Hengyang’s specialty snacks include fried spring rolls, pickled pepper snail slices, flavored golden ox trotters, fish meal, Zhajiang “fake mutton”, sea eggs, Hengdong local dishes, Hengyang fish balls, Zhajiang Rice noodles and so on.
1. Fried Chun Roll: Fried Chun Roll is a traditional snack in Hengyang. Ingredients: 200 grams of flour, 25 grams of wet starch, 2 eggs, about 500 grams of water, 150 grams of pork (half fat and lean), 100 grams of clean winter bamboo shoots, 150 grams of leek (or leek), 100 grams of water-fried squid, toon sprouts 100g, 50g lard, 1000g vegetable oil (50g actual consumption), appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, MSG, cooking wine and sesame oil.
2. Pickled pepper snail slices: tender, fresh, slightly spicy. Ingredients: 100g dried conch slices, 100g long red pickled pepper, 50g cucumber, 50g vegetable oil, 3g refined salt, 5g MSG, 3g chicken essence, 4g oyster sauce, 25g Guangdong rice wine, 8g steamed fish soy sauce , 25 grams of ginger, 5 grams of garlic seeds, 20 grams of chives, 2 grams of pepper oil, 4 grams of sesame oil, 5 grams of wet starch, and 100 grams of fresh soup.
3. Flavored Golden Beef Hoof: Ingredients: 750g Beef Hoof, 50g red pepper, 750g vegetable oil, 3g refined salt, 5g MSG, 20g oyster sauce, 10g cooking wine, 5g soy sauce, 10 grams of bean paste, 10 grams of Lameizi chili sauce, 10 grams of garlic seeds, 5 grams of ginger, 3 grams of chives, 2 grams each of star anise and cinnamon, 2 grams of white cardamom, 5 grams of red yeast rice powder, 15 grams of wet starch, sesame oil 5 grams, 500 grams of fresh soup.
4. Fish meal: At present, fish meal is the most popular rice noodle for breakfast in Hengyang. Fish meal is delicious, thick soup, refreshing and nourishing the stomach after eating, and has a strong feeling of satiety. It is not easy to get hungry and is very popular among Hengyang citizens. The current source of fish meal in Hengyang should be Zhajiang fish meal in Hengyang County.
5. Sea egg: Sea egg is a unique local traditional custom in Hengyang. It is also an indispensable dish for banquets and New Year’s Eve dinners.
6. Zhajiang “fake mutton”: Zhajiang is a small town in Hengyang County. In Hengyang, when “Zhajiang” is mentioned, people’s first reaction in the world is that it is neither a dazzling The bright perspective is not the elegant hearing, but the hot taste. As long as the word "Zhajiang" is uttered in the mouth, saliva will form under the tongue, sweat will appear on the forehead, and the name of the dish - "fake mutton" flashes in the mind. When people in Zhajiang open restaurants, they list "fake mutton" as a dish and highly recommend it.