Diguo chicken is a famous dish of Han nationality that originated in southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, and originated in Weishan Lake area at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui. Diguo chicken has less soup, fresh and mellow taste, cake tastes like vegetables, and vegetables taste like cakes, which is soft and dry. Chicken has high protein quality and low fat content, and is suitable for dieters. At the same time, chicken has a good conditioning effect on malnutrition, fatigue and spleen and stomach weakness, so Diguo chicken is very suitable for nourishing and eliminating dampness, strengthening the body and enhancing immunity.
Xuzhou has a long history of earthenware dishes, which originated in Weishan Lake area at the junction of northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. It is said that cooking was often inconvenient because of the limited conditions on board. Fishermen who work and rest on Weishan Lake often eat pot rice. Fishermen often bring a small earthen stove, sit on an iron pot, support a few pieces of dry wood to make a fire, and then cook a pot of vegetables and cover it with cakes as usual. Over time, they produced a pot of vegetables.