Stewed chicken with paint is a special food in Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

Stewed chicken with lacquer oil is a traditional food loved by Lisu people living in Nujiang Gorge. On holidays or the arrival of distant friends, Lisu people will cook this dish to celebrate the festival and entertain distinguished guests. Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is rich in lacquer trees and lacquer oil. Lacquer oil is edible, can also be used as chemical raw materials, and can also be used as medicine.

First, kill a strong chicken, remove its hair, clean it and cut it into small pieces. After putting more than 1 grams of lacquer oil into the pot for melting and boiling, put the chicken in the pot for stewing for five or six minutes, then sprinkle a proper amount of shochu, add an appropriate amount of water, and stew it with warm fire for two or three hours.