Wenchang Chicken (Hainan Essay)
Su Bin original
At first, I thought that Wenchang chicken was just a way to make chicken, such as roast chicken and grilled chicken in the north. Later, I learned that it was a breed of chicken, such as the reed chicken, the black chicken, the three yellow chickens and so on in the north. Of course, there are also her special production methods, and when you know it, you want to taste it, experience it, and taste it.
It was cold and raining these two days. This is a rare weather in the two months since we came to Hainan. No wonder, the year is approaching, it is time to be cold. But it is only "cold and cold", not as icy as in the north, unable to go out, still tree-lined, flowers blooming.
Since it is "cold", don't eat fish anymore, fish is cold, buy a chicken to eat today, Wenchang chicken, which is a specialty of Hainan. The wife responded by saying okay, I'll go to the street to buy it, and you'll be waiting at home.
Before going out, I said with an umbrella, the light rain here, in fact, is not called light rain, always rainy, and can not see the raindrops, from Boya Road to Gordon Road less than half a mile, and not down, and then half a mile and rain again, really a bit of "cow head rain ox tail qing" meaning. Bring an umbrella so don't get wet with a cold.
Half an hour later, my wife came back, said she didn't buy it, and ran several delicatessens saying that the morning was the time to make Wenchang chicken, and it could only be sold in the afternoon. However, the wife also said that on the way back, she saw a vegetable shop selling freshly slaughtered live chickens, and there was a red plastic ring on the leg with the words "Wenchang chicken" on it, so she bought half of it, and we made it ourselves.
So I quickly opened my mobile phone Baidu Internet to check the production method of Wenchang chicken.
It is said that in the clean Wenchang chicken chest cavity and the chicken body evenly smeared with a layer of table salt, slightly massaged, put water in the pot, put the Wenchang chicken in the pot, boil on high heat. Boil for about 10 minutes, use chopsticks to pick up wenchang chicken and drain the water in the chest cavity. Put the chicken back in the pot and continue to cook for about 10 minutes. Use chopsticks to insert into the chicken, if the chopsticks can be easily inserted, plucked out without blood, it proves cooked.
Remove the cooked Wenchang chicken from the pan and let it cool slightly on the plate. Cut into pieces and serve.
Some simple ha! It also has the meaning of white chopping chicken.
It is said that the wenchang chicken is delicious, mainly in the chicken itself. According to legend, Wenchang chicken was first from Tianci Village, Tanniu Town, Wenchang County, which is full of banyan trees, the seeds are rich in nutrients, the chickens peck at food, and have excellent physique. However, the individual is not large, weighing about 1.5 kg, the coat color is bright, the wings are short and short, the body is round and flat, the skin is thin and smooth, and the flesh is fat.
Wenchang chicken is ready, eat and eat to see how. Haha, there are three small eggs in it. Yes, the Internet said that when selecting Wenchang chickens, it is necessary to pick chickens that have just matured and bred eggs, but they have not yet grown the best (human food, some cruelty), so the slaughtered Wenchang chickens sold on the market have small eggs in their stomachs. It doesn't seem to be a sign of Wenchang chicken.
Eating in the mouth is indeed smooth and tender, the skin is thin and crispy, the aroma is very strong, fat but not greasy. It is also dipped in condiments made with soy sauce, sesame oil, white vinegar, sugar, salt, ginger, garlic paste, etc.