First of all, plum vegetables
Plum cuisine, mainly produced in Meizhou and Huizhou, is said to be a dish sent by Mei Xiangu, so it is called plum cuisine, which is a traditional famous dish in Guangdong (Meizhou and Huizhou) and has its own characteristics and belongs to pickled food.
It is also called "Huizhou Tribute" in Huizhou. Fresh plum vegetables in rural areas are made by drying, selecting and pickling. They are golden in color, sweet and refreshing, cold and not dry, neither wet nor hot. They can be used not only as single dishes, but also as ingredients to make dishes such as braised pork, steamed beef, steamed fish and soup.
Second, common practices.
Ingredients: Pork belly with skin1000g, dried plum (also called dried mold) 200g.
Seasoning: 20g soy sauce, 1000g clear oil (about 50g).
Practice: 1. Scrape the pigskin clean, put it in a cold water pot, cook it over high fire until it is 80% cooked, remove it, wipe off the moisture on the pigskin with a clean cloth, and apply soy sauce while it is hot. 2. After the pan is on fire, pour the clear oil and heat it to 80% heat. Put the pork belly skin down in the pot and fry until it is dark red. Take it out to dry. Put the skin down on the chopping board, cut it into large pieces 7 cm long and 2 cm thick, and cut it horizontally with a knife in the middle. Don't cut off the skin. 3. Put the meat in a bowl neatly, put the dried plums on it, pour the soy sauce evenly, and steam in a steamer for about 30 minutes.
Features: bright red color, crisp and rotten meat, delicious, fat but not greasy.
Third, braised pork with plum vegetables.
Plum cuisine is also a traditional specialty in Hakka area, with golden color, fragrant smell, sweet and refreshing, neither cold nor dry, neither wet nor hot. For a long time, it has been called "steam" food. It is said that it is also called "Three Treasures of Hakka" with Meizhou brine chicken and Meizhou Sufu. It is said that there is a wonderful legend about "braised pork with plum vegetables". During the Northern Song Dynasty, when Su Dongpo lived in Huizhou, he was specially selected. Su Dongpo also told them to imitate the "Dongpo Braised Pork" of Hangzhou West Lake and make it with plum vegetables. Delicious and refreshing, but not greasy, it is deeply loved by Hakka people. For a time, it became a delicious dish at the Hakka banquet.