Fried Chicken in Tin Foil(zhi bao ji )

Method of wrapping chicken in paper:

Raw materials for making paper wrapped chicken:

300g chicken, 6 mushrooms, scallion, 1 tbsp shredded carrot, 1 large sheet of cellophane, 1 / 2 tsp salt, 1.5 tbsp fresh soy sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, a little pepper, a little sesame oil, 1 tbsp wine, 1 tbsp oil.

The procedure of making paper wrapped chicken is as follows:

1. Cut chicken into thin slices, soak mushrooms and shred.

2. Mix chicken and mushroom with seasoning.

3. Cut cellophane into small sheets, and wrap each sheet with scallion, shredded carrot, mushrooms and chicken pieces, and fold them into small packets.

4. Place the paper wrapped chicken on a plate and heat it with high power for 3 to 4 minutes.

Fried Chicken in Tin Foil

In order to Baijiu fried chicken in tin foil, in order to pursue authentic and authentic taste, local farm households were selected as raw materials for three yellow chicken. After cutting, they were pickled with soy sauce, ginger juice, star anise, fennel, tangerine peel, grass fruit, red millet and Gu Yue powder, and then added with a little quantity of white wine, wrapped in jade buckle paper, and then fried with peanut oil in pot. The original cooking method of paper dipping and frying can lock the original flavor of chicken and seasoning, so it can keep the chicken fresh, tender, smooth, mellow, golden and fragrant.

Xiao Jian, a famous contemporary Chinese Sinologist and cultural scholar, has made a cultural orientation for the paper wrapped chicken. The authority believes that the paper wrapped chicken is a representative work of Cantonese style stew, which can be called the first dish of traditional festivals! As the saying goes, "no chicken, no feast". In China, chicken is indispensable for most festivals and festive feasts.

According to Xiao Jian's research, it has been at least 2200 years since the paper wrapped chicken was used as a royal tribute and daily main dish. It was founded in Lingnan area. In 203 BC, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom and established the capital of Panyu (now Guangzhou). At that time, the main dish of Nanyue King's banquet was paper wrapped chicken. In 202 BC, Liu Bang declared himself Emperor and established the Western Han Dynasty. Zhao Tuo presented the chicken wrapped in paper as a tribute to Liu Bang. Liu bangzhao granted Zhao Tuo the title of king of Nanyue. The world was unified. The chicken wrapped in paper became a tribute to the Western Han Dynasty.

In 1916, Yuexi restaurant was founded in Wuzhou. GuanLiang, a famous Cantonese chef, was employed to sit in the restaurant. The restaurant was famous for its paper wrapped chicken. Since then, Yuexi restaurant has become the leading "golden lacquer signboard" in Lingnan catering industry. It is well-known both at home and abroad. There is a saying that "if you eat in Lingnan, you have to taste paper wrapped chicken". In 2012, Lin Yanguang, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, founded the new Yuexi building to keep the paper wrapped chicken production skills unchanged. In 2016, the project of "paper wrapped chicken making skills" was included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi.

The cultural orientation of famous scholars

Xiao Jian, a famous contemporary Chinese Sinologist and cultural scholar, made a cultural orientation for the paper wrapped chicken. The authority recognized that the paper wrapped chicken is a representative work of Cantonese style stew, which can be called the first dish of traditional festivals! As the saying goes, "no chicken, no feast". In China, chicken is indispensable for most festivals and festive feasts.

According to Xiao Jian's research, it has been at least 2200 years since the paper wrapped chicken was used as a palace tribute and daily main dish. It was founded in Lingnan area. According to the research, in the tomb of Nanyue King of Western Han Dynasty, which witnessed the civilization history of Lingnan area, many chicken bones and remnant paper similar to paper wrapped chicken were unearthed. According to legend, in 203 BC, Zhao Tuo named himself Emperor Wu of Nanyue and established the Nanyue Kingdom, with the capital of Panyu (now Guangzhou). At that time, the banquet of Nanyue King used paper wrapped chicken as the main course. In 202 BC, Liu Bang was called emperor and Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. He established the Western Han Dynasty and established the capital of Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi). Later, Zhao Tuo presented the chicken wrapped in paper as a tribute to Liu Bang. Liu Bang was a Western Han Dynasty official. After tasting the chicken wrapped in paper, Long Yan was greatly pleased and Zhao Tuo was granted the title of king of Nanyue. Thus, the world was unified. There is a popular saying in the Folk: "southern Guangdong becomes a minister, and it is unified; the Golden Rooster wrapped in paper decides the universe." Therefore, the paper wrapped chicken became a tribute to the Western Han Dynasty.

In 1916, Yuexi restaurant was founded in Wuzhou. GuanLiang, a famous chef of Guangdong cuisine, was employed to serve as the restaurant's signature dish. Since then, Yuexi restaurant has become the most famous "golden lacquer signboard" in Lingnan catering industry. It is well-known both at home and abroad. There is a saying that "if you eat in Lingnan, you have to taste the paper wrapped chicken". In 1983, the paper wrapped chicken won the praise of its counterparts in the food industry in the national culinary competition held in the Great Hall of the people in Beijing. In 2012, Lin Yanguang, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, founded the new Yuexi building to keep the paper wrapped chicken production skills unchanged. In 2016, the "paper wrapped chicken making skills" project was selected into the intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

In September 2018, Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi.

Intangible cultural heritage

In 2016, "Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken making skills" project was included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The category of the project is traditional folk arts, the application and protection unit is xinyuexilou, and the representative inheritor is Lin Yanguang.

In 2014, "Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken making skills" project was included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Wuzhou City.

Xiao Jian, a famous contemporary Chinese Sinologist and cultural scholar, wrote an academic paper entitled "paper wrapped chicken is included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Wuzhou City: Live rheological characteristics lead the development of local food industrialization in Wuzhou". The academic paper points out that as an intangible cultural heritage, "Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken making technology" gives people the greatest feeling, the biggest value and the most valuable key lies in the fact that it still maintains the characteristics of living state: as a popular daily food and Wuzhou local representative characteristic food, the cultural connotation and making technology of paper wrapped chicken have experienced a long period of development Inheritance can still clearly trace its origin, but it does not stay in a fixed inherent state. With the development of the times, it also maintains the characteristics of dynamic change and innovative development trend. As a result, paper wrapped chicken plays a leading role in the development of local food culture industry in Wuzhou, and plays an important role in demonstrating, driving and promoting the development of "hand letter culture" in Wuzhou Use it! The characteristics of living state and the trend of innovation and development are the soul of the paper wrapped chicken culture!

The academic paper points out that according to the cultural orientation and academic research, the intangible cultural characteristics of Wuzhou paper wrapped chicken (hereinafter referred to as "paper wrapped chicken") are mainly reflected in the following three aspects:

1、 It is embodied in rich cultural connotation, distinct cultural implication, original production skills, clear regional cultural origin, wide and high social identity.

1. Rich cultural connotation, distinct cultural implication and original production skills.

Paper wrapped chicken is the first dish of Wuzhou traditional festival food culture! As the saying goes, "no chicken, no feast". In China, chicken is indispensable for most festivals and festive feasts. With the development of the times, the paper wrapped chicken has broken the geographical limitation that "food in Wuzhou" must "come to Wuzhou" in the past food category, and developed into "Guangxi hand letter" in food. It plays a leading role in the development of local food culture industry in Wuzhou, and plays an important role in demonstrating, driving and promoting the development of "Wuzhou hand letter culture"! The paper wrapped chicken has entered the "era of sauce roasting". The innovation of production technology and flavor series of food has enriched the cultural connotation, expanded the cultural extension and promoted the brand value of the paper wrapped chicken.

2. Clear regional cultural origin changes.

Wuzhou is an ancient city with a civilization history of more than 4100 years. According to Sima Qian's historical records, "Emperor Shun in the ancient times went hunting in the South and collapsed in the field of Cangwu (now Wuzhou, Guangxi)" The history of Wuzhou's civilization began with Emperor Shun. Wuzhou is the birthplace of Lingnan culture and Pearl River culture. It is the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Lingnan region and Pearl River Basin. Together with the Yellow River Basin and Yangtze River Basin, Wuzhou has created a diversified and splendid 5000 year civilization of the Chinese nation! Throughout the ages, there is a saying that "food is in Wuzhou". As long as you have been to Wuzhou and the Pearl River Delta with Guangzhou as the center, people who have tasted Lingnan cuisine can feel that all kinds of delicious food in Lingnan come from Wuzhou flavor. Paper wrapped chicken is a wonderful flower in Wuzhou cuisine culture!

3. Extensive and high social identity.

Since the Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, it has been listed as the main course of banquet in Wuzhou. In the early years of the Republic of China, the chef of Huancui restaurant in Tongyuan at the foot of Beishan Mountain in Wuzhou comprehensively improved the production technology of paper wrapped chicken in terms of material selection, ingredients, knife work, seasoning, and heat, making it better in color, aroma, and taste. Since then, the restaurant has gained a great reputation and customers like cloud. Later, restaurants such as Yuexi restaurant in Wuzhou were also famous for making paper wrapped chicken. In 1932, General Chen Jitang of the Guangdong army flew a special plane to Wuzhou to fly paper wrapped chicken back to Guangzhou to taste. In 1983, the Great Hall of the people held a national culinary competition. Mr. Chen Beishui, a famous Wuzhou chef, was invited to participate in the competition. The paper wrapped chicken was famous in Beijing and won the reputation of "one of the best in China"! The paper wrapped chicken has been handed down for more than 150 years. Now it has not only become a traditional famous dish in Wuzhou, but also famous at home and abroad. It is a great pleasure for foreign tourists to taste the paper wrapped chicken when they come to Wuzhou. Although the paper wrapped chicken has a long history and is favored by local residents and tourists at home and abroad in Wuzhou, it can't keep fresh

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