1, steamed bacon
Steamed bacon is an indispensable hard dish on Hunan's New Year table. It is made of the best preserved meat, sausage, preserved fish, preserved chicken and so on. Then steam. After a long period of curing, bacon is salty and fragrant, fat but not greasy, and it has an endless aftertaste with soft glutinous rice.
2, buckle meat
Braised pork is a necessary dish for Hunan people to entertain guests in the New Year. It is made of fried pork belly, sliced, poured with special sauce and steamed in a casserole. Braised pork is golden and crisp, soft and rotten, fat but not greasy, which makes people drool.
3. Fish head with chopped pepper
Fish head with chopped pepper is a classic Hunan dish and a frequent visitor to Hunan New Year's Eve dinner table. It is steamed with fresh big fish head and chopped pepper, onion, ginger and garlic. The fish head is fresh and tender, and the spicy taste of chopped pepper stimulates the taste buds, which makes people's appetite open, and the more they eat, the more enjoyable they are.
4. Braised pork
Braised pork is another hard dish on Hunan's New Year table. It is made by frying pork belly, cutting it into pieces, adding seasoning such as rock sugar and soy sauce, and stewing. Braised pork is red and bright, fat but not greasy, soft and rotten, and it melts in the mouth, which makes people full of praise.
5. Steamed pork with flour.
Steamed pork is a special food in Hunan, and every household will steam several bowls during the Chinese New Year. It is made by pickling pork belly, wrapping it with rice flour and steaming. Steamed meat is soft and delicious, and the aroma of rice flour and the umami taste of meat are perfectly integrated, which makes people never tire of eating it.
6. Boiled chicken
Boiled chicken is a light dish on the Chinese New Year table in Hunan. It selects fresh native chicken, cuts it into pieces after cooking, and can be eaten with seasonings such as soy sauce and ginger. The white-cut chicken is fresh and tender, and the skin is smooth and tender. After dipping in the sauce, the taste is more delicious.
7. Fish balls
Fish balls are an indispensable snack on the Chinese New Year table in Hunan. It uses fresh fish, minces it, adds glutinous rice flour and other seasonings, makes balls, and takes them out after cooking. Fish balls are refreshing and delicious, and both old people and children like to eat them.
8, blood sausage
Blood sausage is a special snack in Hunan during the New Year. It is enema with ingredients such as pig blood and glutinous rice, cooked and sliced for consumption. Blood sausage tastes unique, fragrant and delicious, and is deeply loved by Hunan people.
9, glutinous rice Baba
Glutinous rice Baba is a traditional snack in Hunan for the New Year. It is made of glutinous rice flour and water, wrapped with stuffing such as bean paste or sesame seeds, steamed and eaten. The glutinous rice Baba is soft, glutinous and sweet, with delicate taste, which symbolizes the sweetness of the New Year.
10, rice cake
Rice cake is a traditional food that must be eaten in Hunan during the New Year. It is made of glutinous rice flour and has many flavors such as white rice cake and black rice cake. The rice cake symbolizes the promotion of the New Year year after year and people's yearning for a better life.
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Tangyuan is a dessert in Hunan during the Spring Festival. It is made of glutinous rice flour and water, wrapped with sesame seeds, bean paste and other fillings, and eaten after cooking. The soup is round, which means round and round, and the family is neat.
12, hair cake
Hair cake is an auspicious dish during the Spring Festival in Hunan. It is fermented from glutinous rice flour, which means that the new year will be prosperous. Hair cake is sweet and delicious, soft and fluffy, which symbolizes people's expectation for a better life.
In addition to the above 12 dishes, there are many other specialties in Hunan during the Spring Festival, such as rock shrimp, preserved beef, smoked chicken and so on. These foods are not only delicious, but also rich in Hunan flavor, which sustains people's wishes for the New Year and thoughts for their loved ones.