and reproduce. Although the chickens grow slowly, they are small and thin. Generally, the local people raise chickens now: the purebred chickens are handed over to farmers for grazing for 12 days, and then fed with cooked feed such as rice, sweet potato, peanut cake and coconut paste after recycling, and concentrated fattening for 5 days. Wenchang Chicken has tender meat, thin skin and crisp bones, strong fragrance, fat but not greasy; Wenchang chicken is generally cut in white, and there are coconut milk chicken, crispy chicken and fried chicken. If you put a piece of golden chicken in your mouth, you will blurt out "Great!" ; No wonder there is a saying in Hainan that "no Wenchang chicken can't sit down". Eating Wenchang chicken is very particular about the seasoning, garlic+soy sauce+orange juice. Hainan people have no habit of being jealous, and orange juice is essential. According to legend, there was a Wenchang man in the Ming Dynasty who was an official in the DPRK. When he returned to Beijing, he brought some Wenchang chickens to the emperor to taste. After tasting it, the emperor praised: "Chicken is a hometown of culture, with outstanding people, prosperous culture and sweet chicken. It is really Wenchang chicken!" Wenchang chicken got its name from this, and it is famous all over the world. Because the chickens in the countryside were named by the emperor, the village was named Tianci Village. The earliest chicken breeder in Tianci Village is surnamed Cai, so Wenchang Chicken is also called Cai Chicken. Wenchang Chicken was famous hundreds of years ago, but due to historical reasons and limited living standards at that time, Wenchang Chicken only appeared on the dining tables of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. With the improvement of Chinese people's living standard and consumption level, people not only enjoy the famous places of interest, but also taste the famous dishes and delicacies in various places when they travel in leisure or holidays. When Hainan Rongzi Wenchang Chicken Food Development Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997, there were many kinds of Wenchang chicken in Hainan, and few tourists to Hainan could eat authentic Wenchang chicken. The characteristics of Wenchang chicken are: beautiful dish, light yellow and bright color, crispy skin and tender meat, eaten with seasoning, fragrant at the entrance, smooth and abnormal. How to make Wenchang Chicken by yourself First of all, Wenchang Chicken needs the following materials: Wenchang Chicken (the chick that will lay eggs is the best, of course, there is no Wenchang Chicken if you are not in Hainan, so try buying an ordinary chick) 1 (weighing about 1, grams) shredded ginger, mashed garlic, monosodium glutamate, white vinegar, white sugar, refined salt and soy sauce. After preparing the materials, let's begin to make Wenchang chicken: cut the neck of the live chicken, bleed it, remove the hair and dirt (without damaging the original state of the whole chicken), and wash it: insert a porcelain spoon into the mouth of the chicken capsule (to facilitate the convection of soup from the chicken cavity), and insert the chicken foot into the hole in the lower abdomen to fix it: bend the chicken head backwards and clamp it with the wing nest (the purpose is to make the chicken head lean back without clamping it with wings). ) put it in the boiling broth and turn it over, so that the chicken will expand and shape when heated. Use slow fire to soak and cook for about 5 minutes (taking the bubbling in the soup as the degree of not rolling away), lift the chicken with an iron hook, pour out the abdominal soup, then soak and cook in the soup for three or four times, until it is only cooked (not too raw or overcooked), soak it in cold soup after leaving the fire, cool it a little, take it out, and apply a layer of sesame oil to make the skin yellow and bright, and cut it into pieces when eating. Seasoning: There are usually two kinds, one is salty and delicious, which is made from shredded ginger, minced garlic, monosodium glutamate and soy sauce, and the other is sour and sweet, which is made from white vinegar, sugar, refined salt, minced ginger and mashed garlic. There is also Chili sauce for use. There are also condiments made of camellia oil or sesame oil, such as shredded ginger, chopped garlic, orange juice and refined salt, which have a unique flavor. White-cut Wenchang chicken can best show the meat quality of Wenchang chicken. When eating, it can be dipped in Hainan's special sauce, which is made of garlic paste, refined salt and cooked oil. The special feature is that a few drops of Hainan wild orange juice are added, which has a unique flavor. Coconut stew is stewed with wolfberry fruit, yam, red dates, pork and Wenchang chicken. The thick soup is very fresh with coconut flavor. The chef of Big Coconut Rice said that this stew is made of old coconuts, and the fragrance is strong enough, and coconut juice is not needed, because coconut juice stew will be sour. The key to this soup is to get the fragrance of coconut meat. Features: Beautiful plate, light yellow and bright color, crispy skin and tender meat, eaten with seasoning, fragrant at the entrance, smooth and abnormal. The authentic price of Wenchang Chicken in Hainan is from 2 yuan to 3 yuan. Legend has it that a long time ago, in Wenchang County, there lived a pair of mother and son who lived alone. When the son was eighteen, he finally married a kind and filial daughter-in-law, and soon the daughter-in-law was pregnant. The old mother was too happy to keep her mouth shut all day. It can be a disaster from heaven. Just when the daughter-in-law was pregnant for two or three months, her son died unexpectedly because he went out hunting. The old mother was heartbroken and burst into tears all day. But the daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild around her gave her comfort and expectation. Therefore, the old mother took pains to raise a group of Wenchang chickens and slaughtered a soup for her daughter-in-law every day. A few months later, the daughter-in-law really gave birth to a chubby little grandson, and the family of three also enjoyed the incomparable happiness. Since then, there has been a popular saying and habit among local people: pregnant women eat Wenchang chicken, which not only supplements their bodies but also gives birth to boys.