In the traditional Chaoshan Shawo porridge shop, in addition to bone soup, there are more than a dozen pots and pans, which are placed within the reach of operators and filled with indispensable ingredients for cooking authentic Shawo porridge.

1. Onion oil

Cut shallots into sections, fry them and filter them.

2. Fried mushrooms

Wash and soak mushrooms, cut into strips, fry and take them out for later use.

Fried garlic

Cut raw garlic into powder, add salad oil and fry until golden and crisp.

4. Winter vegetables

Choose winter vegetables with light color and bright color and chop them for later use. If winter vegetables are not selected well, it is easy to produce a "rotten vegetable flavor".

Step 5 pickle vegetables

Choose pickled beets (that is, dried radish) and chop them for later use. There are two kinds of preserved vegetables in Chaoshan: pickles and beets. When making casserole porridge, you should choose sweet ones for better preservation.

6.pepper

Choose white pepper with pure texture and no odor.

7 scallops

Choose the smallest scallop on the market, and you don't need to soak it after washing. Cook whole scallops with rice. Generally, only casserole porridge such as crab, mussel, blood eel and partridge will be added when the price is high.

8. Puning bean paste

Choose Songxing Puning bean paste, which is not as strong as the new brand, but the sauce is fragrant.

9. sand tea sauce

Choose the cheapest and most primitive sand tea sauce in Shantou market, which tastes sweet but not spicy. Because there are no ingredients such as dried shrimps and dried fish, the aroma will not be too strong, so it will not suppress the umami flavor of porridge. At the same time, because the raw materials are relatively primitive, the purchase price of this kind of sand tea sauce is relatively low, about 8- 10 yuan/kg. Generally, in palatable restaurants, sand tea sauce will be added to Puning bean sauce and stirred evenly.