In the preface to the Tengwang Pavilion of Tang Wangbo, there are "Wuhua Tianbao, The Ruins of the Dragon Light Shooting Bull Fighting, the Spirit of Renjie, and the Bed of Chen Fan under Xu Wei." "The so-called land of Wuhua Tianbao is today's Jiangxi, which has been favored by many literati since ancient times, and it is also a gathering place for food. Today, I would like to introduce you to a specialty "stone chicken" that is difficult to eat in other places.
When you hear "stone chicken", you will think that it must be a kind of chicken, in fact, Lushan stone chicken is a kind of hemp skin frog that grows in a cave with a yinjian rock wall. Also known as the red frog and spiny-brained frog, the body is ochre-colored, the forelimbs are small, and the hindlimbs are strong. It is named for its tender, fat chicken-like flesh. Lushan stone chicken hides grottoes during the day and forages for food at night. The shape is similar to that of ordinary frogs, but it is large, fat, generally weighs three or four, and weighs about a pound. Lushan stone chicken because of its easy to digest, rich in nutrition, the best of the dishes, Lushan major tourist pavilions and stores with stone chicken as raw material dishes abound, of which "yellow stewed stone chicken" is one of the famous dishes of Lushan. There are also stone chickens in Huangshan, Anhui, which may grow in different places and have a slightly different taste. Stone chickens are best produced in Lushan. The first of the three stones of Lushan specialty is this fat stone chicken, and the other is stone fish and stone ear. ▼
Stone chickens generally live in seclusion under the rocks of mountain streams above 500 meters above sea level, and mountain streams below 500 meters are rarely distributed. Lushan is located in the subtropics, the climate is humid and mild, the rainfall is abundant, the valley is green, quiet, closed, humid ecological environment, it is the good conditions for the growth and development of stone chickens, Lushan stone chickens breed here for a long time, continue the population. The picture below is the growth environment of Lushan stone chicken, alas, the beauty is not unwanted. ▼
Lushan stone chicken is generally fattened, adult individuals generally weigh about 200 grams, large 300-400 grams, the largest up to 500-600 grams. Stone chicken is crunchy, mellow, rich in protein, less vitamin fat, easy to digest and absorb, is a delicious tonic mountain treasure. Stone chicken also has a high medicinal value, stone chicken taste flat, into the heart, liver, lung three meridians, with a clear heart, moisturizing the lungs, expectorant, water, deflating, refreshing and other effects, in addition to bronchitis has a good effect. However, many places now use bullfrogs to impersonate stone chickens, which is difficult to distinguish from the perspective of consumers.
Generally, the growth cycle of bullfrogs is shorter, the meat is relatively coarse, and there is no crisp feeling, there is no chewiness, and the stone chicken meat is tender and tender, the taste is relatively crisp, the same approach, the taste is completely different.
Yellow braised stone chicken
Jiujiang's special cuisine, the stone chicken is decapitated and clawed, washed, cut into chunks of oil, accompanied by four meters, added rice wine, soy sauce, salt, broth simmered over low heat, harvest the juice with high heat, and drizzle with sesame oil. This dish is mellow, fat and delicious. ▼
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