Qinglong Chili Chicken 晴隆辣子鸡
Qinglong Chili Chicken is featured among the local specialties of Guizhou.
Qinglong Chili Chicken (晴隆辣子鸡) is the chilli chicken of Qinglong (晴隆) county in Qianxinan (黔西南), south-west Guizhou, whose making technique was added to the prefecture's intangible cultural heritage list in 2026.
Where it comes from
Guizhou Satellite TV describes chilli chicken as a traditional home dish across Guizhou, cooked by every household for festivals and family celebrations, and calls Qinglong county a well-known source of it. The China Hotel Association has given Shazi (沙子) town in Qinglong the title “中国辣子鸡美食小镇” (China chilli chicken food town).
On 15 January 2026 the Qianxinan prefecture government published its eighth batch of prefecture-level intangible cultural heritage items, which lists the making technique of Qinglong Chili Chicken under traditional crafts, with Qinglong county as the applicant. The same batch lists a separate chilli chicken craft from Pu'an (普安) county, Longling white-shell chilli chicken (龙呤白壳辣子鸡).
How it is made
Qinglong has many chilli chicken dishes. The one Guizhou Satellite TV featured, Zheng Kaichun's fermented-bean chilli chicken (郑开春豆豉辣鸡), adds the county's own fermented soybeans (豆豉) during cooking, which the broadcaster says gives the chicken its particular flavour and takes away gaminess and greasiness. The chicken is stir-fried over a fierce flame together with half-cooked ciba chilli (糍粑辣椒), Guizhou's pounded chilli paste, until done.
Flavour and texture
Guizhou Satellite TV describes the finished dish as hot without being harsh, with plenty of red oil that does not turn greasy, and chicken that is tender, fragrant and full-flavoured without the seasoning drowning it. Mixed together, the bright red chilli and the fermented beans make an appetising dish, and the beans melt in the mouth.
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Guizhou Satellite TV treats chilli chicken as a home dish across the province and Qinglong as one of its best-known sources, so the provincial dish is the family this county version belongs to.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-24. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.