Liuyang douchi is one of the important raw materials for making stinky tofu, and it is a local specialty of Liuyang County. It is made from mud beans and small black beans by fermentation. The finished lobster sauce is dark brown or sauce red, with complete and symmetrical particles, wrinkled skin and dried meat, and soft texture. After soaking in water, the juice is thick and fresh, which is a good seasoning for cooking. The famous Hunan cuisine "Steamed bacon" means that douchi is the soul of Liuyang steamed cuisine and also has certain medicinal functions. Stir-fry a small amount of douchi with ginger or scallion and pepper. Liuyang Douchi is one of the local products that Hunan people who live abroad must buy when they return from visiting relatives.

Chopped pepper

When it comes to Hunan cuisine, you can't help but mention the fish head with chopped pepper. Without good chopped pepper, even the best fish head is useless. Hunan people who are afraid of not being spicy make chopped peppers. Of course, the first choice is spicy millet. Wash it, dry it, chop it with a shovel in a special barrel for chopping peppers, and add salt while chopping peppers, which is about five pounds of pepper and one pound of salt. Chop into soybean size, the taste is the best. After sealing the can for a month, chopping pepper was successful.

This chopped pepper looks simple, just pepper and salt, but it's not easy to make it yourself. Fortunately, online shopping is very convenient now, so you can place an order if you want to eat.

bacon

Hunan cuisine is not only spicy, but also pickled vegetables are an important part of Hunan cuisine. The famous Hunan cuisine "Bacon Steamed" is made of preserved fish, bacon and preserved chicken. In the past, when there were many pigs in rural areas, every household had to cook some every year. Among the most famous bacon, Anhua bacon and Xiangxi bacon are the most famous.

This kind of bacon is generally a local pig raised by farmers themselves, mainly front leg meat, hind leg meat and pork belly. Moreover, the bacon smoked by different firewood tastes different, especially the bacon smoked by fruit trees and peels. After washing, the prepared bacon can be steamed and fried, with bright color, yellow inside and red outside, mellow taste, fat but not greasy, thin and not stuffed, and many bacon are sent abroad every year to comfort overseas tourists' homesickness. ?

Youxian Xianggan

Youxian Xianggan is an important member of the Hunan cuisine menu. Rich fragrance, fresh and tender taste, high protein and low fat, rich nutrition, protein digestibility as high as 90%. The reason why Youxian Xianggan is good is closely related to its good water. Jiubu River in the upper reaches of Youyou River is full of natural mineral water from Wangyudong, Cao Bo, Yinhe water filtered by Pijiadong and hot spring water from Baishi, which is rich in minerals and trace elements beneficial to human health. Only local water and local soybeans can make such smooth dried tofu. ? In addition, Hunan also has Pingjiang specialty spicy dried bean snacks, which are moderately chewy and spicy and delicious, and are definitely the first choice for side dishes and office snacks. ?

areca

In addition, I have to mention betel nut. Although Hunan does not produce betel nuts, Hunan people are famous for loving eat areca, especially Xiangtan. Xiangtan is not only the earliest city in eat areca, Hunan Province, but also the city with the largest number of betel nuts. Betel nut stalls are all over the city. It can be said that Xiangtan people are as enthusiastic about betel nut as tobacco and alcohol, but the consequences of betel nut addiction are terrible. Betel nut is far more harmful than cigarettes, and it is easy to cause periodontitis, gingival atrophy, oral ulcer and even cancer. In short, I hope my friends can taste it in moderation and don't eat too much and become addicted.

Anhua black tea

Besides bacon, Anhua also has the famous Anhua black tea. Black tea belongs to post-fermented tea, and its unique processing technology, especially the participation of microorganisms, makes it have special Chinese medicine effects. Rich in tea polysaccharide compounds, it is considered by the medical community to have the functions of regulating sugar metabolism (preventing diabetes), lowering blood lipid, lowering blood pressure, preventing coagulation and thrombosis, and improving immunity.