Fish head with chopped pepper has become a representative dish of Hunan cuisine. In fact, Liuyang steamed vegetables and chopped pepper fish heads are unique. Because there are three things in Liuyang that can double the taste of fish head, one is Liuyang Douchi, the other is Liuyang Tea Oil, and the third is Liuyang Chopped Pepper. Tea oil is the tea seed fruit on the tree, which is fried into oil; Liuyang Douchi began in the Han Dynasty, and after two thousand years of historical inheritance, it formed a unique processing technology of Liuyang Douchi. Chopped pepper is a jar dish, and Liuyang people are famous for making jar dishes.

It is called "braised pork with plum vegetables" everywhere, and only Liuyang is called "steamed braised pork with pickles". It is said to be pickles, but it doesn't contain any salt. The pickles in Liuyang are different from ordinary dried plums. They have to go through the process of three steaming and three drying, completely dry and have a unique flavor. Different varieties of green leafy vegetables can be made into pickles, such as Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, radish seedlings, beets, vegetables, kohlrabi and so on. Although these varieties have different names and different leaf shapes, they can be dried as long as they are made according to the production process requirements of pickles, but some have many poles and some have many leaves.

Braised pork must be fried with fresh pork belly. "He Dad Liuyang Steamed Vegetables" has a unique method of frying braised pork. The key to this dish depends on two points: first, the quality of braised pork is better, and second, the quality of pickles is better, so that guests can eat all the pickles and reach the highest level.

Steamed bacon is a classic in Liuyang steamed cuisine. Liuyang people have been making wax products for 1000 years, and Liuyang wax products are one of the four major reasons for the formation of Liuyang steamed vegetables. Steamed bacon can be any three or four kinds of bacon steamed together. According to the experience of "Liuyang Steamed Vegetable", it is best to steam bacon, duck, sausage or fish together. Because the oil of bacon and sausage is combined with cured duck, the taste of cured duck is better. Cut into silk sausages for diners to find, so the bacon in this dish must be authentic pork belly. If you use lean meat from the front and rear legs, this feeling will be gone. Another thing you must not forget about steaming bacon is to put a few Liuyang lobster sauce.