People in China like to make a fuss about names, which is different from those in foreign countries who like to generalize names and directly express ingredients and cooking methods as dishes. People in China always have an unforgettable name. For example, "boiled cabbage", you want to study what kind of water "boiling water" is, such as "Buddha jumping over the wall". What dish can make Buddha want to "jump over the wall"?
But some Chinese dishes like to give people banners. As far as Chongqing Chongqing Chicken Pot is concerned, when most people hear this dish, they subconsciously think that it comes from Chongqing, but Chongqing people don't think so. In Chongqing, you can see hot pot franchisees all over the street, not Chongqing chicken pot shops.
where did Chongqing Chongqing chicken pot come from? According to the investigation, there are different opinions about the origin of this dish. In short, it has little or nothing to do with Chongqing. Here are four origins, and you can see which one is very reliable.
First, a person named Chongqing created Chongqing Chicken Pot
The most common saying is that a Fujian person named Zhang Chongqing, who started his own business in Shanghai and made a fortune from Shanghai, made Chongqing Chicken Pot because it was delicious, and everyone sweated a lot after eating the detailed pot, so Chongqing Chicken Pot became better and better, and finally it became "Chongqing Chongqing Chicken Pot".
second, Chongqing chicken pot comes from Sichuan
Chengdu, Sichuan is a famous hometown of food and a leisure capital, and its food culture is also long-term. The distance between Chengdu and Chongqing is close, so people in the two places have similar tastes, and the dishes they make are mostly combined. Chongqing cuisine attaches importance to the taste and taste of dishes, and is open-minded. Chengdu cuisine has improved Chongqing cuisine and updated its color, aroma and taste.
Originally, people in Chongqing cooked chicken breast by frying the whole chicken and a whole bell pepper in a pot. After improvement, it was changed into using a rooster that had been kept for several months, adding Sichuan materials and auxiliary dishes, and frying in the pot. The original aroma of pheasant and the fragrance of Sichuan pepper are unforgettable. Later, this improved chicken breast was also learned by Chongqing chefs, and the pot was changed to pot, and the Sichuan material was changed to hot pot soup. The real name was "roasted chicken", and after the improvement, it became Chongqing Chongqing chicken pot.
Third, Chongqing chicken pot is an improved dish
There is no Chongqing chicken pot in Chongqing, but there is roasted chicken. Some chefs combine the roasted chicken in Chongqing with the griddle chicken in other areas to make up for their weaknesses, and make the improved dishes into the most popular dishes with mellow, soft and strong mouth feeling. The taste can also be made into four flavors according to customers' requirements: more spicy, medium spicy, medium spicy and explosive spicy.
Fourth, Chongqing chicken pot comes from "Jigong Living Buddha Pot"
There is a legend that in the early Southern Song Dynasty, there was a monk who satirized Qin Gui and was later driven out of the Central Plains. Jigong Living Buddha rushed to Chongqing and was attracted by the good wine and meat in Chongqing. Jigong Living Buddha is a disciple of Buddhism who loves wine and food. After visiting Chongqing for a period of time, he learned many cooking methods of Chongqing people.
One day, the living Buddha of Jigong bought the morning pepper, sesame pepper and all kinds of spices that the local people loved, found a flat land, set up a pot and gradually cooked the chicken. After putting all kinds of spices in the pot, the chicken breast was boiled, which was sweet and delicious, causing a group of people to surround it tightly, and some people wanted to learn this chicken. Jigong Living Buddha inadvertently left a "Jigong Living Buddha Pot" for Chongqing, which in the long run became "Chongqing Chicken Pot".
It is not clear where Chongqing Chicken Pot came from. There are many opinions about the origin of Chongqing Chicken Pot. I wonder which one you feel is more reliable?