Roasting, roasting, frying, frying and frying have their own characteristics. Among them, grilled vegetables are more unique, known as "grilled vegetables are not sticky, and soup is sticky." In addition, when cooking in Henan, strong fire, hot pot and cold oil are often used together, which is quick to operate, crisp and tender in texture and milky in color.
Today, Henan cuisine is not only traditional, but also innovative. It has four ingredients, unique growth, meticulous workmanship, extremely good use of soup, fusion of five flavors, moderate degree. Whether it is dry, fresh, old or tender, frying and frying will blindly attract color, fragrance, shape and utensils to please all diners harmoniously. Therefore, Henan cuisine is not a temporary fashion, impetuous, gorgeous, but mellow and peaceful for thousands of years.
From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the three treasures, five treasures and eight treasures of the court, banquets and vegetarian meals in Luoyang, and the beauty of the court in Bianjing (Kaifeng) in the Northern Song Dynasty are all available. For thousands of years, Henan famous dishes have been dotted with stars and colorful. The ancient rhyme of Shang and Zhou dynasties, the legacy of Han and Tang dynasties, and the farewell song of Bianjing (Kaifeng) are still strongly expressed in many famous brands.
Roasted square ribs, mutton, fat duck, stir-fried, braised sweet and sour soft-fried noodles of Yellow River carp, peony anchovies, boiled tripe, fried purple crisp meat, pot-cooked tofu, jade fish silk, braised yellow incense tube, Dongpo pork, cassia seed, hibiscus sea cucumber, shrimp in Changlin juice, three fresh iron pot roast chicken eggs, fried herring head and tail.
Bucket chicken with unique taste, soup buns on the first floor of Kaifeng, sweet and pleasant flowering buns, egg cakes with crisp outside and tender inside, spicy noodles, steamed buns, bumpkins, vegetable boxes, steamed dumplings, fried dumplings, emblem noodles, red sesame cakes and sugar-splashing cakes, etc., can all make you fully appreciate the profoundness of the cooking civilization in the Central Plains. Kaifeng Gulou night market, which has been circulating since the Northern Song Dynasty, is still buzzing at night and is now a legacy of that year.
History of Henan cuisine
The history of Henan cuisine can be traced back to the late Xia Dynasty from 2 1 century BC to17th century BC. During this period, the whole Henan cuisine has undergone rapid and powerful changes to adapt to the different emerging cooking cultures in the surrounding areas.
By the end of the Xia Dynasty, a whole banquet system with Henan cuisine as the mainstay appeared. By the beginning of the Shang Dynasty in BC 17, Henan cuisine had redesigned new seasonings, including various flavors, which brought more harmonious elements to it. This formed the basis of most Chinese dishes later.
Later, in the Northern Song Dynasty (about 960- 1 127), Henan cuisine reached its peak. With the establishment of Kaifeng City, Henan Province, the invention of various new snacks set off a craze.
With the rapid growth and development of frying technology, fried food has reached a peak. Around this time, Henan cuisine began to be divided into five types according to social status and religious background. The dishes of the imperial court are different from those of places, markets, temples and folk in the upper class.
With the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty from 1 170 to 1 180, the quality and nature of Henan cuisine declined. It can be seen that the imperial city is of great significance to the survival of Henan cuisine. Without the power of the dynasty, the hierarchical structure of Henan cuisine began to collapse. Later, on the basis of following the primitive Henan cuisine such as court, upper-class family, market, temple and family, a mixture of modern Henan cuisine was formed.
It is very similar to the essence of its taste-the harmony of social status has also been proved to be the diversified feature of Henan cuisine. The mix and match development of Henan cuisine has gradually evolved into what it is today. With the passage of time, it has been in contact with all directions in the nearby area.
Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Henan cuisine