2022-03-24 16:17:27 source: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Shaoxing Drunken Chicken is soaked with Shaoxing's unique local chicken and rice wine. It is said that when Li Bai and He Zhizhang of the Tang Dynasty met friends with wine, they accidentally knocked over the white chopped chicken and fell into Shaoxing rice wine, inadvertently achieving a famous dish.
Jerry Guo is a famous American vlogger with more than 20 million fans. When Jerry Guo was an exchange student in China, he fell in love with Chinese cuisine. This time, he traveled to Shaoxing. In order to find the most authentic chef of "Shaoxing Drunken Chicken" in this ancient city of more than 2500 years, he needs to complete the food challenge.
In the first pass, Jerry Guo needs to search for the authentic Shaoxing rice wine. He took a wupeng boat and visited Lu Xun's hometown. Finally, he found the authentic Shaoxing rice wine in the China Rice Wine Museum.
After that, Jerry Guo also learned Shaoxing monkey opera to find the location of the chef. Finally, he met chef Jianxiang Qian, the production director of Xunbaoji.
Jerry Guo learned the cooking skills of Shaoxing Drunken Chicken and showed the detailed methods of it. Finally, He ate the drunk chicken with crispy skin, tender meat, and wine fragrance.
"The most interesting thing about Shaoxing is that it expresses Chinese history and culture in a modern way, such as rice wine, Monkey Opera, Lu Xun’s Opera, etc," said Jerry Guo. There must be many foreigners who like to come to Shaoxing to learn the culture.
Editor: Jin Weiduo
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