How to make a stir-fry stove (Cantonese hot pot)
A stir-fry stove
Cantonese people say that "making a stir-fry stove" means "eating hot pot". In Guangdong, hot pot cannot be eaten in all seasons because it will cause "heat" (which means getting angry). Autumn and winter are good times to make side stoves. Every time the autumn wind blows, restaurants will put hot pot on the table one after another, and people will go to cook side stoves in groups and eat happily. Cantonese hot pot can be eaten all year round. The secret lies in knowing how to match different pot ingredients in different seasons.
When it comes to making side stoves, southerners and northerners eat them differently. The main ingredients for hot pot are relatively simple for northerners, usually mutton, white meat, sauerkraut, etc. The dipping sauce is particularly rich, such as soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, braised shrimp oil, fermented bean curd, and chive flower sauce, which will make your mouth full of flavor. Southerners have a lot of ingredients available for making side stoves. Chicken, dog, snake, seafood, etc. are all commonly used ingredients for making side stoves. There are not so many dipping sauces, because southerners pay attention to the original flavor.
Cantonese people are very tonic. The hot pot base is made of seafood and various herbs commonly used for making soup. At the end of the meal, you can drink it with the soup. It is really delicious and tonic. Sichuan people like spicy food, so hot pot is very nutritious. The base ingredients are indispensable for a large amount of chili pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, and butter, making it a bright red color, which is shocking to people from other provinces.
The traditional Cantonese way of eating Dabianluo is to eat standing up. The pot is made of mud, so it is called "xia", that is, a clay pot. The stove is also made of mud, and charcoal is burned inside. . The chopsticks are made of bamboo and are almost twice as long as ordinary chopsticks. It’s not uncommon to spend two or three hours eating on the side stove. What’s important is the leisurely atmosphere. The hotpot ingredients for Dabian Luo include chicken slices, fish fillets, meat slices, shrimp slices, pork liver, duck liver, squid, fish balls, duck rice sausage, spinach, chrysanthemum, etc. There are many things that can be cooked in a hot pot. "of. Some Dabianlu restaurants specialize in game meat and are of higher quality. Although the soup in Dabian stove does not pay attention to the use of soup, Cantonese people also like to use some fish bones, snake bones, shrimp heads, etc. to cook in the pot first. MSG is generally not added to the soup. The main dipping sauce is sand tea sauce, but you can also use fermented bean curd and light soy sauce (soy sauce).
Cantonese people are most famous for their snake and dog meat. When eating snake meat in Guangdong, the price is calculated by the kilogram, and the meat is killed on the spot. The chicken soup is used as the base soup. The snake meat is cut into thin slices, and the snake skin is cut into small pieces and put into the pot first, but it is eaten last. Mix snake gallbladder and snake blood with white wine, eat and drink separately. Do not leave it for too long, otherwise it will coagulate. Snake liver can be eaten blanched, just like snake meat. After the snake meat is blanched, the snake skin can also be eaten. The snake skin is crispy and delicious. It can be dipped in sand tea sauce or the dipping sauce prepared by the store. After finishing this pot, , No matter how cold the weather is, you will definitely be sweating profusely. According to ancient records, snakes can strengthen the wind, activate blood circulation, and are great tonics for removing cold and dampness. Modern medicine has proven that snake meat and snake oil contain a large amount of amino acids and linoleic acid, which can protect blood vessels and delay aging.
The dog is called "Sanliu" in Guangdong, because "Nine" and "dog" have the same pronunciation in Cantonese. Cantonese people divide dogs into four levels: one yellow, two black, three flowers, and four white. It is said that yellow dogs and black dogs are the most delicious, but I don’t know what scientific basis there is for them. Dog meat should be eaten with fermented bean curd.
In addition, the beef meatballs made in Chaozhou and Shantou are also unique. They are as elastic as Taiwanese meatballs. With good stock and Shantou Shacha sauce, they are really "common". Put a big bowl on it.”
In the past, charcoal copper hot pots were used for side stoves. The red copper was warm and moist, and the fire was melting and very atmospheric. But it was so troublesome to use that it is now hard to find. There are three common types of stoves: cassette stoves, electric stoves and induction stoves. Cassette stoves are often used in restaurants, because they cook quickly and are enjoyable to eat; electric hot pots are most commonly used in households, as they are safe and convenient; induction cookers are emerging in the past year or two and are the most expensive, fast and hygienic, but require many requirements when using them.