In Henan, there is a city. People here don't speak Henan dialect very well. People here can't live without rice for a day. There is no heating here in winter. This is not Henan. This is Xinyang. Xinyang is located at the southernmost tip of Henan Province, where there are good mountains, good water and good rice, the rushing Huaihe River, lush tea mountains and golden rice fields. It has been rated as "Top Ten Livable Cities in China" for many years.
Xinyang has a lot of food. When it comes to Xinyang cuisine, it is inseparable from Xinyang cuisine. At present, Xinyang restaurants in 16 provinces are all over the country, and there are more than 3,000 Xinyang restaurants in Zhengzhou alone. Of course Xinyang food is also very spicy and salty. Stewing is the essence of Xinyang food culture. In Xinyang, "nothing is inseparable from stew", and stew occupies a large proportion in Xinyang cuisine. China Cuisine Association once awarded the "Hometown of Stews in China" to Shangcheng County of Xinyang, calling it the origin of Xinyang stews.
Xinyang special cuisine
Many classic Xinyang dishes belong to stews, such as canned meat, Luoshan large intestine soup, Gushi goose slices, Farewell My Concubine and so on. Xinyang canned meat is a special dish in Xinyang. Huainan black pig is often selected. Fresh pork belly with skin is cut into small pieces, stir-fried and put into a ceramic jar, and preserved with oil seal, which can ensure that the meat quality will not rot for a long time.
When eating, boring pork is cooked with vegetables, which is fragrant but not greasy. You can use old cucumber, dried bean curd, yam, radish and so on. Or stew, stew or fry. Goose is a kind of food that can rise to the pride of the city for Gushi people. Gushi dried goose, choose adult white goose, wash the whole goose and throw it into a stew. Cooked goose soup can also be used for stews.