1. Tianmuhu casserole fish head
Recommended ingredients: silver carp head in Tianmu Lake
Tianhu casserole fish head, also known as Shahe stewed fish head, is a traditional dish of Han nationality in Jiangsu. Its soup is fresh and thick, and everyone who has tasted it admires its beauty, but few people know its origin. Tianmu Lake is a place name, located in liyang city, Changzhou, Jiangsu. Tianhu, formerly known as Shahe Reservoir, is rich in bighead carp. The bighead carp (bighead carp) in Shahe is big and strong, with tender meat, and the dishes made are delicious and nutritious.
Fresh but not fishy, fat but not greasy, and the soup is milky white and original. Taking wild silver carp in Tianmu Lake as raw material, supplemented by exclusive cooking methods of more than 30 processes, the fish head in Tianmu Lake casserole is not only ranked first among the "Top Ten Cuisine in Changzhou", but also the first choice of countless domestic and foreign tourists.
1985, Deng Xiaoping went to Nanjing, and Tianmu Lake Hotel sent a chef to cook a dish with fish and water from Tianmu Lake. Deng Xiaoping praised after tasting, "This fish head is the best dish tonight"; After eating it, an educator remembered its taste for three years and wrote a poem praising it: "Silver carp is delicious, but it doesn't smell good for three years."
2. Fried celery in Liyang
Stir-fried celery, in Changzhou, especially Liyang, is a home-cooked dish that every household will cook, ranging from snacks to large ones. A plate of white jade, full of local flavor, is a wonderful combination of fireworks and freshness.
3. Liyang Zhagan
Dried dry is a traditional famous dish in Liyang, and it is also known as Liyang's three treasures with sauce balls and peeled seeds. Binding liver is a dish made by binding fat sausage, sliced tofu, pork with skin, dried bamboo shoots and pig liver in sequence and braising in soy sauce. The Heping Bridge area in Shezhu Town, Liyang is the most authentic.
4. Braised pork in Jiaoxi Township, Tianning
The essence of fermented pork lies in raw materials, and distiller's grains should be fresh. Pork is the best pork with "Erhualian". With some time and patience, you can harvest a bowl of fermented pork with ruddy color, rich flavor and salty sweetness, which is simply an artifact of eating goods.
5. Jintan Linru mutton cake
The Rulin sheep cake is crisp but not scattered, and the meat color is ruddy. It is not only as beautiful as a cake, but also easy to store and eat. Slice the mutton cake and put it on a plate. According to your own taste, according to the basic condiments of salty, sour, spicy and fragrant, choose the best taste combination to make juice, and dip the cake in the juice to eat.
6. Old Goose in Hardware Village Bridge
The old goose in Zhaiqiao is the specialty of the local farmhouse restaurant. It's braised, boiled in soup and dried in the sun. Although the practices are similar, each has its own flavor. Select high-quality geese that have been growing for 2 to 3 years, cut into pieces, stir-fry in an oil pan, add a little water, add secret sauce and stew until the geese are crisp and rotten. After the juice is collected from the fire, it can be cooked. Thick, tender and fragrant.
7. Wujin hibiscus snail
Lotus snail is famous for its thin shell and thick meat. Cooking, thirteen spices, peppers and sauerkraut are all common practices. People in Changzhou are good at eating snails. They picked up their fingers and put them to their mouths. With the slight contraction between lips and teeth, snail meat enters their mouths. Snail meat soup is sucked into the mouth, and the taste is tender, crisp and delicious.
8. Red soup shutters of Wujin Hengshan Bridge
The rolling door of Hengshan Bridge was famous as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because of its unique production method, it is excellent in appearance and taste, and it is the top grade in venetian blinds. Changzhou people always order a red soup louver at the banquet, which is full, tender and elastic, soft in texture, delicious in taste and fresh in soup.