Hefei, Anhui province is a famous historical dish. It is made of whole chicken, coated with honey (honey food), fried in oil (oily food), stewed with various seasonings and stewed until crisp and rotten. The porridge is delicious, fragrant and crisp; It's unique to stay fragrant for a long time after eating.

in 218 ad, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han dynasty, led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Jingzhou. At that time, Liu Biao had just died, and his son, Liu Cong, was shocked by the momentum of Cao Bing, and quickly surrendered to the table. Liu Bei had to retreat to Jiangling. Soon, Cao Bing captured Jiangling and went east along the river. Liu Bei's presence in Xiakou was very critical. Zhuge junshi took the countermeasure of uniting Wu against Cao and went to Jiangdong to persuade Sun Quan. Zhou Yu and Lu Su, the main warring factions in Soochow, quickly assembled their troops to deploy along the Yangtze River, and soon formed a military confrontation between Sun Liu and the enemy Cao Cao.

On the eve of the famous Chibi War in history, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, led a large army to Luzhou (Hefei, Anhui Province), suddenly fell ill and had to take a break in xiaoyaojin. This xiaoyaojin was originally the battlefield where Cao Cao's general Zhang Liao fought fiercely against the Dongwu army, which was a great threat to the world. Seeing that the destruction of Wu was imminent, there was no leader, and Cao Cao's army was anxious. Cao Jun stepped up his drills day and night under the "Jiaonu Platform" where Cao Cao personally commanded and fought.

During the exercise this day, suddenly a Luzhou man presented a "secret recipe". According to the "secret recipe", the great chef in the accompanying army caught a local "Ya chicken" about half a catty, marinated it with Chinese medicine and good wine, and gave it to the Prime Minister. Cao Cao has not touched water and rice for many days, and strongly supported eating, but he felt that the chicken was delicious and his appetite increased sharply. He ate more than half of the chicken in one breath.

After that, the chef cooked it three times in a row, and Prime Minister Cao ate it all, and his body quickly recovered (healthy food). Since then, wherever he travels, he must specially invite chefs to eat this chicken, and he keeps praising people: "It's really delicious and carefree chicken." Hefei specialty "Xiaoyao Chicken" became famous.

After continuous improvement, the production technology became better and better, and it was widely spread, also known as "Cao Cao Chicken" among the people. Today, this kind of food is still made from Hefei real estate "Ya Chicken", and it is accompanied by 18 kinds of precious herbs and spices such as Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides and winter bamboo shoots, and it is also accompanied by Gujing Distillery, a famous national wine in Cao Cao's hometown, so it has a special flavor and high nutritional and nourishing value.

It's interesting that when the Danish Prime Minister visited China, he visited xiaoyaojin in Hefei with great interest. After tasting "Cao Cao Chicken", he greatly praised the delicious food for its reputation. During his stay in Hefei, Bao Yugang, the Hong Kong ship king, also ate "Cao Cao Chicken" at Xiaoyao Restaurant, and he also wrote an inscription: "It really deserves its reputation and is a must" to express his sincere appreciation.

production method of "Xiaoyao chicken":

main materials and auxiliary materials-1,251g of tender hen, 51g of Gujing wine, 31g of ginger, 31g of onion, 5g of salt, 2g of monosodium glutamate and 21g of pepper.

Production skills-1. Slaughter the live hens, control the blood until the chickens are completely dead, and use 81? Soak in hot water at 1℃, don't break the chicken skin, clean the hair, cut it from the back, remove the internal organs and crop, rinse it with clear water, drain it, and leave it for seven or eight hours.

2. boil a pot of boiling water, put the chicken in, take it out for about 11 minutes, wash it, and chop off the head and claws. Take a casserole, put the chicken in, pour water into the chicken, enlarge the casserole and bring it to a boil, skim off the floating foam, and simmer for about 41 minutes. When the chicken is half ripe, take it out and dry it. Cut the chicken in half along the back, then divide each half into two pieces, and divide the chicken into four pieces, and put them on the plate for later use.

3. Take a soup bowl, add cold chicken soup, slice ginger, cut onion into elephant's eye pieces, then add monosodium glutamate, pepper and Gujing Distillery into the bowl, stir well and add chicken pieces. Then press the chicken into the soup with a heavy object. Cover the chicken tightly with a plate, soak it for about 4 hours, remove the plate, take out the chicken pieces, cut them into rectangular strips with an oblique blade, and one chicken can be cut into about 16 pieces; Neatly packed on a plate, shaped like steamed bread. Finally, pour in a little marinade of drunken chicken and serve.