Remember when I was little
Grandpa always bought the chicken cake for Lychee Jun to eat immediately when it was freshly baked
Salty taste, very chewy, teeth and cheeks left fragrant
That's the taste of childhood!
Today we introduce one of the four big cakes in Guangdong, chicken cake
Chicken cakes
There is no wife in the wife cake
There are no chickens in the chicken cake
But that doesn't stop at its popularity
Because of its small size
But it's made with more than 10 ingredients!
It enjoys the honorary title of "Chinese Famous Snack"
It is also an irreplaceable position in the minds of the older generation of Shunde people
Listen to Lychee Jun tell a story:
Xiao Feng is Wu Ziyuan's maid and a native of Shunde
It is said that on a certain day in the early autumn of the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855) of the Qing Dynasty
The host Wu Ziyuan received foreign guests
It happens that the chef is not there
He instructed Xiao Feng to make a Cantonese dim sum for the guests to eat
At home, there is no cooking material for the time being
Xiao Feng stored the cookies that he usually stored privately for his hunger
Take it out to entertain guests
Unexpectedly, the guests praised it after eating it, and then wrote a letter praising it
In fact, Xiao Feng was just rubbing the Wuren mooncake (in the season of righteous mooncakes at that time).
Add fatty pork marinated in sugar
Mix with salt, spices, etc
Wrap it in a crust, knead it into a ball shape, and slightly flatten it
Bake in the oven over low heat until crispy
After tasting, guests deeply feel that sweet, fragrant, crisp, sweet and salty
Salty with sweetness, loose in the mouth, very tasty
The unique taste was greatly appreciated and asked what the name of the cake was
Since this cake is made by Xiao Feng, the owner casually says that it is "Xiao Feng Cake"
The name "Xiaofeng" comes from its chicken-like appearance
Later, when the people registered "chicken" as a trademark of "little phoenix cake"
It is intended to echo the folk custom of calling "chicken" Ya "phoenix"
The chicken cake is just the appearance, which makes people fall in love at first sight
Petite figure, oval slightly like the goose egg face of a beautiful woman
It shows an alternative beauty in the almost perfectly rounded group of cakes
The thin skin and filling are less, and it is relatively crunchy to eat
The thick skin and rich filling resemble the chickens that are looking down to feed under the pen of the chinese painting master Qi Baishi
Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, very chewy
Take a bite and just listen to the "clucking" sound
The incense rushed out like a flood that broke the dike
Take a few more bites, as if detonating a spice storehouse
The compound aroma bursts from the filling and splashes around, so thick that it cannot be dissolved
Until it enters the deep chewing stage
Only then did I gradually distinguish the spicy aroma of garlic, the fresh aroma of southern milk, the oil aroma of sesame seeds, and the sweet aroma of fatty meat...
The biggest feature of chicken cakes is intriguing
It has depth, and the more chewy the better
After eating, the delicious aftertaste hidden between the teeth, under the tongue, and the corners of the mouth is still constantly covering and lingering for a long time
It also has a breadth, staple food and side food, meat food and vegetarian food, main ingredients, auxiliary materials, condiments, spices in one, integrated in one furnace
The metaphor of the "five-flavor bottle" of "Water Margin" is used for chicken cakes
It also seems monotonous
Chicken cake is not a miniature feast!
Therefore, it is suitable for tea, wine and even meals
Do you see it! Do you see it! Chicken cakes can be served with wine! What wine?
Since the chicken cake is also called the small phoenix cake, it was invented by the Shunde people
Of course, it must be accompanied by good wine from Shunde Fengcheng
A bite of small phoenix cake, a glass of wine
It's really delicious