Vegetarian Chicken is a delicacy made from the leaves (also known as Thousand Sheets in some areas), rolled into a round stick shape, bundled up and boiled, sliced and oiled, and stir-fried with seasonings. Can also be made into fish-shaped, shrimp-shaped and other shapes. The taste is salty and fresh, the color is dark red, the shape is like chicken, soft and tough, the taste is beautiful and mellow.

Vegetarian chicken, known as tofu and vegetarian chicken, is a traditional soybean food, widely distributed in central and southern China. Vegetarian imitation meat, texture and taste and the original meat is indistinguishable from the unique flavor, this product for the central and southern China's home-cooked vegetarian dishes.

Vegetarian chicken is originally from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and has been passed down in the folklore since the time of Emperor Wu of Liang, who believed in Buddhism and used vegetarian chicken as a substitute for meat. This is a home-style vegetarian dish from central and southern China. The main ingredient of the dish is the leaf of 100 leaves (also called thousand sheets in some areas), rolled into a round stick shape, tightly bound and cooked, sliced and oiled, and stir-fried with seasonings.

Vegetarian chicken is a famous dish in Fujian, for the friends of Fujian, the production of vegetarian chicken is very simple, and will be made out of vegetarian chicken will be more authentic, but for those of us who do not know the vegetarian chicken crowd, want to successfully make a delicious vegetarian chicken is very difficult.

Dry the boiled veggie chicken blanks naturally, fold away the gauze, and when completely cooled, cut into 0.2-0.3 cm thick slices. It can also be cut into hobnail pieces, long strips, etc. according to the recipe.

Put the sliced vegetarian chicken into the old brine to smoke, the old brine is made of dozens of medicinal herbs, natural fragrance, it is the main source of the unique flavor of the vegetarian chicken, but also Zhu's brine products heirloom treasure. After smoking and cooking, it can be fished out and ready for the market. It can be made into various dishes according to recipes.

History:

From the early 20th century to the 1990s, Zhu's Vegetarian Chicken went through the second and third generations of Zhu Shouheng and Zhu Fuxiang. They were engaged in the production and sale of brine dishes in the way of family inheritance, with vegetarian chicken as their main variety.

The turn of the century, Zhu's vegetarian chicken fourth-generation heir Zhu Gang master inherited the ancestral tradition, since childhood, that is, along with his father to make vegetarian chicken, adult, dedicated to study the ancient techniques, the traditional recipe to further improve, improve. The finished vegetarian chicken can be served in cold dishes, braised, hot pots, etc. It is not too salty, not too light, not too meaty, not too vegetarian.

The Crowning Vegetarian Chicken production technology was recognized as the second batch of Yangzhou City Intangible Cultural Heritage representative list items in 2010. Nowadays, C氾水素鸡 processing has begun to take shape, specializing in the production of nearly ten workshops, the daily output of nearly a ton of vegetarian chicken.

In addition to meeting the consumption of the local people and the many admirers of the diners, but also sold to the Baoying County, Gaoyou Jieshou and other neighboring cities and large market towns, Baoying urban and rural hotels in one of the famous specialties, but also has become the Baoying business card for foreign relations, in the Huaiyang cuisine has a place in the Huaiyang cuisine, and promote the development of the Huaiyang food culture.