Because Chaoshan is a place, there are too many delicious dishes that make people stay fragrant. The food here likes to highlight the original flavor of the food, which makes people never tire of eating it, and also retains the food culture from Qin to Song. It can be said that Chaoshan is a place that every gourmet is eager to reach.
When it comes to Chaoshan cuisine, the first thing that comes to mind is Chaoshan beef hotpot. In today's hot pot world, Chaoshan hot pot is particularly precious. It uses clear soup stewed with beef bones as a pot to eat the most primitive and delicious taste of beef. The so-called "big taste to light" actually means this.
So in Chaoshan, Chaoshan hot pot is definitely the top specialty food! But if you go to Chaoshan and someone invites you to eat hot pot, it only shows that your relationship is average. Because Chaoshan hotpot is delicious, but simple. In Chaoshan, there are even more amazing foods, such as Chaoshan porridge!
"Rice" actually refers to porridge, which is a dialect in Chaoshan area. "Rice white" refers to a bowl of rice porridge. This bowl of rice porridge is the most indispensable food in Chaoshan people's life. Especially when night falls, a bowl of "white glutinous rice" has obviously become the favorite supper of Chaoshan people.
In the eyes of Chaoshan people, nothing can warm people's hearts and stomachs more than a bowl of rice porridge at night. Moreover, this bowl of rice porridge is not ordinary rice porridge. It must be separated from boiled water and rice, and the consistency is appropriate.
More importantly, Chaoshan people drink rice porridge and have the feeling of "three thousand beauties in the harem". A bowl of rice porridge should be accompanied by many side dishes. "Chaozhou Chill" refers to the supporting role of rice porridge.
Red roast goose, marinated tofu, and so on; Balang, no bamboo shoots and other fish rice; Pickled crabs, salted shrimps and other special pickled products in Chaoshan area are all "cold dishes" in Chaoshan area.
Therefore, this seemingly ordinary bowl of rice porridge is actually not ordinary. Enough to entertain guests!
Casserole porridge, as its name implies, is porridge cooked in casserole. But not all porridge cooked in casserole can be called "Chaoshan casserole porridge".
Chaoshan casserole porridge must have the following characteristics:
1, Chaoshan people are very strict about the casserole used to cook casserole porridge.
In the past, the traditional "foot bowl" was used, also called "sand bowl". Later, it was slowly changed into a shallow pot, or a light iron pot, or a stainless steel pot, and later it was changed into a casserole that is now used.
2. Rice for cooking casserole porridge.
As the main body of casserole porridge, the taste of porridge determines the overall quality of casserole porridge. So the rice used by Chaoshan people to cook casserole porridge is the best quality rice. The taste and taste are natural, and the key is cooking resistance. After cooking, the particles are still clearly visible.
In addition, according to the way Chaoshan people cook porridge, stirring can not be ignored. "Cooking porridge is a coincidence, thirty-six stirs." That's what I said.
Put the rice in a casserole. When the fire boils, be sure to keep stirring. Mixing at this time can help rice release hot air between its particles. This will make the rice grains not stick to the pan and the porridge will not be cooked.
After that, when you turn to low heat and cook slowly, you should reduce the stirring. Because if you don't stop stirring at this time, the rice grains will spread out, which will make the porridge too thick, not the rice grains clear.
3. Ingredients of casserole porridge.
It is an ingredient, but it is actually as important as rice. Because the ingredients of Chaoshan casserole porridge determine the value of this bowl of porridge. This is probably why Chaoshan casserole porridge pays attention to ingredients!
Chaoshan is famous for its rich seafood, so this casserole porridge naturally needs seafood. Crab, cuttlefish, Japanese ginseng, bamboo shrimp, and all kinds of shellfish, fish and other seafood caught in season all become the raw materials of Chaoshan casserole porridge.
In addition, Chaoshan people like to eat meat, such as beef, goose, pigeons and so on. , have been carefully cooked and applied to this casserole porridge.
So a bowl of rice porridge is mixed with seafood meat in an instant. And this bowl of rice porridge instantly turned into a gluttonous feast, and its value doubled.
No wonder Chaoshan people are proud of this: the real Chaoshan casserole porridge tastes so good, all because of the fresh ingredients, not the flavor of food additives.
To sum up, no matter rice porridge, casserole porridge or Chaoshan porridge, it is not as simple as a bowl of porridge. The porridge in Chaoshan is not the porridge with clear soup and little water in our consciousness. Chaoshan people have a sense of ritual about drinking porridge. Drinking a bowl of Chaoshan porridge is like tasting a big meal.
In Chaoshan, if someone invites you to drink porridge, it really proves to be the highest treatment!