"Farewell my concubine" is a traditional dish in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. According to "Xuzhou literature and history": the original name of the dragon and phoenix chowder. Xiang Yu called the king of Pengcheng (Xuzhou) held the founding ceremony, for the ceremony was prepared "dragon and phoenix feast". It is rumored that it was designed by Yu Ji herself." Dragon and phoenix stew" is the main piece in the "dragon and phoenix banquet". The material used is "turtle" (turtle belongs to the aquatic race, the dragon is the longest of the aquatic race) and pheasant (pheasant belongs to the feather race, the phoenix is the longest of the feather race), so it is derived from the name of the dragon and phoenix meeting. Now the turtle and pheasant are replaced by turtle and chicken. Xuzhou people to commemorate the overthrow of the tyrannical Qin, "pulling the mountain over the world" hero Xiang Yu, and miss that the heart of the country's fortunes, righteousness of the good people. After Pei Jihong master in 1983, the "dragon and phoenix braised" renamed "Farewell my concubine".

A, Farewell My Concubine Practice I

Farewell My Concubine's main is only turtle and chicken, turtle symbolizes the value of the "king", while the chicken is referred to as "Ji". In addition to these two main ingredients, in addition to the preparation of bamboo shoots, ham, ginger, green onions and wolfberries. Wash the snapper and the chicken, then scald the chicken, remove the floating oil from the chicken, and then add the ginger for further simmering. Asparagus and ham are to be cut into pieces, after the turtle and chicken are beginning to boil, chicken and turtle in the pot after two hours of cooking can be put into the Chinese wolfberry and green onion, and then put the necessary seasoning for seasoning. Chicken and turtle to be cooked can be cut out of the pot and plate.

Second, the bully practice two

If there is a crock pot at home, you can use the crock pot to stew. Snapper scaled and washed, boiled water to wash off the blood foam into the casserole, the rest of the ingredients such as wolfberries, ham, ginger, asparagus are put into the stew pot, high heat and slow simmering for two hours, during which time you should regularly clean off the floating on the surface of the oil froth, but also pay attention to preventing the snapper sticking to the pot. Turn off the fire and sprinkle with wolfberry can let the bully out of the pot.?

On the eve of the war, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang staged "Farewell My Concubine" in Xuzhou, and the whole city was a sensation. After the show, the hosts hosted a farewell banquet, there is a dish: a white porcelain basin several soft-shelled turtle floating in the soup, four claws open, the bottom of the basin is a piece of chicken, with chopsticks, turtle armor, shell, meat that line separation, the taste like chicken like frogs; chicken pieces are also soft as tofu, melt in the mouth. Mei Lanfang even ate two soft-shelled turtle, appreciated. Asked the waiter what is the name of this dish? The waiter replied: "Farewell my concubine", the guests heard, all of them clapped their hands. Originally, the turtle and don't, chicken and Ji, are harmonized, turtle chicken is "Farewell to Ji", with such a clever, memorable.