Enshi's sauerkraut, selenium-enriched mashed potatoes, spicy chicken, roasted bacon with Osmunda japonica, Gege of Tujia and Miao nationalities, Gezha, bacon, dried potatoes and other special food snacks have distinctive features and various patterns.
Enshi cuisine recommendation:
Fried bacon with pepper: Tujia people like to eat bacon, with brown color, solid meat, rich flavor and unique flavor. Guang Tai pepper, also known as Thai pepper, is made of Enshi local red pepper and corn flour. Bake Guang Tai pepper in a pot, stir-fry or steam with Tujia bacon as the bottom material of the bowl. The finished product is reddish in color and has a very special hot and sour taste.
Tujia Camellia Soup: Tujia Camellia Soup is a snack similar to tea soup. It is fragrant, crisp, smooth, fresh, beautiful, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a traditional flavor food that Tujia people love. Therefore, there is a folk proverb: "If you don't drink camellia soup, your heart will panic" and "If you eat three meals and three bowls a day, your body will be stiff". At the same time, drinking oil tea soup is a traditional etiquette for Tujia people to entertain guests. Whenever a guest comes to the door, Tujia people will offer a bowl of fragrant oil tea soup to entertain them.
Zhang Guan slag: slag, also known as lazy tofu. Tujia people in Enshi have deep feelings for slag, especially in the years of war. Due to the shortage of food, dregs saved many people's lives. There is a folk saying that "Chili is salt and dregs are used for the New Year".