Salt Baked Chicken

Name: Salt Baked Chicken
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Three Yellow Chicken; 2000g Coarse salt

by Braised Little Chef

5.0 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

3

Salt-baked chicken is the most distinctive cooking technique of all major cuisines in China, and its formation is closely related to the migration life of the Hakka people. In the process of moving to the south, the Hakka people moved to one place and were often invaded by foreigners and found it difficult to settle down. They were forced to move to another place. In the process of living, every household raises poultry and livestock. In the process of "escape" and migration, live birds are not portable, so they are slaughtered and placed in salt bags for storage and carrying. After arriving at the relocation site, these stored and carried raw materials can relieve the shortage of raw materials and nourish the body. Salt-baked chicken is a well-known dish made by the Hakka people using their wisdom during the migration process. In the beginning, the Hakka people first marinated and sealed the slaughtered original chicken with salt. When it was to be eaten, it could be steamed directly, which is now the "Hakka salted chicken." According to reports, there was a group of children of Hakka women. One of the children was frail and sick. Due to lack of various nutritious foods at the time, he wrapped the salted chicken in paper and put it in the hot salt and simmered it in a clay pot. After being cooked, the child gradually recovered and became stronger after eating it. He took the imperial examination and won the champion. Later, this kind of dishes became a household name and became a specialty dish that every Hakka woman could cook.