Hulu Chicken Restaurant
×Gourd Chicken (Hulu Ji)
Why you must eat itA whole chicken is first simmered, then steamed, then fried, three stages of care. It comes out rounded like a gourd, the skin thin enough to shatter and toasty, the meat falling from the bone. At the table you tear it by hand and touch it to Sichuan-pepper salt. The fat is light; fried though it is, it does not weigh you down. A dish that recalls the banquets of the Tang capital, best split among a few. Worth sitting down to savor.
Hulu chicken is said to date to the Tang and is a celebrated Xi'an dish, its three steps of simmering, steaming, and frying giving it the shape and texture of its name. The labor makes it dearer, more a sit-down plate than street food. Some places serve it by the half. Take prices and hours as a guide and confirm for your party locally.
- Nearest
- Inside Yongxingfang
- Hours
- 11:00-21:00 頃
- Price
- 40–70 CNY (half)