The story of the origin of braised chicken in Texas?

A.D. 1692, in the thirty-first year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, Jia, the owner of the roast chicken shop outside Ximenwai, Texas, hurried out and ordered the clerk to compact the fire before leaving. I don't know. That young man feels too much. The boy fell asleep in front of the fire. When he woke up to make a fire, he was helpless. Boss Jia is back. Because I can't bear to part with this pot of roast chicken, I have to put it at the door of the store. I didn't expect the chicken to smell attractive and fill the whole street in an instant. Passers-by have gathered around. Someone bought one and immediately tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to taste. Oh, the meat is rotten, crisp and pungent. Jia's roast chicken was once famous for some time.

Later, Jia repeatedly pondered and improved his skills, and the traditional practice of braised chicken gradually took shape. He cooks with a big fire and stews with a small fire, which is both civil and military. Roast chicken in Jia Jia has gradually become a climate. How to distinguish it from other roast chicken? Boss Jia thinks hard. On this day, Jia asked to prepare two roast chickens weighing about one catty. The boy asked, "Why does it have to be about one kilogram?" "A catty of chicken is more than 4 months long and has good meat quality. Roasted chicken is the best." The roast chicken recommended today is about a catty. In order to ensure the taste, the manufacturer refused to raise a pound of caged chickens with artificial feed for about 50 days, and all used free-range chickens with a growth period of 4 months. ).

With these two roast chicken, Jia visited Ma Xiucai in Dezhou City and asked him to give the roast chicken a name. Old Master Q inquired about the practice of roast chicken in detail, and sang while eating, and a poem came in an instant: when the hot air shook the flesh and blood, the strange fragrance came unexpectedly; Provoked the old man's finger to stretch, and the mouth was fragrant, which lasted for a long time. "With a poem, I blurted out:" What a spiced boneless braised chicken! "

The name of Texas spiced braised chicken has been circulated since then.