Chicken cake, also known as Xiaofeng cake, is a special snack in Guangzhou, which was founded in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, and is said to have been inadvertently created by a female worker named Xiaofeng in a wealthy family named Xiao feng in Xiguan, Guangzhou.
With a history of 170 years, it is one of the four famous cakes in Guangdong; its taste is sweet and crispy, and it is also one of the top ten souvenirs in Guangzhou.
Chicken cakes are made of flour, peanuts, sesame seeds, walnuts, etc. as the main raw materials, and are known for their sweetness and saltiness, sweetness and pine. Rich in protein, oil, minerals, vitamins, it has excellent effect on human growth and development, enhancing physical fitness and preventing diseases.
Later, chicken cakes spread to Shanghai with Guangdong immigrants and became one of the specialties of Shanghai.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > the characteristics of chicken cakes</h1>
The biggest feature of chicken cake is intriguing.
The more it is chewed, the more delicious it is, and after eating it, it is hidden between the teeth, on the tip of the tongue, and the aftertaste of the lips;
Staple food and side food, meat food and vegetarian food, main ingredients, auxiliary ingredients, condiments, spices, etc. are integrated into one, integrated in one furnace, "Water Margin" in the "five-flavor bottle" is used metaphorically on the chicken cake, it also seems a little monotonous, chicken cake is definitely a table of miniature feast!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > the origin of the name</h1>
The name chicken cake is said to be due to its shape. Local people think that the chicken cake is a small piece, oval, slightly arched in the middle wrapped in the filling, which looks like a chicken boy, so they call this food chicken cake.
Chicken cake originally originated in Guangdong, in Cantonese, zai also has the meaning of sons, children, maybe they think it is more like an egg, after all, no one can deny that eggs are also chickens, but they have not been able to hatch.
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The skin and filling of the chicken cake are not strictly regulated, it all depends on the tastes of the locals and the craftsmanship of the master.
Thin skin and less filling, it is relatively crisp to eat; thick skin and rich filling, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, very chewy.
Take a bite, only to hear a "clucking" sound, as the skin of the cake is bitten open, the cake aroma rushes out like a flood, filling between the mouths. Take a few more bites, the filling inside has entered the mouth, like detonating a spice library, the aroma of various fillings combined bursts out from the filling, so thick that it cannot be opened, until it enters the deep chewing stage, the meat filling is mixed with spices and the crust, gradually chewed, and gradually distinguished from the spices of garlic, the fresh aroma of southern milk, the oil aroma of sesame seeds, the sweet aroma of fat meat...
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There is also such a history of improvement of chicken cakes, half a century after the spread of chicken cakes to become famous cakes, Guangzhou Henan Chengzhu Tea House because of the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes are unsalable, the master of cake making is in a hurry, the raw materials for making mooncakes are made according to the method of chicken cakes, and boldly use the rubbed mooncakes and pork, vegetable hearts mixed as fillings, and then mixed with southern milk, garlic, pepper, five-spice powder and salt, to produce a new variety of sweet and salty, sweet and crispy new varieties of "Chengzhu Xiaofeng Cake", which is favored by customers because of its peculiar flavor and crispness.
Subsequently, it was further improved to refine and refine the packaging, canned or boxed, and exported to Southeast Asia.
Chicken cakes are still loved by many people now, just like there is no wife in the wife cake, and there is no chicken in the chicken cake, but as long as it is delicious, diners from the south of the sea will not care so much. Enjoy and you're done!