Doutangli

"Doutangli" is a traditional hot soup snack in Changting, including pork soup, fish soup and chicken soup. "Soak the soup" means "carry the broth".

[ Features] The soup is hot, tender, fragrant and delicious.

Doutang, the original meaning of Hakka dialect is the broth held in the hand. Doutang is a common soup of Hakka people. It is not a staple food, but rather a snack, which is very cheap.

Doutang is very simple and exquisite to make. There are mainly two kinds of soup, namely "pig's pocket" and "cow's pocket". Mix the cut lean meat with salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and sesame oil, grab it evenly by hand, and then powder it. The starch is sweet potato powder, which is sprinkled into pork, and rubbed evenly with both hands until the starch is deeply thickened into pork fiber. Boil the "pig's pocket" with boiling water, put the meat that has been thickened into the boiling water, and the water will be boiled again. Remove the fire and you can't cook it again, otherwise it will not be crisp and tender. Of course, there are salt, monosodium glutamate and squid, cuttlefish, sesame oil and chopped green onion in the water. The production technology of cow's pocket is basically the same as that of pig's pocket, but the difference is that it can be cooked once and then until it is rotten, and beef is not necessarily the first-class beef.

Eating a bowl of soup in the morning and adding a steamed bread can cope with the whole morning. Eating a bowl of soup in winter can warm your body, and eating a bowl of soup in the evening can satisfy your hunger at night.

Quiz on "Doutang"

Walking in the streets of Yancheng in recent years, on the signboards of snack bars in Rulin, "Doutang" is a common one. This Hakka name is often confusing to newcomers, and even many young Hakkas who are born and bred may not know all the details.

The word "dou" in Minxi Hakka actually means "Duan", which has little to do with the word "dou" in modern Chinese. The so-called soup, which means that the bowl is filled with the back end in your hand and solved on the spot. Doutang used to be common in Shanghang, Changting and some areas of Yongding. The main ingredients are generally lean pork, small intestine and beef, etc. The meat is fresh, tender and hard to cook, and sliced. The small intestine should be a thick, crisp and refreshing part, which is called "vermicelli" by Hakkas. Cut it into sections, mix it with salt and flavor juice and marinate it slightly, then add a certain amount of starch (preferably taro powder, which is easy to form), and mix it evenly and fully with strength. While the soup is boiling, break the reconciled meat slices or vermicelli into the pot one by one. Of course, the bottom of the pot must be boiled with dried mushrooms or dried squid and cuttlefish, and the taste is delicious. When it's a little ripe, you must eat it while it's hot. The soup is slippery and mouth-watering.

Hakkas live in poor mountainous areas, and it is impossible for them to have a meal of fish. Therefore, businessmen cook broth, simmer it with a stove and make a load with bowls and chopsticks, and walk around the streets. People eat a bowl or two hot after heavy physical work, which really comforts their hunger. Limited by conditions, you can only eat while standing or squatting, and it has become the word "soup". After all, it is indecent to munch and swallow on the roadside, so in the old days, most people bought soup. Even so, they squatted in the corner and left after eating in a hurry. It is also a great happiness and satisfaction for the favored child to be taken by his father to eat a bowl of soup to relieve his appetite. Doutang has become an important source for Hakka working people to supplement protein, and it has gradually developed into a flavor.

In Tingzhou, which always pays attention to food, soup made of sliced fish, chicken and duck is also popular. More than ten years ago, a "spicy cow pocket" suddenly appeared in Shanghang City, which was all the rage. In the past, Fujian tourists seldom ate spicy food, and Sichuan style gradually spread to the east, and this place is no exception. Thanks to the developed media, the word "spicy" is famous all over the world. Spicy, of course, comes from pepper, but how many people in western Fujian knew that hemp came from pepper? The shopkeeper mistakenly used pepper and other powder to make juice, and pulled out the banner of "spicy". The young people in Shanghang ate sparsely and shouted, and they were eager for it. Soon, a Chongqing hot pot restaurant was stationed in Hangchuan. After patronizing, diners shook their heads and said "not authentic", which puzzled their chef and boss for a long time.

Doutang is originated from street snacks, and it is also indecent to eat. Therefore, Hakka people who love their faces rarely include it in the recipes of elegant halls. Although it is a little grassroots, it is still loved by more and more people because of its delicacy and plainness, as evidenced by the signboards of countless small shops in Longyan City, which openly write its name to attract customers.