Lanshan Roast Chicken Production Technique
Lanshan roast chicken production technique is a traditional skill project in the second batch of representative projects of Xuzhou's municipal intangible cultural heritage. According to the "Ren Family Tree" of Suining County, during the Xining period of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo served as the governor of Xuzhou. When the Yellow River burst, Su Dongpo led people to fight day and night, build embankments to block the water, and won the victory in flood control and disaster relief. At that time, the ancestors of the Ren family who opened a restaurant in Xuzhou used the secret recipe of their ancestors to stew the Ren's roast chicken to comfort Su Dongpo and the soldiers and civilians fighting the flood. After eating, everyone not only felt that the taste was delicious, but also refreshed and all fatigue disappeared. Su Dongpo immediately wrote down the praise that "the chicken is delicious and the ribs are tasty, the meat is gone and the bones remain fragrant", and named it "Ren's Yuanbao boneless chicken". The "Ren's Yuanbao boneless chicken" craft strictly adheres to the ancestral motto "the benevolent have the way, the honest have perseverance" as the motto of family management. There are four "no-nos" in the family rules, that is, no dead chickens, no sick chickens, no broilers from chicken farms, no peach, cardamom, and ten-mile fragrant spices. All the chickens used are free-range chickens raised by the people. The production process is as follows: 1. Slaughter. 2. Depilation. 3. Cold water rinsing. 4. Opening. 5. Plate the chicken. 6. Apply honey. 7. Oil and color. 8. Braising. The braising process of Yuanbao chicken is also very sophisticated. From raw material processing to braising, more than ten processes are all completed by hand. In the long river of thousands of years of history, the processing skills of Lanshan roast chicken are all inherited from father to son and passed down from generation to generation. The secret recipes and tricks can only be truly mastered through personal long-term practice and enlightenment, which is difficult to express and write. Therefore, it is difficult to determine the physical and chemical indicators of each process. The braising temperature and process time are all mastered by experience. It has been passed down to this day, which is amazing. Arashiyama Roast Chicken is the crystallization and blossoming of the wisdom of Arashiyama people in their dietary practices for thousands of years, and is also the accumulation and display of national culture. At the same time, Arashiyama Roast Chicken is also a food craft in an agricultural society, and has important research reference value for studying the development of rural society, food processing and folk customs in my country. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)