The taste of Shanghai cuisine is mainly thick oil red sauce. Shanghainese like to eat sweet food, and most of them put sugar in cooking, so many mainlanders are not used to Shanghai's local dishes. In fact, it is quite good to eat Shanghai food occasionally. Today, I will share with you some famous dishes in Shanghai.

1, crystal shrimp

Crystal shrimp is a traditional dish in Shanghai and one of the top ten classic dishes in Shanghai. It was once rated as "the first dish in Shanghai". Crystal shrimp, as its name implies, is the fried shrimp, which is crystal clear and very beautiful. The taste of crystal shrimp: fresh, sweet, tender, crisp and delicious.

The method of crystal shrimp is to remove the head and peel the fresh shrimp, wash it, add egg white, sugar and salt, stir and marinate it to taste, pour cooking oil into the pot, stir fry the shrimp with oil heat until it is cooked.

2. Shanghai braised pork

Braised pork in Shanghai is one of the top ten classic dishes in Shanghai. It is a meat dish that many people in Shanghai love to eat. Shanghai braised pork is mainly made of pork belly, which is washed and cut into small pieces and blanched for later use. Then, cooking oil is poured into the pot, white sugar is added to stir-fry until it is brown, appropriate amount of clear water is added, spices such as soy sauce, soy sauce, star anise and cinnamon are added, and then boiled on low fire for about 1 hour, and finally juice is collected on high fire. The taste of Shanghai braised pork: it is soft and slightly sweet, melts in the mouth, soft and rotten, and it is a very good famous dish.

3. Babao Duck

Babel duck is one of the top ten classic dishes in Shanghai, and it is also a special dish in Shanghai. Eight-treasure duck is prepared by washing the whole duck with clean water, blanching the whole duck, smearing soy sauce, white sugar, yellow wine, etc. on the duck meat, opening the back and filling in various ingredients, such as diced mushrooms, diced bamboo shoots, diced ham, diced chestnuts, diced scallops, diced chicken, etc. These side dishes are fried with seasonings in advance, and then the eight-treasure duck is steamed in a steamer with strong fire.

Babao duck is more complicated to cook, with a wide range of ingredients. It tastes delicious, salty and soft, and the mixture of various ingredients tastes very good.

4. Shanghai boiled chicken

Shanghai boiled chicken is a famous dish in Shanghai. The skin of Shanghai boiled chicken is golden and delicious, and the chicken is tender and delicious. It is a famous dish worth trying. Shanghai white-cut chicken generally uses Shaoxing Sanhuang chicken as raw material. Shaoxing Sanhuang Chicken is very famous, and its meat is very tender and chewy. The practice of Shanghai white-cut chicken returning to Guangdong white-cut chicken is similar.