1. Zhenyuan Ladle Chicken
Laurel Chicken, also known as tailless Ladle Chicken or closed-feather chicken, is small and compact, with drooping tail feathers, well-developed buttocks muscles, and abdominal muscles. The thick fat makes the whole buttocks plump and smooth. In addition, the chicken has short legs and looks like a gourd and water scoop, so it is also called chicken.
The meat of the gourd chicken is tender, the soup is sweet, and the skin is tough and crispy. The taste will be different if you choose a rooster or a hen. The rooster is bigger, has a strong warming effect, and the meat is relatively firm and strong, suitable for quick frying. , keeping the fresh and tender delicious hens are good for qi, nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen and tonifying deficiency. The hens are suitable for stewing soup, in which the meat nutrients are more easily soluble in the soup, making the chicken soup taste more delicious.
2. Xishuangbanna Camellia Chicken
Xishuangbanna Camellia Chicken is a geographical indication certification trademark. Camellia chicken is commonly known as jungle fowl, red jungle fowl, pheasant and candle night. The rooster's body feathers are mostly red on the upper body and dark brown on the lower body. The hen's body feathers and upper body are mostly dark brown, its upper back is yellow with black stripes, and its chest is brown. It is famous in southwest China and is produced in the deep mountains and old forests around Xishuangbanna.
Camellia chicken has bright feathers, delicious meat, rich nutrition, strong fragrance without fishy smell, rich in a variety of amino acids and microorganisms, and has the functions of nourishing, nourishing the kidneys, prolonging life, and beautifying. It is a good choice for middle-aged and elderly people. An advanced nourishing meal for pregnant women with children.
3. Yanjin Silky Chicken
Yanjin Silky Chicken is a regional poultry breed in Zhaotong City. It is named after its origin and main production in Yanjin County, Yunnan Province. It mainly grows and distributes in Wumeng area, so it is called "Wumeng rare bird". The whole body of Yanjin Silky Chicken looks jet black and shiny, with black feathers, black feet, and even the combs are black, which is also its unique feature.
This chicken combines delicious taste, health care and medicinal properties. It is a medicated chicken with particularly high medicinal value.
4. Wuliangshan Silky Chicken
Wuliangshan Silky Chicken is an excellent local variety, concentrated in the area centered on Wuliangshan. Wuliangshan Silky Chicken has thick and strong bones. It has thick legs, well-developed muscles, and feet with shin and toe feathers, so it is called "hairy-footed chicken".
In 2009, it was included in the list of national livestock and poultry breed genetic resources. In 2011, it was selected as one of the "Six Famous Chickens" in Yunnan Province. The Nanjian County Party Committee and County Government have listed Wuliangshan Silky Chicken as the characteristic industry with the greatest potential for development.
Wuliangshan’s black-bone chicken has strong stress resistance and adaptability, so its meat is chewy, fragrant and has extremely high nutritional value.
5. Yunnan Chuxiong Wuding Chicken
Wuding chicken is mainly produced in Wuding and Luquan counties in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province. Wuding chicken has fluffy feathers, tall body and strong bones. The legs are thick, the shins are long, the muscles are well developed, the body is wide and deep, the head and tail are high, and the gait is powerful. The rooster's feathers are mostly red and shiny, while the hen's wing and tail feathers are all black, and the body is covered with crescent-shaped stripes of gray feathers.
Wuding chicken is famous for its large size, tender meat, crisp bones, crispy skin and delicious taste.
6. Dawei Mountain Miniature Chicken
Also known as "Fragrant Chicken, Jiao Chicken, Golden Chicken", it is derived from the unique wild jungle fowl of the Dawei Mountain System in Pingbian County, and was later imported by the local It comes from the long-term domestication and domestication of the people. The rooster of this kind of chicken only weighs about 750 grams, and the hen weighs only about 500 grams.
Daweishan miniature chickens are naturally aggressive, with well-developed chest and leg muscles, slender bones, tender muscle fibers, less meat flavor and fat, and are more expensive than ordinary chickens. As the saying goes, concentration is the essence.