The delicacy Su Shi invented in Huangzhou is Dongpo Pork.

Dongpo Pork is a pork delicacy created by Su Shi when he was the deputy envoy of the regiment training in Huangzhou. In the Song Dynasty, although the consumption of pork was very large, its status in meat was not high. Pricing sheep and cheap pigs was the food trend in Song Dynasty society.

Su Shi was "sexually fond of pigs". After arriving in Huangzhou, he discovered that "Huangzhou has good pork, but the price is as cheap as dirt. The rich will not eat it, and the poor will not know how to cook it." After practice, he created The method of roasting pork over low fire is: "Wash the pan cleanly and use less water. The stick of firewood cannot smoke and flame. Don't rush it until it is cooked. When the fire is sufficient, it will be beautiful." This practice spread and became the world-famous "Dongpo Pork".

Dongpo Pork belongs to Zhejiang cuisine, with pork as the main ingredient. The dishes have thin skin and tender meat, bright red color, mellow flavor and thick juice, crispy but not broken, fragrant and glutinous but not greasy in the mouth. Dongpo meat has excellent color, aroma and taste and is deeply loved by people. Slow heat, less water, and more wine are the secrets to making this dish.

Introduction to Su Shi

Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Po Xian. A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty and a famous figure in water control in history. His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The father and son are collectively known as "Three Su".

In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), he passed the second subject in the palace examination and was awarded the title of Jinshi (one theory is that he was given the background of Jinshi). In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he took the imperial examination and was awarded the title of judge of Dali and the judge of Fengxiang Mansion. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian due to the "Wutai Poetry Case".

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Shi