Every city has its own unique food representatives. For example, when talking about Changsha, you will think of crayfish, when talking about Chengdu, you will think of rabbit heads, then when talking about Shenyang, you will have to talk about its chicken rack.
How much love do people in Shenyang love chicken racks? There is a saying in the local area that in Shenyang, no chicken can leave with a shelf.
This place is disliked by many places. The part with less meat and more bones has become Shenyang's city business card. In the documentary " Late Night Skirts Jianghu ", it is mentioned that Shenyang is the city with the largest consumption of chicken racks, and more than half of the chicken racks in the country are consumed in Shenyang.
Why do the people of Shenyang like chicken eating racks so much?
1. The story behind the chicken rack
Speaking of the chicken rack in Shenyang, we need to start with a story. According to legend, there was a chef from the Beile family during the Qing Dynasty. He was very kind. Every time he saw the begging children at the door, he felt very distressed.
One day, he saw the chicken stand and other scraps left over from the Beller family cooking, so he gave them to the children for food. The children praised it endlessly, and later this food was circulating.
By the 1980s, Shenyang had the largest national nutrition chicken farm in the northeast at that time. At that time, the whole chicken was divided into different parts for packaging and export, but no one cared for the chicken rack.
In order not to waste food, the thrifty Shenyang people used different cooking methods to complete the brilliant life of the chicken racks and also created the colorful chicken rack culture in Shenyang.
2. The five major schools of chicken rack industry
If you want to ask about the method of chicken rack, you probably won’t even count the locals in Shenyang themselves, but they can roughly divide these methods into 5 major schools.
The first type is the simplest and most authentic way to cook - the chicken cooking stand. The key to this cooking method is to maintain the original characteristics of the chicken rack, place the whole chicken rack in the stock, simmer over low heat until it is soft and tender, and then leave the pot.
But can you eat it this way? It was a big mistake. After the chicken stand was served, put it on a plate containing coriander and pickled vegetables, drizzled with balsamic vinegar and chili. Put a portion of stretched noodles in the chicken stand soup and mix it, which is perfect.
If you cook it in the soup of the boiled chicken rack with a braised bun, after cooking, you will get a braised chicken rack.
After cleaning the pot, put grate , cover the pot, first dry the water in the chicken rack, and heat the pot by the way. Then put sugar on the bottom of the pot, cover the pot and fry for about 3 minutes, and fry the other side for 3 minutes.
Finally brush the sauce and you can go out of the pot. This is the second largest faction of the chicken rack.
The third faction taste is the favorite of children - the fried chicken rack. The fresh chicken stand is coated with flour on the outside, heated in the oil pan, put it in the chicken stand, and fry until golden and crispy, then remove it. Then brush the prepared sauce while it is hot, sprinkle with chili noodles, and you can start!
The fourth faction should be loved by young people a little more, that is the roast chicken rack. The fresh chicken stand is marinated with ingredients such as scallions, ginger, cooking wine, etc., and then slowly roasted on charcoal fire. After the high temperature of charcoal fire, the grease in the bone marrow will slowly overflow and attach to the surface of the chicken stand, as if it has instantly given the highlight of the chicken stand.
Unlike other barbecue, during the roasting process of the chicken rack, a handful of sugar must be sprinkled on the surface. After the catalysis of the charcoal fire, the slightly melted sugar seems to put on a "honey" coat on the chicken rack.
The crispy chicken stand, the slightly burnt sugar scent, seems to be a mixture, but it collides with a more wonderful taste, which makes people unconsciously fascinated by him.
The last faction is also a rising star. The homely practice is easier to be accepted by the public, that is, the spicy fried chicken rack! After washing the chicken rack, cut it into small pieces, put it in cold water, blanch it in green onion, ginger and cooking wine, remove it after 2 minutes, wash and drain it, put the oil in the pan, and boil it over high heat until 60% hot. Pour the chicken rack into the pan and fry it over high heat for 2 minutes, drain the oil and set aside.
000 The bottom oil is left in the pot, and the ingredients prepared before are scallion, ginger, garlic, onion, and bean paste are fried. After stir-frying, pour the fried chicken stand into the pot. After stir-frying evenly, close the juice over high heat, sprinkle a handful of coriander and sesame before leaving the pot, which is beautiful and delicious!
It is worth mentioning that the spicy fried chicken rack needs to be cooked on a high heat throughout the whole process. After stir-frying, the chicken rack adds more flavor. Adding crispy bones, there is an indescribable delicacy.
3. Chicken rack for Shenyang people’s fun
Chicken rack for Shenyang people, the taste and method are one of them, and more importantly, the atmosphere and the fun of eating chicken rack.
As an industrial city, Shenyang's main way of entertainment is to have a bottle of beer after get off work, and three or five friends gather together to drink and chat.
. When drinking and chatting, you cannot eat without a meal. The main thing is chatting, and the side dishes should not be full and bloated, so the chicken rack with little meat, delicious and affordable prices is deeply loved by people in Shenyang.
Over time, "getting a chicken stand and drinking old snow" has become a lifestyle for people in Shenyang, full of loyalty and fireworks on earth.
Love can last forever, but only delicious food can soothe people’s hearts! Although the chicken racks in Shenyang are cheap, they are not cheap at all!
