Heritage Qingyun

庆云县委宣传部2025-01-21 09:55

　　Qingyun County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, Cuikou Town was once the local hundred miles around the “first big market”, all kinds of merchants gathered, all kinds of prosperity, the circulation of trade and commerce is active, for the development of some of the local food to provide a convenient condition. In the late Qing Dynasty, the first roasted chicken was born in the CuiKou market at that time.

　　At that time, although the conditions were not favorable, the technology was not as exquisite as today. However, the tradition of using healthy and disease-free grass chickens to make roasted chicken was passed down from that time, and this fine tradition has been passed down, winning Cuikou Roasted Chicken a high status and excellent reputation in the hearts of the people.

　　Cuikou Roasted Chicken is characterized by its color, aroma, taste and shape. It adopts the traditional firing technology, and the raw materials are all healthy and disease-free free-range grass chickens. The chicken is brined in aged chicken broth and supplemented with more than 20 kinds of selected Chinese herbs such as Angelica dahurica, cloves, cinnamon, etc., and carefully brined for three hours over a mild fire. Afterwards, the chicken is placed on top of a bamboo stove and smoked with sugar to create a delicious flavor. Cooked chicken is shaped like a Yuanbao, beautiful and attractive; the color is red and yellow, attractive; salty and light, the meat is delicate, fresh and mellow, whether it is served cold or hot, all the aftertaste is full of aroma, leaving a long lasting memory.

　　Cuikou roast chicken, a delicacy originated in the late Qing Dynasty, is still glittering after a century of vicissitudes. Its deliciousness has long surpassed the enjoyment of taste buds and become a cultural card of Cuikou town and even the surrounding areas. Its unique aroma seems to be able to penetrate the dust of time and bring people back to the bustling bazaar.

　　（通讯员 马新磊）