Steam Pot Chicken

　　Steam Pot Chicken is one of the most famous cuisines in Yunnan and circulated dated from 2000 years ago. Earthenware designed for steaming food got the name “Steam Pot”. Diced chicken mixed with ginger, salt, onion, and other seasonings are put into steamed pot which is fixed inside soup pot filled with water, sealed with gauze, and cooked in fire. Because it is steamed, not cooked in water directly, thus with a very good original taste.

　　In early Qing Dynasty, Steam Pot Chicken began circulated in southern Yunnan. It is said steam pot chicken is an invention from a cook named Yang, li in Jianshui county. Cook Yang, li was poor and in order to get the bonus from the dish make for the emperor Qianlong happy, the cook combined both “hot pot” and “steamed bread” and invented Steam Pot Chicken. He even took risk of picking up nestle from the cliff and made the dish “Bird Nestle Steam Pot Chicken”. But later “the Steam pot” was stolen, and the cook would be execute “death” with crime name “cheating emperor”. Luckily, the emperor got the truth and set him free. Since then, Yangli Steam Pot Chicken began to be circulated around and became one famous dish of middle Yunnan. The cooking skill of Steam pot chicken is simple, but the dish has a good taste.

　　In 1972, when Nixon visited China, Steam Pot Chicken was one dish arranged by Prime Minister Zhou. In the banquet, when opening the cover, steam around mix with pleasant smell, additionally the chicken tastes soft and tender, but the soup is extremely fresh! It is too delicious, I really like to swallow the whole pot”, it is the remark from Nixon to Steam Pot Chicken. This story was published by media both domestically and globally.

　　Nowadays, the Steam Pot Chicken is added with precious herbs for better health. Steam Pot Chicken has the function of moistening lung, tonifying kidney, curing heat disease and anaemia. There are over ten species steam pot chicken such as fungus Steam Pot Chicken, ginseng Steam Pot chicken, pseudo-ginseng Steam Pot Chicken served both as best cuisine and food nourishment.