简介
德州扒鸡，始于清朝，传于民国，盛于当今，是享誉中外的历史名吃，悠悠三百春秋，经过十几代扒鸡艺人艰辛的经营发展，至今由地方名产成为独树一帜的中华名吃，在色、香、味、形、质、养和包装诸方面更臻完美盛名天下，被誉为“神州一奇”、“中华第一鸡”。
德州扒鸡的特点是：形色兼优、五香脱骨、肉嫩味纯、清淡高雅、味透骨髓、鲜奇滋补。造型上两腿盘起，爪入鸡膛，双翅经脖颈由嘴中交差而出，全鸡呈卧体，色泽金黄，黄中透红，远远望去似鸭浮水，口衔羽翎，十分美观。
brief introduction
Dezhou chicken, which began in the Qing Dynasty and spread to the Republic of China, flourished in the Republic of China today. It is a famous historical food in China and foreign countries. After three hundred spring and autumn years, after more than ten generations of braised chicken artists' difficult management and development, the local famous products have become a unique Chinese famous food. They are becoming more and more perfect in color, fragrance, taste, shape, quality, breeding and packaging. Next, it is known as "one wonder in China" and "the first chicken in China".
The characteristics of Dezhou braised chicken are: excellent in shape and color, spiced and boneless, tender and pure, delicate and elegant, flavored with marrow and fresh and nourishing. On the shape of the two legs, the claw into the chicken chamber, double wings through the neck from the mouth of the intersection and the whole chicken lying body, golden yellow, yellow in red, far looking like duck floating water, mouth feather, very beautiful.
做法
鸡源的选择至关重要，德州市四效的农家鸡为最佳来源。在制作上，选鸡考究，工艺严谨，配料科学，加工精细，火上功夫，武文有行。名曰扒鸡，扒，乃文火焖煮时，用经年循环老汤，配以砂仁，丁香，玉果，桂条，白芷，肉桂等二十多种药材烹制。
一是宰杀：将750克以上的活鸡割断气管，放净血，用65摄氏度左右的热水烫，褪掉鸡毛，剥净腿、嘴、爪的老皮，然后从臀部剖开，摘去内脏，沥净血水；
二是整形：将鸡双腿盘起，双爪插入腹部，两翅从嘴中交叉而出，形似“鸭浮水面；
三是烹炸：将鸡全身涂匀蜂蜜水，然后入沸油锅中炸制，至鸡身呈金黄色时捞出；
四是配料焖煮：煮前先在锅底放一铁箅，以防糊锅，再将处理好的鸡按老嫩排入锅内，配以料汤，防止鸡浮，煮时用旺火煮，微火焖，浮油压气，雏鸡焖6至8小时，老鸡焖8至10小时，扒鸡焖煮以原锅老汤为主，并按比例配制新汤，配料有花椒、大料、桂皮、丁香、白芷、草果、陈皮、三萘、砂仁、生姜、小茴香、酱油、白糖、食盐等十六种，这样制出的扒鸡，外形完整美观，色泽金黄透红，肉质松软适口。
brief introduction
Dezhou chicken, which began in the Qing Dynasty and spread to the Republic of China, flourished in the Republic of China today. It is a famous historical food in China and foreign countries. After three hundred spring and autumn years, after more than ten generations of braised chicken artists' difficult management and development, the local famous products have become a unique Chinese famous food. They are becoming more and more perfect in color, fragrance, taste, shape, quality, breeding and packaging. Next, it is known as "one wonder in China" and "the first chicken in China".
The characteristics of Dezhou braised chicken are: excellent in shape and color, spiced and boneless, tender and pure, delicate and elegant, flavored with marrow and fresh and nourishing. On the shape of the two legs, the claw into the chicken chamber, double wings through the neck from the mouth of the intersection and the whole chicken lying body, golden yellow, yellow in red, far looking like duck floating water, mouth feather, very beautiful.