As a Chaoshan native, there are quite a few famous local foods.

There are beef balls and candied scallion pancakes that have been featured in "Bite of the Tongue"; there is the famous Chaoshan beef hot pot; there are various kinds of rice dumplings that are used to worship gods and ancestors during festivals; there are "Chaoshan" dishes that even I dare not use my chopsticks to eat.

"Poison" is pickled raw, as well as various brine dishes with Chaoshan characteristics.

1. An intangible cultural heritage on the tip of the tongue---Chaoshan hand-beaten beef balls. This meatball, which "jumps as high as it falls on the ground," has been featured in "China on the Bite of the Tongue" and is a famous snack in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong.

Compared with machine-beating and knife-chopped meatballs, hand-beaten meatballs are more refreshing and chewy, and after one bite, they are tender and juicy, leaving an aftertaste on your lips and teeth.

The birth of a good beef ball goes through 6 processes.

Select the meat to remove tendons, cut it into pieces, beat it into pulp, stir and season, squeeze it into shape by hand, and boil it to shape.

The most important and special part is the beating step by hand. A master who has been making meatballs for more than ten years uses a square hammer weighing three to four kilograms to repeatedly beat the meat, making the meat gradually become more and more delicate.

Rich ways to eat: The simplest and most common way to eat is Dabianluo, which is Chaoshan hot pot.

Hot pot is different from other places. It uses beef bone soup as the base, adds radish, soybeans, etc. to make it clear. Boil the thick beef meatballs for about 3 minutes and dip them in Chaoshan-specific sand tea sauce or chili sauce. The meat is chewy and chewy.

It's juicy and the meaty aroma of beef lingers on your lips and teeth, taking you back to your hometown in a second.

In addition to the classic hot pot, you can also: add seaweed and shrimp to the soup.

In the summer, you can also add winter melon to turn it into winter melon and meatball soup, which can be served with white rice as a vegetable or soup.

It can also be made into grilled meatballs, which are charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Just bite into it and your mouth will burst with juice!

I made a lazy version of barbecue - beef balls in an air fryer. I baked them at 180 degrees for about 10 minutes. The kids next door were so greedy that they cried.

You can also slice it and stir-fry it with other ingredients to serve as a dish: "Are you hungry? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles?" At midnight, the stock of beef balls in the refrigerator makes me feel full of happiness.