The first time I heard "Big Luck, Eat Chicken Tonight", although I was confused and didn't know what it was, my deeper feeling was that I was a little hungry and wanted to eat chicken... So today we will leave the big luck behind and talk about what kind of chicken to eat at night!
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Thousands of years of domestication
/ Also a companionship for thousands of years /
As an ancient civilization with a history of thousands of years, China was one of the first countries to domesticate poultry and livestock. In many Neolithic sites in china, the remains of poultry and livestock have been unearthed. In the Ruins of Qujialing, pottery chickens have also been unearthed, indicating that chickens were already common animals raised by ancestors living in the land of China at that time.
The source of the pottery chicken unearthed in DengJiawan is see the watermark
After thousands of years of domestication and breeding, the working people have cultivated many excellent and distinctive chicken breeds with hard work and wisdom, and also made China one of the countries with the richest resources of domesticated chicken breeds. The following is an introduction to some of China's most distinctive and delicious chickens.
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Colorful chicken breeds
/ With ever-changing practices /
Wolf mountain chicken, is An ancient chinese excellent breed of chicken, native to Rudong County, Jiangsu Province, because the distribution center is Nantong, Nantong has another scenic spot named Wolf Mountain, so it is named. Wolf mountain chicken feathers are pure black, with a brilliant luster, but the skin is white, belonging to the large chicken breed.
Wolf Mountain Chicken 丨 Figure Worm Creative
The Wolf Mountain Chicken was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1872, and later spread to many Western countries, and through cross-breeding with local chickens, many new excellent breeds were produced. For example, the Opington chicken, the Australian black chicken, etc., are chicken breeds selected and bred from the wolf mountain chicken introduced from China.
A black Opington chicken 丨 wikipedia
Wolf Mountain chicken meat is compact, is the preferred raw material for rudongkou chicken, such as dongkou chicken is first cooked with white chopped chicken, cut into pieces and put into a bowl, and then supplemented with sauce on the pot steaming, out of the pot buckle in the plate and named.
Buckle chicken 丨 meishij / Xiang'er kitchen
Beijing oil chicken, also known as Beijing oil chicken, folklore this chicken breed has appeared in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, if true, this chicken breed has a history of more than 250 years. The most common type of Jingyou chicken is the yellow feather and red feather two feathers, the main features of "three feathers", that is, crests, hair legs and beard mouth: Jingyou chicken head feathers will cover the eyes, and the general chicken bare legs are different, the legs also have feathers, the lower jaw has hair whiskers.
Male and female Kyo oil chicken 丨chickenoftheday.tumblr
Jingyou chicken is compact and plump, with rich and evenly distributed intermuscular fat, and tender meat, which is especially suitable for stewing. Beijing's traditional stewed chicken mostly uses Beijing oil chicken, the stewed chicken soup is thick and delicious, the chicken taste is mellow, and the taste is tender but not chai.
Stewed chicken soup 丨 figure worm creative
Pudong chicken, commonly known as Jiujin Huang, is also an ancient large-scale chicken breed, the main production area in history is Shanghai Nanhui and Fengxian area. The main color of Pudong chicken feathers is yellow, and the wings have black wing feathers, and the surface of the black feathers has a dark green luster.
Pudong chicken 丨 figure worm creative
Pudong chicken has more fat under the skin, tender and chewy meat, and is the first choice for making Shanghai rotten chicken. Shanghai rotten chicken is a must-order in folk banquets, the main raw materials are chicken and lees, which need to be cooked, pickled and other processes, and it is delicious and delicious to eat.
Wine Lees Chicken 丨 Bean Fruit Food Network Netizen QQ Qian
Huiyang bearded chicken, Qingyuan ma chicken and apricot blossom chicken are the three traditional famous chickens in Guangdong Province, which are very famous in the Hong Kong and Macao markets.
Huiyang bearded chicken, native to Huiyang, Guangdong, is also an older breed. It is medium in size, with predominantly orange-yellow plumage and a beard-like "hair feather" with a beard on its lower jaw that is the most prominent feature.
Huiyang bearded chicken 丨hktdc
Because of its strong physique, thin skin and soft bone, fat and tender meat, it is suitable for making salt-baked chicken. Salty and delicious, chewy to eat.
Salt baked chicken 丨 figure worm creative
Qingyuan ma chicken, produced in Qingyuan, Guangdong, belongs to the small size of the broiler chicken, the body feathers are golden yellow, mixed with brown, brown and black spots, so it is named "Qingyuan ma chicken". Qingyuan Ma Chicken belongs to the small size of the meat chicken, the subcutaneous and intermuscular fat is particularly developed, the meat is soft and tender, mostly used in stew soup.
Qingyuan Ma Chicken 丨 Figure Worm Creative
Apricot blossom chicken, native to Guangdong Olive Flower, is named after the founding of the People's Republic of China as "Apricot Blossom Township". The apricot blossom chicken is also a small chicken breed. Its chicken breast is plump and developed, the muscle fiber is fine, the subcutaneous fat is evenly distributed, the taste is tender and crisp, so the apricot blossom chicken is most suitable for white cut chicken, the meat is tender and smooth, and the taste is delicate.
White cut chicken 丨 figure worm creative
Silk feather black bone chicken, the shape of a very special chicken species, the whole body feathers filamentous white feathers, skin, meat and bone are black, native to southern Fujian, China. The silk feather black bone chicken has a special shape and tender meat. Traditional medicine regards it as having medicinal value, and it is often stewed with other medicinal herbs, called "black chicken soup".
Black chicken soup 丨 figure worm creative
There are so many kinds of chickens in China, they have their own characteristics, the chickens produced in different regions are also different dishes, the taste is very different, there is a chance that you can also try?