As a well-known historical city, the traditional cuisine on which Yangcheng is famous is not only roasted liver, brine meat or haggis, but also other dishes that can represent the local characteristics, but the most prominent yangcheng flavor is still the traditional hot pot made of porcelain pots of meat and the use of charcoal as fuel.
Yangcheng meat can meat
Yangcheng's special cuisine uses special porcelain pots with fine glaze, which are characterized by small mouth, large belly, bright color, smooth and delicate, and only porcelain pots that meet this requirement can meet the needs of boiling, stewing and stewing.
It is said that the source of this porcelain jar, but also back to the Song and Yuan dynasties, the legend of the ceramic family Qiao, from Xi'an Longqiao in Shaanxi province moved to Gaoping Bridge ditch in Shanxi, and later established a porcelain kiln in The village of Donghou Zewai in Yangcheng County, took root and began the ceramic business, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Qiao clan moved their families to Yangcheng Hou zewai Village, a large number of ceramic products were exported to four places at the same time, but also promoted the birth and development of Yangcheng meat can meat.
This Yangcheng specialty is blanched with fresh pork, sheep or beef, placed in a ceramic jar, added with locally produced millet, as well as various seasonings and a variety of Chinese medicinal herbs, and slowly simmered over low heat until the meat is rotten and the rice is cooked and the aroma is fragrant, and then it can be turned off and opened and served on the plate.
Yangcheng hot pot
As an authentic Yangcheng traditional dish, Yangcheng hot pot is naturally different from the common Sichuan-style shabu-shabu, but chooses copper or even iron hot pot, and is boiled with smokeless and odorless charcoal as fuel. The main ingredients are chicken, pork belly, ribs, meatballs, eggs, hairballs, vermicelli, kelp, cabbage, radish and so on.
The method and eating method of Yangcheng hot pot is also very different from the common hot pot, this kind of hot pot should be placed in rows of all the ingredients layer by layer, ribs, chicken nuggets or pork belly and various vegetables form a beautiful and beautiful plate flower shape, and finally pour the broth made of bones, light the fire and stew through, you can open the lid. After this kind of hot pot is done, the various ingredients are mellow and the population is soft and rotten, even if the elderly with bad teeth eat it effortlessly, which can be described as a table suitable for all ages.