I. Wenchang Chicken

Wenchang Chicken is named after Wenchang, Hainan. Legend has it that there is a Taniu town, a village in the north of the town, many banyan trees. Village wild chicken eating banyan seeds, looking for insects, although slow-growing, short wings and feet, but the meat is tender, thin skin and bone, the flavor is very strong, is a good meal on the table.

Ming Dynasty, there is a Wenchang people in the dynasty as an official, returned to the capital had brought Wenchang chicken to honor the emperor. After tasting the chicken, the emperor said, "Chicken out of the culture of the township, people, culture and prosperity, chicken also sweet, really Wenchang chicken! This Wenchang chicken reputation throughout the world.

Hainan people eat Wenchang chicken, the traditional way of eating is white (also known as "white cut"), can best reflect the Wenchang chicken fresh and tender original quality and flavor. At the same time with chicken oil Chicken soup cooked rice, commonly known as "chicken rice". Hainanese people say "eat chicken rice" that includes white chicken.

Second, Jiajia duck

Lore has it that the Jiajia duck is more than 300 years ago by the introduction of overseas Chinese from Malaysia's good breed of ducks, so it is called "duck". Its appearance is different from the local grass duck and Peking duck. It has a flat body, a red crown and yellow crest, and black and white feathers.

Because the method of raising ducks in the Gaji area is different from other places, so it is big, thin skin, soft bones, tender meat, less fat, fat and not greasy to eat, high nutritional value, so people raise ducks in the Gaji area is called the Gaji duck.

Generally Gaji duck has white chopped, duck, roast duck three ways to eat, but to "white chopped" can best reflect the original flavor, solid and most famous.

Three, east goat

East goat produced in Wanning County, East Mountain Ridge, hair color black, fat meat soup thick, greasy and not stink. East goat body is black, it is sexually mature earlier, three to six years of age is sexually mature, ewes 5 to 8 months of age can be mated, rams ten to eleven months of age can begin to utilize. The ewes can give birth to 1 or 2 litters per year, with a lambing rate of 150%-200%. The Dongshan goat has good adaptability, and can be adapted to both grazing and housed feeding.

Eastern goats are eaten in a variety of ways, such as stewed, broth, coconut milk, dry stir-frying and hot-pot shabu-shabu, etc., with a variety of spices and flavors, and are rolled, deep-fried, tattooed, steamed, and buckled. Each way of eating has its own characteristics, but in general, it is delicious.

Four, and music crab

and music crab is one of Hainan's most prestigious traditional dishes, and Wenchang chicken, plus cum duck, Dongshan goat and known as the "Hainan's four famous dishes. Huale crab is produced in Wanning County, Hainan and the town of Huale, known for its hard shell, fat and full of meat. Huale crab has a variety of cooking methods, steaming, boiling, frying, baking, are characteristic, especially to "steamed for the best, both to maintain its original taste of fresh, but also the original color and shape of the United States.

Expanded Information

The earliest description of Wenchang Chicken can be found in the Qing Dynasty's Lingnan Miscellaneous Poems. The book said, "Wenchang County has a chicken female, and meat like pasture meat, taste the most beautiful, the cover cut the male chicken's Yin, Na in the female chicken's abdomen, by not laying eggs, also not the morning, the hair gradually sparse, unusually fat and tender. To its method in other places to try is not, so it is called Wenchang chicken ". This chicken is castrated rooster, Hainanese colloquialism called "chicken castration".

According to legend, Wenchang chicken ancestors originated in Wenchang County, Hainan Island, Taniu Town, Tianci Village, the village has a few large banyan trees, tree seeds full of fall on the tree seeds are rich in nutrients, chickens pecked at the food, excellent health. From the Guangxu years, generations under the biochemical effect, it gradually raised a petite body, glossy fur, thin skin and tender meat, crisp bones and skin of high-quality chicken species.

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