Jiangsu cuisine is characterized by: extensive materials, mainly fresh seawater from rivers, lakes and seas; Fine knife work, diverse cooking methods, good at stewing and simmering; Pursue the original flavor, fresh and peaceful; The dishes are elegant in style, beautiful in shape and high in quality.
Jiangsu cuisine consists of four local cuisines: Nanjing cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Suzhou cuisine and Xuhai cuisine. Huaiyang is located in the middle of Jiangsu, east to Haiqi Tongtai Yanfu, west to Nanjing Liuhe, south to Jingkou Jintan and north to Huaibei.
Huaiyang cuisine is characterized by strict selection of materials, emphasis on knife and fire, emphasis on original flavor, prominent main ingredients, elegant color, novel shape, moderate saltiness and mild taste, so it is widely used. In cooking skills, stew, stew, simmer and simmer are often used. Among them, Jinling cuisine is famous for making duck dishes, while Zhenyang cuisine is rare for making chicken dishes and seafood. Its fine points are fermented noodles, scalded noodles and crispy noodles.
famous dish
1, Nanjing roast duck is a traditional famous dish in Nanjing, belonging to Jinling cuisine, also known as Jinling roast duck. Nanjing people eat roast duck, paying attention to crispy skin and tender meat, fat but not greasy, so Nanjing roast duck is crispy skin and tender meat, not as fat as roast ducks in other regions. But the real connoisseur is very picky about the bag of red brine given by the store. The roast duck in the store is good or not, you can guess by its appearance, but you have to taste the old stew yourself.
2. Duck-wrapped shark's fin is a traditional dish in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, which belongs to Yangzhou cuisine. The soup is rotten, the meat is fresh and the taste is mellow.
3. Crystal Yaorou, also known as Crystal Eta Ursae Majoris and Zhenjiang Yaorou, is a traditional dish in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, belonging to Jiangsu cuisine. This dish is red and white, smooth and crystal-like, so it has the reputation of "crystal". When eaten, it has the characteristics of lean meat crisp, fat but not greasy, crisp and tender, and it has a unique flavor with ginger and Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar.