The ten most famous specialties of Hubei are as follows: Wuchang fish, pork ribs and lotus root soup, Dongpo meat, Shinyang three steamed, beetroot stir-fried bacon, braised prawns, three gorges of pork, Jingzhou fish round, Jingzhou turtle, Enshi waxed pig's feet.
1, Wuchang fish: originated in Ezhou Liangzi Lake, ancient Ezhou called Wuchang, and thus named. Wuchang fish head small body long, diamond-shaped body flat, back meat thick, less fat, meat quality, soup fragrant, high nutritional value, is the best freshwater fish.
2, ribs and lotus root soup: Hubei people receive guests one of the necessary dishes. It is used in Hubei locally produced lotus root and meat bones, simmered over a gentle fire until the meat is rotten bone off.
3, Dongpo Pork: Legend has it that Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, created the dish when he was banished to Huangzhou, which is characterized by soup and meat melting, the meat is crispy like tofu, and the meat is fat but not greasy, which is unique.
4, Shinyang three steam: tender and soft, original flavor, light and soft, in Hubei cuisine and Chinese cuisine in a high position, but also one of the people of Shinyang favorite food.
5, beetroot chives fried bacon: beetroot chives appearance of purplish-red, stalks fat and strong, known for the taste of crispy and tender, before and after the Spring Festival market. Wuchang Hongshan produced the best quality, in ancient times belong to the tribute.
6, stewed prawns: Qianjiang stewed prawns, the earliest originated in the town of Wuqi, Qianjiang, Hubei, where the taste of stewed prawns is one of the best, in the entire Jianghan Plain is very famous, come here to eat shrimp diners in an endless stream.
7, Three Gorges Fatty Meat: Yangtze River Fatty Fish is one of the four famous fish of the Yangtze River, also known as fish or river group, is a typical migratory fish of the Yangtze River.
8, Jingzhou fish round: Jing Chu land everywhere in the production of fish round dietary practices, in addition to Wuhan Townsend Lake fish round, Xianning Jiayu Bamboo raft fish round is also a masterpiece.
9, Jingzhou turtle: Jingzhou traditional dishes, take the Dongting Lake wild turtles as the main ingredients, carefully cooked.
10, Enshi wax pig's feet: every year in November of the lunar calendar, before and after the winter solstice, Enshi countryside around the start of the New Year's Eve pig, killed the New Year's Eve pig's hooves left behind, the first one to two days of salt pickling, and then hanging in the kitchen or the fire room beams, cooking, roasting, through the smoke of the fire naturally smoked.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Hubei Specialties