Liubao Tea-Scented Chicken 六堡茶香鸡
Liubao Tea-Scented Chicken is featured among the local specialties of Guangxi.
Liubao Tea-Scented Chicken (六堡茶香鸡) is chicken cooked with the leaves of Liubao tea (六堡茶). CPPCC Daily (人民政协报) reported in 2023 that tea farmers in Cangwu County (苍梧县) put tea leaves into their cooking to make tea-scented chicken; a Wuzhou (梧州) official quoted by the paper calls Wuzhou the home of Liubao tea and Cangwu the core of its growing area.
Flavour and texture
In the same 2023 article, CPPCC Daily describes the chicken as salty and savoury in the mouth, with a fresh taste that cuts through greasiness.
Where it comes from
CPPCC Daily presents the dish as one of the ways Cangwu tea farmers use Liubao tea besides drinking it, which the paper calls the most common use: they also put fresh tea sprigs in vases and cook the leaves into dishes such as this chicken.
How it is eaten
During Cangwu County's 2026 tea-opening festival, which opened on 28 March, China Daily reported a long-table feast running the length of China Liubao Tea First Street (中国六堡茶第一街), with Liubao tea-scented roast chicken on the tables alongside oil tea (油茶), tea cakes and other tea dishes and farmhouse food.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-23. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.