5,000 years of eclipse
Saliva chicken is a cold dish in Sichuan cuisine, rich in condiments, spicy, fragrant and refreshing. When cooking, the soup used to cook the chicken is very particular and needs to be just right, so as to preserve the soluble protein of the chicken to the greatest extent, increase the deliciousness of the chicken, and have its unique flavor and taste.
Guo Moruo's "Praise Wave Song" has:"When I was a teenager, I ate white chopped chicken in my hometown of Sichuan, white raw meat pieces, and red and spicy sea peppers, and now I still salivate for a long time when I think about ......it"Cooking is a recipe for it"Salivation"Two words, but the achievement of a big name"Saliva chicken"。
Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in Sichuan who was very fond of chicken, and he ordered the chef at home to cook different flavors of chicken for him every day. However, the prefectural magistrate is very picky about his tastes and is often dissatisfied with the chicken cooked by the chef.
One day, the chef had another problem cooking chicken for the prefectural ordinance and didn't know how to make a new flavor of chicken to meet the prefectural ordinance's requirements. When he was in trouble, he suddenly saw a homeless man eating chicken outside the window, his mouth was stained with red oil, and he was drooling from time to time.
The chef had an idea and invited the homeless man into the kitchen and asked him how to cook chicken. The homeless man told the chef a secret recipe for a special condiment made with chili oil and peppercorns, which was then poured over cooked and cut chicken.
The chef cooked a plate of chicken according to the recipe of the homeless man and served it to the prefectural magistrate. The county order was very satisfied after tasting it, and praised the chicken for its spicy and fragrant taste, tender taste, and endless aftertaste. Because the prefectural order ate with relish, saliva flowed from the corners of the mouth, so this dish was named "saliva chicken".
After this story spread, "saliva chicken" gradually became a very famous dish in Sichuan. This dish is characterized by spicy, fresh aroma, and tenderness, and is loved by diners. Now, "saliva chicken" has become a classic dish in Sichuan cuisine, not only popular in Sichuan, but also can be tasted all over the country.