Diguo chicken is a famous dish of Han nationality, which originated in northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, eastern Henan and northern Anhui. It is made of chicken, star anise and flour.
Xuzhou has a long history of local dishes, which originated in Weishan Lake area at the junction of northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. In the past, fishermen who worked and rested on Weishan Lake often ate rice in pots. This is because the conditions on the ship are limited, and cooking is often inconvenient. Fishermen take a small earthen stove, sit an iron pot on it, support a few pieces of dry wood to make a fire, then cook a pot of dishes according to the usual practice, and even cover their faces with cakes, thus producing this cooking method of sharing meals-pot dishes.