On July 22, Shenyang City found an asymptomatic infection of the new crown virus in the active screening of nanjing visitors to Shenyang, and has now been transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. In the last epidemic, the "Shenyang Chicken Rack" rushed to the top of the Weibo hot search list, and this round of epidemic circulation information has made people find a Shenyang cultural and gastronomic experience journey. Some netizens can't help but joke that Shenyang is a magical city, and behind every stream of information, there is a dragon of "shopping and eating".
Let's first take a look at the main itinerary of the Nanjing Shen people in Shen: Shenyang Imperial Palace, one of the two most complete ancient palace complexes in China; Dashuai Mansion, known as "a Shuai Mansion, half of modern history"; The Finance Museum was built using the site of the Border Bank during the Republic of China... These three places are in Shenyang Middle Street, and when you are tired of shopping, you just go to the nearby old side dumplings to stop and eat. "Shop and eat" a dragon lives up to its name.
Laobian dumplings are well-known at home and abroad in Shenyang special flavor, one of the dishes that must be eaten in Shenyang, from its creation to the present, it has a history of nearly 200 years. According to legend, in the eighth year of Qing Daoguang, a man named Bian Fu came to Shenyang to make a living, built a horse frame house on Ozu Bridge, and set up a dumpling restaurant called Bianjia. Although the façade is simple, it is well-made, has a unique flavor, and is famous for steamed dumplings with sautéed filling, which is very popular with people. Bianjia dumplings are called stuffed dumplings because the meat filling is sautéed, but because the owner's surname is Bian, people are accustomed to calling them Laobianjia dumplings.
Starting from the founder Bian Fu, the secret of the old side dumpling stuffing is not passed on to the wife, every day until the store closes, waiting for the guy to leave the store, after the wife falls asleep, the children and grandchildren of the old side family begin to simmer the filling. This trick also makes Laobian dumplings a unique Shenyang famous food. After liberation, Bian Lin, the third generation of Laobian Dumplings, gave up the unique trick of sautéing stuffing, and Laobian Dumpling Restaurant also began its new glory.
The old side dumplings should be sautéed with meat filling first, and then simmered slowly with chicken broth or bone broth, so that the soup is immersed in the filling, so that it expands, scatters, water spirit, and increases the umami taste. At the same time, according to the seasonal changes and people's taste preferences, it is mixed with seasonal vegetables to make a vegetable filling. Mix the fine powder with an appropriate amount of cooked lard boiling water and mix it to make the dough skin, which can make the skin soft, tendon and transparent.
The most famous of the old dumplings is the dumpling feast. Steamed, burned, boiled, fried dumplings of various shapes, laid out on a table, plate dumpling filling is different, there are white fungus filling, hair vegetable filling, shiitake mushroom filling, shrimp filling, fish filling, cucumber filling, red fruit filling, hawthorn filling... Flavors vary. There are also 25 small and exquisite dumplings made of one or two sides, called royal dragon pot boiled dumplings. In addition, there are vegetarian banquets carefully prepared with vegan dishes, and zhenfei banquets with various mountain treasures and wild game as the main ingredients, etc., all of which are high-class banquets for guests and friends.
The old side dumplings are thin and full, soft meat heads, and the filling is delicious and rich, so all guests who come from near and far are willing to taste. After Mr. Hou Baolin, a famous art master in China, personally tasted the old side dumplings, he ate with great interest and praise, and wrote eight big words with a wave: "Border family dumplings, the first in the world."