Daokou Roasted Chicken is a very classic food snack in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, which is known as the "world's first chicken" because of its unique and complete shape, soft meat and delicious flavor. It is said that in 1959, it won the honor of the first prize for food in Hebei Province. Daokou roasted chicken is also on par with Peking duck and Jinhua ham.

Daokou roasted chicken has a very long history, it has been around since the Qing Dynasty, and is now counted as having a history of more than three hundred and fifty years. It is said that in the cooking of this dish to use very expensive Chinese medicine, simmering the old soup, in the plating of the chicken should be arranged in the shape of a Yuanbao. The burnt Dokou roasted chicken has a bright color and attractive aroma, and it also has certain health effects.