After the opening of Shanghai in 1843, Western food gradually became popular in Shanghai, and the meat of Chinese was mainly pork. To this end, Western restaurants such as the De da Xi Restaurant in Shanghai, which is famous for serving German dishes, have launched a Haipai Western main dish called "Viennese Pork Chop" fried with bread crumbs, which is the predecessor of Shanghai-style pork chops, and since then this dish has been so popular in Shanghai that many housewives will cook this dish.
When it comes to Ala Shanghai's pork chops, the eyes are glowing, and the spitting water is the norm.
This piece of meat, up the halls, down the streets, how much shanghai Ning tip of the tongue.
The crispy crust, like a fortress, firmly protects the tender, juicy, plump and firm pork.
Drizzled with the spicy soy sauce in the yellow bottle that Allah loved deep into the bone marrow, the meat was scented, the juice was dripping, and he unconsciously opened his mouth to produce the heat of the cluster, and it was in the hot pyrotechnic gas, with the illusion of fluttering.
Taste of home
Kotatsu watched his parents make pork chops, and after the large ribs were bought, they first had to be knifed and slapped the large rows with the back of the knife, and when they were finally completed, a large row was already twice as large as before.
Then it is sizing, eggs, cooking wine, salt, starch, etc. are stirred evenly, soaked in each pork chop, then wrapped in breadcrumbs, and then fried in a frying pan, watching the oil flowers churn, drain and send to the plate.
In the 1950s and 1970s, when supplies were scarce, Shanghainese would also replace breadcrumbs with rolled soda biscuits, which also had a different flavor.
The taste of the streets
Swan Pavilion
Swan Shen Ge's pork chops, needless to say, are the first choice of connoisseurs. Available in thickness and crispness, it's a clean and crisp "platinum" pork chop.
The Shanghai pork cutlet in "China on the Tip of the Tongue" was filmed here, and director Chen Xiaoqing named the boss Zhou Yongle's pork cutlet: "Now only your pork chops can best represent the taste of real Haipai Western food." ”
It is said that Zhou Yongle's grandmother is the little granddaughter of Zeng Guofan, who has been pampered since childhood and is also picky about taste buds. Opening this restaurant is to retain the taste of time and the most disgusting taste of childhood.
After three levels, the pork chops locked in enough gravy. Soft and juicy to eat, this piece of pork chops can be on the "tip of the tongue", in the end is not in vain.
Address: No. 169 Jinxian Road
Pork chop price: 59 yuan
It's all thick cut pork chops with borscht
The method of only breaking the tendons and not flattening them is adopted, so the thickness of the pork chops after frying is breathtaking.
When eaten into the mouth, the thick pork chops bring great satisfaction to the taste. The surface is crunchy and the inside is tender. This piece of thick cut large pork chops is served!
Address: No. 68 Yuyuan Road Crystal Shopping Center lg2-23a
Pork chop price: 28 yuan
Abao pork chops
A few years ago, a very popular pork chop shop on Yunnan South Road was in the limelight for a while, which can be said to be a model for grassroots pork chop counterattack.
Po's pork chops follow the hard-core route, only wrapped in breadcrumbs, and the fried oil temperature is high, completely forcing out the moisture of the pork chops. It's not crunchy to bite, it's crisp.
The crisp shell on the surface is even more chewy, crunchy and very chewy.
Address: No. 95 Yunnan South Road
Pork chop price: 8 yuan
Tongchuan Road poinsettia pork chops
A poinsettia of pork chops on Tongchuan Road is the forefront of the pork chop world in the hearts of many diners. In the beginning, it was a small stall at the mouth of the alley, mixed in a string of supper stalls, and it came out at 9:30 every night, and it was impossible to eat during the day.
It is said that their pork chops are beaten from beer bottles, have a certain thickness, are wrapped in breadcrumbs, and fried in oil with golden crispness! The pork is fragrant, not dry and unchained, the crust and gravy are in place, dipped in spicy soy sauce, it is exactly the taste of childhood!
A large piece of pork chops is only 9 yuan, which is super cost-effective!
Address: No. 459 North Fengzhuang Road
Pork chop price: 9 yuan
Aunt Cao's pork chops
Among the old food in Shanghai, Aunt Cao's pork cutlet can be regarded as unknown to everyone. The small husband and wife stall, the crispy pork chops, hooked the hearts of many diners.
Auntie has a set of magic ways to make pork chops: fresh pork chops are first marinated overnight with brandy, then seasoned with beautiful fresh soy sauce, beaten with a meat hammer to make the meat soft and flavorful, and then wrapped in a thin layer of breadcrumbs on the outside, and finally fried in the pan.
When you first come out of the pot, you can still hear the hissing sound of hot oil bubbles bursting on the surface of the pork chops, the color is golden, the aroma is fragrant, sprinkled with auntie's special fresh soy sauce, old!
Address: No. 458 Shuanghe Road (near Taopu Road)
Pork chop price: 15 yuan
Red House Western Restaurant
In Shanghai, the Red House Western Restaurant really carries the memories of generations.
When I stepped into the door of this Western restaurant, I was also full of nostalgia. The store is bright and old-fashioned, and the decoration does not have the ornateness of the emerging Western restaurant.
Many old Shanghai are willing to order a pork chop here, and then with a piece of borscht, the amount of pork chops is too large, can be divided into large or small portions, borscht has a rich taste!
The pork chops are not knocked very thinly, and there will be juice when you bite down, full of meat, accompanied by spicy soy sauce, rice noodles!
Address: No. 845 Huaihai Middle Road (near Maoming South Road)
Pork chop price: 80 yuan
De da Western Restaurant
Century-old Deda is also a taste worth remembering for old Shanghainese.
Moreover, it is said that the "Viennese pork chops" that were all the rage at that time were the main dishes of Western food pushed out by Deda, wrapped in breadcrumbs and fried golden crisp, from here slowly flew into the homes of ordinary people in Shanghai.
Slice the pork, beat it repeatedly with a meat hammer, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, then wrap in breadcrumbs and egg mixture and fry them thoroughly in butter or lard.
Hot pork cutlets are served, followed by a small plate of spicy soy sauce for an authentic Shanghainese taste! To this day, this dish is still a must-order "track" of old Koehler! Listening to my father's generation, when they were young, they liked to buy a cream cake full of memories.
Address: No. 2 Yunnan South Road (near Yan'an East Road)
Pork chop price: 25 yuan
Even if the price of pork rises, Shanghai Ning's enthusiasm for pork chops has not diminished in the slightest, walking into a familiar small shop and ordering a piece of oily old Shanghai fried pork chops that are steaming hot, happiness is sometimes so easy to come.
Source: Shanghai With Tone (id: shanghaistyle021)
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