When it comes to domestic tourism, one place that must be mentioned is Hainan. With the rapid development of the domestic tourism market in recent years, Hainan, with its beautiful island scenery and rich seafood cuisine, has become one of the popular destinations for domestic tourism, especially northern tourists, who even regard it as a second home and become the best choice for winter.
The scenery of Hainan Island must already be well understood, and today I want to talk about the cuisine here. In addition to a variety of delicious seafood in Hainan, there are also four traditional famous dishes: Wenchang chicken, Jiaji duck, Dongshan goat, and Hele crab. Among them, Wenchang chicken is the most famous, and you can eat it in almost every corner of Hainan. In fact, the real Hainan Wenchang chicken production is very small, and the cooking method is also very special.
Photographed in Wenchang, Hainan.
The reason why it is called Wenchang Chicken is because it is produced in Wenchang City, Hainan Province. It is understood that the size of Wenchang chicken is round, the skin is thin and the meat is tight, the meat is tender and nutritious, and people want to eat it. However, due to the low yield of Wenchang chicken raised by traditional methods, if you want to eat authentic Wenchang chicken, you have to go to Wenchang City.
Wenchang City is located in the northeast of Hainan Island, facing the sea in the east, south and north, and was called Zibei in ancient times. Since the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, Wenchang has a history of more than 2100 and is one of the three ancient yi in Hainan. Wenchang chicken has been raised in the local area for more than 400 years, and can become a representative local delicacy, and indeed after being verified by countless people, it has become famous today. Of course, what I'm looking for must also be the most authentic, so that I can appreciate its uniqueness.
According to locals, authentic Wenchang chicken is produced in Tanniu Town, Wenchang City. So we drove to a place called Damiao Village in Tanniu Town, where farmers are said to raise authentic Wenchang chickens. Starting from Wenchang City, about 20 minutes by car, we came to this small village in the green bushes - Damiao Village.
The village is located at the exit of the highway, and because the dense vegetation envelops the entire village, it gives a sense of seclusion away from the downtown. The village is not large, with only a dozen families. It is said that in the past, there were more residents, but later they all moved to the city to live, and most of the people who stayed in the village were elderly people.
There is a small river directly in front of the village, the village is lined with ancient trees, and there is a large coconut grove behind the village, which just breeds Wenchang chickens. Led by the villagers, we came to the coconut grove behind the village. Flocks of chickens are seen foraging and playing in the forest, and it is the legendary Wenchang chicken. From the appearance, whether it is the size or feather color, it seems that there is not much difference between the chickens we usually eat.
According to the villagers, these chickens don't look at it now very docile, in fact, it is quite wild, if there is no net on the side, they don't know where to run. This large area of coconut trees of coconuts, the locals basically do not eat, coconut coconut meat all let these chickens eat, plus it is free-range, so the chicken is very tight, but also with a faint coconut smell, no wonder some people call it Wenchang coconut chicken.
After understanding the breeding method of Wenchang chicken, the next highlight is to taste. In recent years, wenchang chicken has become more and more famous, and many tourists want to taste authentic chicken, so the village has also set up a farmhouse. There is a bamboo forest in the village, which has built several glass restaurants, the environment is elegant, there is a very good dining environment, we are in this forest hut today to taste Wenchang chicken.
It didn't take long for this lure of Humanity chicken to be on the table. The best way to taste the delicious taste of Wenchang chicken is to cut white. This white cut Wenchang chicken, the color is yellowish white, the skin is very thin and tight, it looks quite appetizing. Clip a piece in the mouth, this chicken is quite chewy, personally feel that can not eat a large bite, have to bite a little bit to taste the very fresh taste, is a little tooth.
After understanding it, I learned that this is the authentic Wenchang chicken eating method. The main reason for this is also due to the unique cooking method, the original Wenchang chicken is not always cooked, but with hot water over and over again, so the chicken bones are still bloody, so the chicken meat is firm and elastic, and can also retain the umami taste of the chicken to the greatest extent. In addition, a complete plate of white cut Wenchang chicken must also include chicken blood, chicken offal, etc.
The hot water of this hot chicken meat ended up as chicken soup, and the chef made a winter melon clam soup according to the local traditional method, called "YiPin Fresh", which tasted really delicious. Due to the time-consuming and laborious cooking method of blanching, most restaurants nowadays cook chicken directly in water, and only some local chefs in Wenchang still retain this cooking method. However, many Hainan netizens said after reading it: They have never heard of such a method of boiling. This makes me more puzzling, I wonder what you think?