Hunan cuisine is one of our famous dishes in China. The eight famous cuisines in China are Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Huizhou. The characteristics of Hunan cuisine are: fragrant, spicy and salty. Next, let's take a look at the most famous 15 dishes in Hunan cuisine.

1. Small fried meat

Small fried meat is a famous dish in Hunan. Small fried meat is a favorite meal for most of us. Generally, pork belly is washed and sliced, green and red peppers are washed and cut into pieces, cooking oil is poured into the pot, pork belly is stir-fried under oil heat, green and red peppers are added to stir-fry evenly, and seasonings such as salt, soy sauce and pepper are added to stir-fry and serve. The taste of small fried meat: fragrant, spicy and salty, which is very appetizing and delicious.

2. Liuyang Steamed Vegetables Banquet

Liuyang Steamed Vegetables Banquet is a famous dish in Hunan. The preparation method is simple, the nutrition of the preserved dishes is not easy to lose, and the taste is very delicious. There are steamed vegetables in Liuyang, such as steamed vegetarian dishes, steamed fish, steamed meat, steamed chicken, steamed duck and so on, which can be eaten by steaming. Steamed vegetables are delicious and don't get angry. You don't need to stir-fry. Add seasonings to all kinds of vegetables and steam them in a pot.

3. Xiangxi Sour Meat

Xiangxi Sour Meat is a traditional dish of Tujia and Miao people in Hunan. Xiangxi sour pork is made by washing pork belly, cutting it into large pieces, adding salt and pepper to marinate for 5 hours, adding corn flour, salt and pork, mixing well, putting it in an jar, sealing and marinating for 1.5 days, and the taste becomes sour. When eating, take out a piece of pork, slice it, stir-fry it with Chili and garlic seedlings and eat it. Xiangxi sour meat taste: sour, spicy, salty and fragrant, very appetizing and delicious.

4. Hairy beef louver

Hairy beef louver is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan, and it is also a traditional dish in Hunan. It is to wash fresh beef venetian blinds with clear water, cut them into filaments, pour cooking oil into the pot, stir-fry the beef venetian blinds with hot oil, add seasonings such as pepper, vinegar and salt, stir-fry them quickly and put them on a plate. The beef venetian blinds with hair are as thin as hair, and taste: salty, fragrant, spicy and sour.

5. Wainwood in Xiangxi

Wainwood in Xiangxi is one of the famous dishes in Hunan. The raw materials of Xiangxi Waicao are purslane, diced radish, big leaf vegetables, Xiangxi native vegetables and minced meat. Purslane, diced radish, big leaf vegetables and Xiangxi native vegetables are washed, dried and pickled, and then fried with minced pork and pepper. The taste of Waiwocai in western Hunan: fragrant, spicy, salty, sour, crisp and sweet, which is very delicious. It is one of Hunan people's favorite meals.

6. Spicy chicken

Spicy chicken is also one of the famous dishes with Hunan characteristics. The appearance of spicy chicken is booming, and the taste is spicy and delicious. The meat of the chicken is tender and delicious, which is very delicious to eat. Spicy chicken is made of chicken without eggs, pepper and pepper.

7. Yongzhou Blood Duck

Yongzhou Blood Duck is one of Hunan's special Hunan dishes and a famous local dish in Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. Yongzhou blood duck is made of local rich duck and pepper, which is a famous dish that Yongzhou locals like very much. This dish is also essential whether it is a holiday or a variety of banquets. The taste of Yongzhou blood duck: fragrant, spicy and salty, and the duck meat is tender and delicious, which is very tasty and delicious.

8. Fish head with chopped pepper

Fish head with chopped pepper is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan. The fish head with chopped pepper is silver carp, which is the most suitable fish head with chopped pepper because it is very big. Chopped peppers for fish heads are made of chopped peppers made by local people in Hunan. Fish head with chopped pepper is a steamed dish.

9. Braised pork in Mao Shi

Braised pork in Mao Shi is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan. The appearance of Mao Shi braised pork is ruddy and beautiful, and it tastes delicious: fragrant, salty and slightly sweet. The braised pork melts in the mouth, which is very soft and delicious. Mao Shi braised pork is the most popular meat dish for local people in Hunan.

11, stir-fried beef

Sichuan cuisine is mainly boiled, while Hunan cuisine is mostly stir-fried. Therefore, Hunan cuisine pays attention to a "pot flavor". As long as a small stir-fried dish stirs up pot flavor, the taste will be upgraded to a higher level immediately. Like the farmer's small stir-fried meat mentioned earlier, the stir-fried beef that is now ready to be introduced belongs to this kind of dish. The stir-fried beef is a classic home-cooked dish in Hunan cuisine, which tastes spicy and delicious, and can satisfy the appetite.

11. Waxed silver carp

Waxed silver carp is a very popular dish in Hunan in recent years. Many local restaurants take this dish as a signboard, which is delicious and inexpensive, especially after meals and drinks. Therefore, it is very popular among the public. Waxed silver carp is compact and salty. First, soak the fish until it is soft, then fry it in the pot, and then add ginger and garlic.

12, Hunan salted duck

I remember that the first time I ate salted duck, it was a word, very spicy, but I couldn't help wanting to eat it. This is the charm of salted duck. Sauced duck is characterized by being fragrant, spicy, sweet, hemp, salty, crisp and soft, spicy and delicious to eat, low in fat and not greasy, and strong in aftertaste.

Sauced duck is delicious, but it's not easy to make. First, clean the duck, then flatten it with heavy objects, then put it in a pot and marinate it with ginger, onion, dried Chili, rose wine, etc. After pickling, put it in the oven and bake it until the skin is crisp and yellow. Then put it in brine to marinate the duck, then dry it, and then take some of the marinated duck soup and brush it on the duck's surface to eat.

13. Ningxiang Tasty Snake

Apart from Guangdong, there is no place where people like to eat snakes more than those in Changsha, Hunan. Ningxiang Tasty Snake originated in Dachengqiao Township, Ningxiang County, Hunan Province. In fact, Ningxiang did not eat snakes at first. Later, because a shop made snakes famous, people wanted to try them one after another. Hunan people like spicy food, and tasty snakes are characterized by spicy food, so they are very popular among local people.

Taste is the highlight of taste snakes, that is, it stimulates taste buds. The taste practice in Ningxiang is not complicated. Choose cauliflower snake, let professionals handle the snakes, then stir-fry them with rapeseed oil, lard, garlic, ginger and snake meat, stir-fry them with bean paste, pepper and a little spices, add appropriate amount of water, and use salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, pepper, oyster sauce and so on.

14. Steaming with preserved meat

Preserved meat generally refers to preserved chicken, preserved fish, preserved meat, etc. made in winter. At the end of each year, many areas in Hunan will make preserved goods. They do not cook a little, but half a pig or even the whole pig, which can generally be eaten until the second half of the following year.

Steamed bacon is a traditional dish in Hunan cuisine. First, the bacon, preserved fish and preserved chicken are soaked in water, then the bones of the preserved chicken are removed, all of them are sliced into thin slices, put into a bowl, drenched with the soup cooked by the preserved chicken, steamed with chopped pepper, ginger, garlic, lobster sauce, etc., then turned upside down and sprinkled with chopped green onion.

15. Zuan Shark's Fin

Zuan is not a place name, but a person's name. He was a famous dish at the family banquet of Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan Province in the late Qing Dynasty, and later spread among the people, becoming a famous traditional dish in Sanxiang.

Zuan shark's fin, also known as braised shark's fin, is cooked with chicken and pork together with shark's fin. Its dishes are light yellow in color, fresh and salty, soft, waxy and smooth, mellow and palatable. It is not only delicious, but also has high nutritional value, and is known as a treasure in dishes.

That's the introduction of 15 famous dishes in Hunan cuisine. You can try them if you are interested.