Guangzhou's food culture is famous throughout the country, the so-called "food in Guangzhou", food culture has a long history. For eating chicken, Guangzhou people have special feelings.
So among the many Cantonese-style characteristic national chicken delicacies, what chicken can "kill the siege" and win the title of "guangzhou's first chicken"?
In 1964, Guangzhou Liwan District Qingping Hotel opened, after continuous development and improvement, in 1981 Qingping Hotel was expanded, and developed a signature white cut chicken "Qingping Chicken", the skin is smooth and smooth, once launched, it is very popular with consumers, but also known as "Guangdong Top Ten Famous Chickens", "Guangzhou First Chicken", so that Guangzhou citizens linger.
White cut Qingping chicken due to the use of unique herbs and spices specially made white brine soaked chicken, the use of aged chicken soup soaked chicken and cold river processing method, to maintain the original sweet taste of chicken, to "skin smooth meat smooth, bone flavor" and the world famous, so commonly known as "Qingping chicken", can also be understood as a unique cooking method of white cut chicken.
"Qingping Chicken" came out, the development is very rapid, the average daily sales reached hundreds, in order to ensure the quality of Qingping chicken, the store has taken three measures: adhere to the use of 1250 grams to 1500 grams of Qingyuan three yellow chicken cooking, this chicken bone soft meat tender, is the superior material for making "Qingping chicken"; insist on cutting and making. That is, the noon market is sold, cut in the morning; the evening market is sold, and the afternoon is cut, thus ensuring the umami taste of "Qingping chicken"; in the production process, adhere to the method of batching ingredients to ensure that the quality of "Qingping chicken" is consistent.
However, after more than 30 years of glory, the Qingping Hotel was closed in 2002 for various reasons, but the "Qingping Chicken" did not disappear.
The chefs and staff who came out of the restaurant, through their own efforts and the protection of traditional tastes, preserved the Cantonese specialty dish of "Qingping Chicken" and carefully maintained and operated it in their own way. For example, "Wenji Yixin Chicken" located in Baohua Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou, and "Youlian Restaurant" located in the "Shangxiajiu" business district, etc., all have Qingping chicken for sale.
The national chicken is the collective name of China's three yellow chickens, high-quality chickens and yellow feather broilers, including China's unique local broiler breeds and Chinese characteristics of the broiler supporting system, which is a valuable wealth of the Chinese nation. In order to promote Chinese culture, preserve China's unique breeding intellectual property rights and national chicken culture, the National Chicken Culture Promotion Alliance was established! The alliance is committed to promoting the national chicken culture by integrating resources such as industry enterprises, expert universities, channel enterprises, catering enterprises, and media.
【Planning】New Pastoral Network New Poultry Situation
【Co-ordinator】Lin Liguang
[Reporter] Li Jialong
【Author】 Li Jialong
【Source】 National Chicken Culture South