Shaoyang is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, also known as Baoqing, located in the southwest-central Part of Hunan Province, in the upper reaches of the Zijiang River. Many cities also have unique gourmet snacks, such as Beijing's fried sauce noodles, roast duck, Tianjin's twist flowers, Jinan's oil swirls, Zhengzhou's braised noodles and so on. Of course, today's protagonist Shaoyang is no exception, in addition to the beautiful scenery, the cuisine is also countless.
Shaoyang rice noodles: Shaoyang rice noodles are divided into dry powder and wet powder, powder is stronger than the general place, the most powerful is the above yard fungus, tofu, chicken offal, ribs, beef, tripe, three fresh, hundred leaves, etc., just responsibly without crossing the line to complete the welcome scene. They are full of flowers and branches, full of spices, and with the soup made of Shaoyang peppers, a bowl of happiness is suddenly born.
Although Shaoyang's blood duck is not as famous as Yongzhou's blood duck, Xiaobian personally believes that Shaoyang blood duck is more delicious and correct. In the past, The people of Shaoyang, especially the blood ducks eaten in the countryside of Shaoyang, were mostly their own ducks, and such ducks were really very delicious. But now it's basically farmed on a large scale. Now Shaoyang people still like to go to the market on the weekend to buy a duck, go home to make, tender duck, and then paired with green pepper, ginger, garlic, fresh peppercorns, when the pot is spilled with vinegar duck blood, the finished blood duck tastes delicious, making people smack the aftertaste, smack the tongue and suck themselves.
Wugang brine tofu is a specialty of Wugang County, Shaoyang, and is a "National Geographical Indication Product of China". Wugang brine tofu is made of high-quality tofu as raw material, with more than 20 authentic Chinese herbs such as cumin, cumin, cinnamon and other marinades for processing, after a number of complex processes to complete, adhering to the principle of "less salt, less oil, less sugar, no coloring, food additives and other spices". The temperament is fragrant, the texture is firm, chewy and nutritious. Long-term consumption, there is a life to quench thirst, stomach and spleen, beauty and skin care effect.
The main raw material of Baoqing pig blood balls is tofu, and then the fresh pork is cut into diced meat or strips, mixed with an appropriate amount of pig blood, salt, paprika, five-spice powder and a little sesame oil, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, sesame seeds and other condiments, stirred well, made into steamed bun size oval shape balls, placed in the sun for a few days, and then hung on the wood stove to let the fireworks dry, the longer the smoking time, the stronger the wax flavor. The balls are smoked and ready to serve. Pig blood balls are good in color, aroma and taste, spicy and delicious, increase appetite, and easy to preserve.
Wugang belongs to the "hometown of copper goose", one of the title "Hunan agricultural three treasures", enjoys the reputation of "the world's famous goose" production, whether fried or brine is juice transparent, red and bright, tender and delicious, for Shaoyang specialties, hanging transparent sauce drizzled with sesame oil five dollars, the juice is poured all over the goose body, sprinkled with pepper noodles, you can serve, goose skin crisp, brine goose is clean and soft, yellow stewed goose thick and mellow taste.
Longhui egg dumplings, egg dumplings are also Shaoyang's special dishes, eggs are broken and stirred well, burned in a pot with a layer of egg skin, and then kneaded into a long ball, placed at the end of the egg skin, with chopsticks a clip a roll, the egg dumplings are ready. When eating, it is usually steamed together in chicken soup, and sometimes it is added with dragon mouth vermicelli, and the aroma is when it comes out of the pot!
Yuntuo Baxian is a traditional dish in Shaoyang, Hunan Province, which belongs to the Hunan cuisine family. Yunto Eight Fresh is to blanch the squid, sea cucumber, fish skin, shiitake mushrooms with boiling water, shrimp meat, fresh scallops with starch sizing, cucumber cut into pieces, tofu boiled, the pot put oil to heat, the fresh shellfish, shrimp meat into the pot, chicken soup simmer for a while, put the south tofu into the pot, and finally put the cucumber. Yuntoba fresh soup is delicious, fresh ingredients and comprehensive nutrition.
Chengbu bacon is derived from the wild vegetable bud valley fed to large earth pigs, and is slowly smoked by soaking in salt and firewood. Baking bacon, in a hurry, there is no time for months, the water in the meat will not dry, and the aroma will not come out. Kang on the bacon, as dark as the bottom of the pot, is known as the "black weapon". However, after washing, its exquisite texture will be presented, the fat meat is translucent, the lean meat is dark red, the taste is fragrant, and the fat meat oil is nourishing but not greasy. In addition to bacon, there are also meat, fish, loach, yellow mud frog and other wax dishes.