Flat-fleshed swallow is one of the traditional snacks in Fuzhou, which has a metaphor of peace and good fortune, so it is a necessary dish for local festivals and wedding banquets. According to personal preference, the stuffing is different, the method is simple, steaming and boiling are suitable, and every household will cook it. Flat meat swallow is made by chopping pork belly into paste and adding dried shrimps, monosodium glutamate, mushrooms, onions and old wine as stuffing. Cut the dried swallow skin into 2-inch square pieces, put the stuffing (about 1, 2 yuan), pinch the two sides of the swallow skin to the middle, put it in a steamer, steam for 5 minutes with high fire, and take it out and put it in a boiling water pot for later use. Then, bring the bone soup to a boil, add shrimp oil, wine and monosodium glutamate, pour in flat meat swallows and drizzle with sesame oil, and serve. If you eat it raw without steaming, it will be more crispy and delicious.
The Buddha jumps over the wall, also known as "full altar incense" and "Fushou Spring", is the chief famous dish in Fuzhou, with a history of 100 years. It was initiated by Juchunyuan, a famous restaurant in Fuzhou, during Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty. Mainly made of 28 kinds of raw materials, such as abalone, sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish belly, fish lips, tendon, ham, scallops, mushrooms, etc. Add Shaoxing wine, store in the jar, seal with mud, and simmer for more than 10 hour. The cooking process also needs strict operation, so as to ensure that the nutrition is not lost, the meat is rich and the soup is delicious. The price is slightly higher, and a single copy generally needs more than 30 yuan.
Fried oysters, also known as fried oysters, are famous snacks in southern Fujian. Although the recipe is simple, it is still difficult to make it particularly delicious. Stir-fried oysters are delicious and indispensable side dishes in major restaurants. Many areas in Fujian have fried oysters, but the practices are slightly different from place to place; Taiwan Province province oysters fried with spinach, eggs and sweet potato powder; Most of the practices near southern Fujian are the same, and a lot of green garlic and sweet potato powder will be added.
There is a famous snack in Xiamen called taro buns, which the older generation of Xiamen people must eat during the New Year, just as the northerners must eat jiaozi during the New Year. When it comes to Xiamen taro buns, no one can stop its delicious taste, especially the freshly steamed taro, whose foreskin is very thin and seems to be broken. Although the steamed taro buns are very hot, I still can't help but have a bite, and it's a big bite. It is made by peeling taro, cleaning, mashing it into raw taro paste, adding a small amount of starch and refined salt, stirring evenly, coating a layer of oil on the inner wall of the bowl, adding stuffing prepared in advance, such as shredded pork, shrimp, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and water chestnut, and covering it with a layer of taro paste.