Henan is located in the Central Plains, the land is rich, rich in resources, food culture has a long history, Henan's dishes are practical, rich, not heavy patterns, low salt, moderate seasoning, and Yu cuisine food culture has had a major impact on the whole country, especially on Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Grilled chicken
Daokou roast chicken is one of the famous flavor dishes in Henan, which was first created by Yixing Zhang Roast Chicken Shop in Daokou Town, Huaxian County during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of more than 300 years.
In the fifty-second year of Qianlong (1787 AD), Zhang Bing opened a small roast chicken shop in Daokou Town. Due to the illegal production, the business was depressed. One day, an old friend Liu Yi, who had been an imperial cook, came to visit, the two reunited after a long absence, talked freely about drinking, Zhang Bing asked him for advice, Liu Yi told him a secret recipe "if you want to burn chicken incense, eight ingredients plus old soup", and told Zhang Bing the specific preparation method. Zhang Bing's cooking method was indeed full of aroma, so the business gradually prospered. Since then, Daokou roast chicken has been passed down from generation to generation.
People love Daokou roast chicken because it is fragrant, crispy and soft, salty and palatable, cooked and rotten, fat but not greasy. And the freshly cooked chicken is shaped like a yuanbao, and the color is golden and yellow, which is particularly pleasing. The more famous Daokou roast chicken are Yixing Zhang, Wu Xiaoqi, Tu Baogang and so on.
Town flat roast chicken
Zhenping roast chicken, also known as Zhenping Hou's roast chicken. Its roast chicken is bright in color, broken tendons and bones, rotten skin and rotten meat, fat but not greasy.
Zhenping Houji Roast Chicken was founded by Hou Xishan, whose original origin was Linyi, Shandong, and learned to make roast chicken from a famous teacher in Texas in 1928. In 1942, he moved to Zhenping with his wife and children, continued to make and sell roast chicken, and was once prepared by Tang Mingfu, a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Zhenping, for him to configure the formula of traditional Chinese medicine. What is amazing is that Hou Ji roast chicken is broken from the bone, and any part can be easily stripped from the body. It tastes soft and crunchy and tastes great. Since then, Houji roast chicken has become famous and enduring.
Zhenping roast chicken color, aroma, taste, type is unique. In the brine, the aged soup and an appropriate amount of brine are recycled, and more than 20 kinds of Chinese herbs such as sand kernels, cardamom, cinnamon, baizhi, cloves, and apples are added. After the brine, the roast chicken is ruddy and bright in color, the aroma is rich and fragrant, the chicken skin is not broken, the shape is beautiful and generous, the hand is broken from the bone, the teeth are stubble neatly, the entrance is soft and tender, loose and easy to chew, fat but not greasy, clear but not light, suitable for all ages.
Huaiyang square cloth bag roast chicken
Fangbu bag roast chicken is the most famous traditional snack in Huaiyang area, with a history of more than 600 years.
According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang fought against the Yuan army and retreated to Chen Prefecture (present-day Huaiyang), where he was sleepy and tired, fainted on the ground, and was rescued by an old farmer. The old farmer surnamed Fang, who knew the art of phases, saw that although Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated and trapped, but he was angry and had the appearance of an emperor, he made the only old hen in the family into a roast chicken and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit was greatly lifted after eating, and he was amazed, saying that this roast chicken "color, aroma and taste" is rare in the world. Zhu Yuanzhang, the empress dowager, once summoned the old farmer into the palace to specialize in the imperial meal of roast chicken. Later, the old farmer returned to his hometown and opened a roast chicken shop in Chenzhou City.
The vicissitudes of the years, the stars have shifted, the Fangjia roast chicken production process has been continuously improved, passed down from generation to generation, until the generation of the square cloth bag is officially named "square cloth bag roast chicken", and added "square cloth bag tofu skin", famous all over the world.
Square cloth bag roast chicken secoly made, reasonable ingredients, after twelve processes, the selection of thirty-six flavors of expensive condiments, supplemented by recycled aged soup, attractive color, chicken taste delicious, salty moderate, delicious and not greasy, its degree of ripeness is particularly amazing, worthy of the original name to eat. The square cloth bag tofu skin cooked in chicken soup is even more unforgettable, and it is famous in the Central Plains.
GuoTan roast chicken
In Tanghe County, Guotan roast chicken is famous far and wide, known as "fresh and tender meat" and "five-spiced boneless", which is the traditional name of Nanyang, Henan Province. It began in the Tang, Song dynasties, and ming dynasties, and has a long history of more than 400 years.
Guotan roast chicken began in the Tang And Song Dynasties, the Ming dynasty, has a long history of more than 400 years, the first to do roast chicken is a family surnamed Li in Guotan Town, with a homemade secret recipe made of roast chicken unique flavor, excellent taste, so it has been passed down from generation to generation, several times evolved into today's Guotan roast chicken. However, due to the limitations of consciousness, the reputation of Guotan roast chicken has never gone out of Nanyang, and the unique aroma is just a delicacy on the dinner table of locals.
Luyi Kong set roast chicken
Kongji roast chicken was already a tribute to the imperial court during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. This product is a magical presence in the roast chicken world, stored for several days is not bad, and the flies do not bite in the middle of summer, and the tender chicken bones can be eaten directly. Not only do people eat it, but even the Worshiping Jade Emperor and the Emperor of the Stove must put a plate on it.
Of course, there are many places that are very famous for roast chicken, such as: Luoning Fengjia roast chicken, Shangqiu Guocun roast chicken, Zhoukou Guandegong roast chicken, Luoyang Panjin and roast chicken and so on. I won't list them all.
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