The production of sweet and sour fried fish has a long history in Kaifeng. According to "Dream of Tokyo", it was popular in the Tokyo market during the Northern Song Dynasty. It uses carp, especially the Yellow River carp, as high-grade raw materials. After preliminary processing, the two sides of the fish are corrugated with a bevel knife and fried thoroughly in a hot oil pan. Then add some sugar, balsamic vinegar, Jiang Mo, cooking wine, salt, etc. Add boiling water and running water, bake the juice with strong hot oil until the oil and sweet and sour juice are completely blended, add fried fish and pour the sauce. Its color is purplish red, soft and fresh, sweet and sour, and slightly salty in acid.
1900, Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty stopped in Kaifeng to avoid the disaster in Eight-Nation Alliance. A chef in Kaifeng prepared a meal and presented "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour". After eating, Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi praised them again and again. Guangxu called it "ancient capital delicacies"; Cixi said happily, "I forgot to return after dinner." The eunuch wrote a couplet with him: "Where did the silver carp come from, the ancient Bianliang in the Central Plains", which was given to Kaifeng House in recognition.
"Baked noodles" is called "Longxu Noodles". According to the Record of Dreams, on the second day of the second lunar month in the Ming Dynasty, the so-called "dragon heads up" in Kaifeng was given by officials and people as "Longxu Noodles" for good luck. At first, noodles were boiled in water, and later, they were continuously improved and fried to make them fluffy and crisp. After sucking juice, it is eaten as a side dish, so it is called "baked noodles".
1930 or so, the famous Kaifeng teacher covered the fried "Longxu Noodles" with the cooked "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" for the first time, and created a famous dish "Baked Noodles with Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour", which was deeply loved by customers. The two are combined into one, so you can eat fish and dip noodles in juice, so it has a special flavor. Since then, this dish has gradually spread.
Later, Lamian Noodles spread Kaifeng, and people fried it with Lamian Noodles as thin as hair, and served it with silver carp, which was even more icing on the cake. The delicious taste of "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" lies in two flavors in one dish. It has the reputation of "eating dragon meat first, then eating dragon beard meat" and has become an indispensable delicacy at the banquet. Since the reform and opening up, with the increasing foreign exchanges, carp noodles have been loved by more and more tourists.
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