Why? Because Dong 'an Chicken is a specialty here, and even a national banquet dish in the whole country, its delicious food must be tasted by everyone, and Amway is strongly encouraged!
Let's look at its origin:
Dong 'an Chicken, a famous traditional dish in Hunan, ranks first among the eight major Hunan cuisines and was selected as one of the four traditional Hunan cuisines in the 20 10 Shanghai World Expo. Yongzhou people's first choice for traditional family banquets.
"Dong 'an Chicken", formerly known as "vinegar chicken". According to legend, Angelababy County was located in Lu Hong City, Yu Haibin, in the first year of the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 290). At that time, the county magistrate put up a plaque for the county government, held a grand celebration ceremony, called the masters of various towns to congratulate, and invited famous local chefs to hold a grand banquet. According to the custom at that time, the fifth course of a formal banquet was chicken, which was called "chicken opening". That time, the "chicken mouth" tasted a little sour and opened the appetite of diners. After the banquet, the county magistrate called the chef and asked him how he came up with the idea of adding vinegar to the chicken. The cook knelt on the ground and said, "my Lord, forgive me!" I didn't mean to. I am in a hurry. I mistook vinegar for wine. Inadvertently, in order to remove the sour taste, I immediately added some pepper and ginger. It won't happen again Please forgive me! " The magistrate laughed and said happily, "forgive me for what I have done!" Get up, get up, everyone says this vinegar chicken is delicious! I called you here to reward you! "Who knows a coincidence made a famous dish. Since then, the practice of "vinegar chicken" has spread in the local area.
Dongan vinegar chicken is famous for Xi Baotian, a famous Hunan soldier from Yongzhou in the late Qing Dynasty. The general is famous for his bravery in battle. He loves jealous chickens and is an official, so Dong 'an vinegar chicken is translated into kung pao chicken, which makes it famous. Tang Shengzhi (1889- 1970), a famous Hunan native in the Republic of China, really made Dongan vinegar chicken famous all over the country. He is from Dongan County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. He once held an important position in the Kuomintang and was awarded the rank of first-class general in the army. After the founding of New China, he served as the vice governor of Hunan Province). During the Northern Expedition, he served as the former enemy commander of the Northern Valve Army and the commander of the Eighth Army. In order to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition, he hosted a banquet in Nanjing Quyuan Restaurant to entertain his subordinates and colleagues, and a "vinegar chicken" was produced between the banquets. His chef is from Dong 'an, and he is very particular about cooking. First of all, the selected chicken must be a hen without laying eggs, weighing about 2 kg; Secondly, when cooking, the firepower is just right to keep the blood in the chicken bones bright red; Finally, the knife is exquisite. After removing the internal organs, a chicken was cut into 16 pieces, 8 large and 8 small, and put on a plate. This is just a complete chicken. After eating it, my subordinates and colleagues said that this dish is beautiful in appearance, bright in color, rich in fragrance, fresh and tender in meat, sour and refreshing, and never tires of eating it. It is fragrant, sweet, sour, spicy, tender and crisp. When asked about the name of this dish, Tang Shengzhi was about to speak when Gu Xu Bo (a senior member of Tang Shengzhi) reminded him: "Hometown Cuisine with Hometown Flavor". Tang Shengzhi went on to say, "This is our Dong 'an specialty, called Dong 'an Chicken." Tang Shengzhi's diplomacy is extensive, and its guests often use "Dong 'an Chicken" as a banquet. Guo Moruo's Humboldt Collection also records that during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Tang Shengzhi hosted a banquet in Changsha's land, water, air and land government, among which Dong 'an Chicken was especially delicious. 1972 In February, during President Nixon's visit to China, Mao Zedong hosted a banquet in honor of Nixon and served him a "Dong 'an Chicken", which Nixon enjoyed while eating. After returning home, he also praised "Dong 'an Chicken" for its excellent taste. From then on, Dong 'an Chicken became famous. As the first Hunan cuisine, it has also been introduced to Southeast Asia, Japan, North America and other countries, and its real reputation has spread all over the world.
At this point, Dong 'an Chicken became a state banquet.
As a local, from snacks to big dishes, I didn't expect the place of origin to be so interesting, and I didn't expect its name to be on the state banquet. But when I think about it carefully, I think it is the same and should be. The practice of Dong 'an Chicken is basically unified here, but it is not very unified. Seasoning and frying methods are roughly the same. It can be said that fried chicken looks very different, but in terms of taste, everyone's fried taste is different.
Therefore, every time I go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, I look forward to their Dong 'an Chicken, because the taste of each household is different, which is so magical. I like this familiar and strange feeling.