Hainan Island has become an important travel destination for Chinese people with its beautiful island scenery, unique humanities and numerous cuisines. In addition to eating the plump seafood here in Hainan, it is also indispensable to taste the four famous dishes of Hainan. Among them, the Wenchang chicken, the first of the four famous dishes, is the most famous. Hainan Wenchang Chicken is named after it was produced in Wenchang City. It has a round shape, thin skin, tight meat, fresh meat, rich nutrition, and has the characteristics of color, fragrance, taste, and nutrition. During this trip, I came to Wenchang City, Hainan, where I had a taste of the legendary Wenchang chicken. What surprised me was that the Wenchang chicken was too delicate.
was taken in Wenchang, Hainan in October 2020.
Wenchang City, located in the northeast of Hainan Island. The county was established as early as the Western Han Dynasty, named Zibei. It was renamed Wenchang County during the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years. Wenchang chicken is named after Wenchang City and has a history of more than 400 years in local breeding. In any part of the world, the same delicacy can represent the local characteristics. It is the result of countless people's verification. Wenchang chicken must have its own uniqueness
The chickens raised at the farm in Tanniu Town, Wenchang City are the most authentic and tasteful places from the purity of the population, to the feeding method, and the cooking method. Our car departed from Wenchang City, and it took less than 20 minutes to drive to this small village among green trees: Damiao Village.
Damiao Village belongs to Tanniu Town, Wenchang City. There are only 13 households in the whole village, but with picturesque scenery, it is also named "National Forest Village". There is a winding river in front of the village, ancient trees stand in the middle of the village, and there is a large coconut grove behind the village, which is suitable for breeding Wenchang chickens.
Led by the locals, I came to the coconut grove behind the village. I only saw flocks of chickens playing in the forest. These are the legendary Wenchang chickens. These chickens are medium in size, with bright feathers, and look heroic, but they are all very energetic.
may be afraid of the chickens running away, the entire coconut grove is surrounded by nets, but their space for activity is large enough. There are many old coconut shells on the ground. These chickens are vying to eat the food in these coconut shells. It seems that this Wenchang chicken really grew up eating coconut meat. Of course, this piece of coconut is also the most abundant food here.
According to villagers, the fruits of this large coconut tree are basically fed to chickens except for some people drink. But there is one thing that I find a little strange. It seems that this Wenchang chicken looks like all roosters, there is no hen, or does this Wenchang chicken look like this?
After visiting the chicken farm, I also learned about Wenchang chicken. The next highlight is to taste Wenchang chicken. In the past few years, Damiao Village has launched a farmhouse. Several glass restaurants have been built in the bamboo in the village. The environment is quiet and quite poetic. Eating in this environment will improve your appetite.
arrived at the meal, and finally served, the first dish is Wenchang chicken. To say that the best way to eat this Wenchang chicken is white cut. This white cut Wenchang chicken has a yellowish white color, thin skin and almost no subcutaneous fat. This should have a certain relationship with stocking. The whole chicken looks equivalent. Seductive. The seasoning for white-cut Wenchang chicken is also a bit special, including minced garlic, green and red peppers, soy sauce, vinegar, and the most important kumquat lemon. You can make them according to your own taste.
However, this looks very tempting white-cut chicken, but it is quite chewy after one bite, it is more toothy, can not eat a lot, can only bite a little, but the chicken taste is extremely delicious. After understanding, I learned that the original authentic traditional cooking Wenchang chicken is not boiled, but cooked over and over again with hot water. The chicken is firm and does not lose the umami flavor of the chicken. In addition, the chicken bones are still inside. With a little bloodshot. A complete plate of white-cut Wenchang chicken must include chicken, chicken offal, etc. in addition to chicken.
It is said that only by cooking Wenchang chicken in this way can you taste the most delicious taste of chicken. However, many Hainanese netizens said they had heard of it for the first time after seeing this cooking method. According to the local chef who cooks banquet dishes, "Boiling is the authentic Wenchang white-cut chicken method, but the process is too cumbersome. Now to save time, I just put it in water and cook it." It sounds pretty good.Reason, I don't know what you think?
The hot water of the hot chicken finally turned into chicken soup, which is a good thing that cannot be wasted. The local traditional way of eating is to boil this chicken soup with winter melon and clams into a pot of soup called "Yipinxian". The taste of this soup is indeed very delicious, the most important thing is that there is no fishy smell, maybe this is related to the quality of Wenchang chicken. After tasting the Wenchang chicken, my feeling is: the chicken is firm, more toothy, and the taste is absolutely delicious. Overall, it is worthy of the name of Hainan's first dish.
