Fuliji roast chicken is a traditional famous dish in Yongqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, which is named after its origin in Fuli Town. Chinese geographical indication products are also famous dishes in the history of China, and they are called "four famous chickens in China" together with Dezhou braised chicken, Henan Daokou roast chicken and Jinzhou Goubangzi smoked chicken. Authentic Fuliji roast chicken is delicious, white and tender, fat but not greasy, rotten and deboned, chewy and fragrant.
Fuliji roast chicken was formed in the early 20th century, and its founder is considered to be Han Jingyu. Formerly known as Han Jia braised chicken, 195 1 year, the government officially named it Fuliji roast chicken, and gradually formed the largest local industry.
1956, which was rated as a famous dish in China at the National Food Industry Conference, was included in the Complete Collection of Famous Dishes in China published by China Economic Publishing House. On July 18, 2005, Fuliji Roast Chicken was declared as a national geographical indication product. In 2008, Fuliji roast chicken became a provincial intangible cultural heritage.
Historically, Liv belonged to Xuhuai area, a water town in Zeguo, and was the natural habitat of pheasants, which created favorable conditions for the development of chicken cooking at that time. ? Fuli Town is named after mountains in the north and grass in the south. There are lush water plants, swamps everywhere and flocks of pheasants. During this period, local residents caught and fed them, and gradually evolved into the well-known Fuli Maji.
Later, there were few pheasants, and local farmers raised local pheasants, which were also descendants of pheasants. Using this local hemp chicken as raw material, the cooked chicken of Fuliji is delicious, fat but not greasy, cooked but not broken. It is because of this raw material that Fuliji roast chicken is famous all over the world.
At the same time, as the Jin-Pu Railway passes through Fuli Town, it brings a large number of passengers. At that time, Korean braised chicken attracted a large number of passengers because of its delicious taste. Word-of-mouth, as the most important mode of communication, has promoted the production skills and popularity of Fuliji roast chicken.