Speaking of chicken fetuses in Zhangzhou, it’s really creepy!

It can be called a dark dish in the food world, but because of its unique taste and nutrition, many people in Zhangzhou still like this special food very much.

Of course, there are also many people who don’t understand this chicken fetus and think that it is a Guangdong delicacy... What is a chicken fetus?

Chicken fetus, as the name suggests, is a small egg that has been successfully conceived by a hen but has not yet hatched. When the egg is cooked, you will find that there is a rudiment of a chick inside...you can even see chicken bones, which can be said to be very

Scary~ Next, let’s learn how to make this chicken fetus!

How to make chicken fetuses in Zhangzhou?

First of all, before we start, we must first mention the chicken fetus. It must be alive and cannot be stillborn.

First, wash the chicken fetuses with clean water.

Second, steam for about 15 minutes until cooked.

Of course, when talking about this, it should be mentioned that there are actually two cooking methods. You can choose according to your personal taste. One is salt and curium, and the other is wine cooking.

How about it? Isn’t it super simple?

Of course, if you find it troublesome, you can also buy chicken fetuses in the streets and alleys of Zhangzhou. The price is not expensive, just a few yuan each.

(Strait Network Huang Xiaoqun) "Chicken fetus" is a term in the Hokkien language.

Many people in Xiangcheng District, Longwen District, Longhai City and surrounding areas of Zhangzhou City have the habit of eating chicken fetuses to nourish the body.

Chicken fetuses have the smoothness and toughness of eggs, the delicateness of meat, and the crispness of cartilage. The price is very affordable, and it is deeply loved by Zhangzhou people.

Regarding the origin of chicken fetuses, chicken fetuses are also called "phoenix eggs" and "living beads" in other places.

It is worth mentioning that chicken fetuses have been popular in ancient times, and the custom of eating "phoenix eggs" is related to Emperor Qianlong.

It is said that one year Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River and got separated from his entourage in the Jinhua and Lanxi areas. He was hungry and tired while walking alone, so he stopped at a farmhouse by the road to beg for something to satisfy his hunger.

The peasant woman's family was so poor that she had nothing else, so she took out a few eggs that were hatching in the chicken coop and cooked them for him to eat.

Unexpectedly, Qianlong found it more delicious the more he ate it, and named it "Phoenix Egg".

Chicken fetuses are eggs that have been hatched but have not hatched into chicks. Chicken fetuses in Zhangzhou are different from the raw eggs and prosperous eggs commonly known in other places. Chicken fetuses are live fetuses that can hatch into chicks.

Chickens, but stillborn eggs cannot hatch out chicks.

The embryo inside the egg has developed. If you peel off the eggshell, you can see the embryonic form of a chick, its soft down, and even chicken bones.

Use naturally hatched live chicken fetuses.

Stillborn babies must not be eaten.

Therefore, chicken fetuses have always been used as a nourishing food in Zhangzhou area.

Fresh chicken fetuses have a high protein content and some ingredients of "formed placenta", so they can indeed play a certain nutritional and nourishing role.

It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Chicken embryonated eggs have the function of curing headaches, migraines, headaches and limb miasma." Chicken fetuses have good nutritional value and contain richer minerals and vitamins than ordinary eggs.

It has high nutritional value, can improve selenium deficiency, and has anti-aging effects.

It is more common for children to eat chicken fetuses. Fresh chicken fetuses have always been sought after by enthusiasts because of their high protein content and some ingredients of "human placenta".

However, because chicken manure is easy to stick to the egg shell, and the processing is not done properly and the heating is not thorough, it is very likely that salmonella will be contained, and many viruses will also invade.

People with chronic liver disease, fatty liver, or poor liver function should not consume it.

Do you know how to eat chicken fetus? There are generally two ways to cook chicken fetus: one is boiling it with salt and curium and the other is boiling it with wine.

Salt curium means to heat up half a pot of salt, pile the raw eggs, turn around after a few minutes and let them heat for a while; wine cooking is like boiling eggs, but you need to spray some rice wine after cooking, or simply put them in water

Add some rice wine and cook.

There are also steps for eating chicken fetuses. You must master the "squeaking" movement. First, "cut" a small hole from the big end of the egg, and then "swish" the juice in the chicken fetus. This is the whole chicken.

The soul of the fetus, okay?

Don’t peel it open directly, otherwise all the juice will be spilled!

After drinking the juice inside the chicken fetus, eat the chicken fetus in one bite, and then eat the soft egg yolk. It’s really delicious!

There is a common saying among the people that people who dare not open their mouths at the beginning are often coerced and lured to eat two or three of them, and the ending is always like this: they become addicted and get out of control.