The top ten snacks in Yichang are: radish jiaozi, Yichang cool shrimp, Three Gorges Crispy, Yichang Xiakou Tofu, Yiling Spring Roll, Yichang Youcui, Yichang Golden Hoop, Zigui Zongzi, Yichang Dingding Cake and Yichang Kang Potato.

1. Radish jiaozi

Radish jiaozi is one of the famous traditional snacks in Yichang City, Hubei Province, and its raw materials and methods of making are quite different from those of northern dumplings. Radish jiaozi's practice is to cut the radish into shreds and mix with spices such as pepper noodles, pepper powder, garlic (onion) seedlings and refined salt.

when frying, first put the base slurry in a special meniscus iron spoon, then put the mixed shredded radish as stuffing, then cover with the slurry and fry in an oil pan until golden brown. It's crispy outside and soft inside, spicy but not prickly, and delicious.

2. Yichang cold shrimp

Cold shrimp is a very common and characteristic snack in Yichang, Hubei Province. It is named "cold shrimp" because it looks like shrimp in water when it is added with special accessories such as corn in frozen brown sugar water.

The method is to use rice, corn, etc. as raw materials, and brown sugar water as seasoning to cool and quench thirst, and to drink it after blending with ice water in summer, which has a better flavor and is deeply loved by Yichang residents, especially suitable for eating in summer.

3. Three Gorges pastry

Three Gorges pastry is a traditional Tujia folk food in the Three Gorges area of Yichang, Hubei Province, and also a famous pastry snack in Yichang. The Three Gorges Sweet Crisp is based on the "sweet potato candy" in the Three Gorges area, with sweet potato, fresh glutinous rice and eggs as the main raw materials, and refined by Tujia folk traditional technology.

The Three Gorges Dioscorea Cristata crisp retains the unique aroma and flavor of fresh Dioscorea Cristata after ripening, with crisp taste, moderate sweetness and refreshing taste. Due to the unique flavor of the product, it is suitable for all ages, with simple and exquisite packaging and remarkable regional characteristics.

4, Yichang Xiakou Tofu

Yichang Xiakou Tofu is a unique dish and delicious snack in Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River. Because of its excellent water quality and fine production, its Tofu is white and delicate. The production process of Xiakou Tofu pudding is very particular. First, the soybeans are soaked in clear water until they swell and turn white, and then they are taken out. Add clear water and ground into fine soybean milk with a stone mill.

filter the soybean milk with a coarse white cloth bag, take out the bean dregs, pour the filtered juice into a large iron pot, boil it with strong fire, chisel it into a special wooden bucket, wooden basin or ceramic pot, then pour the gypsum Fibrosum into the hot soybean milk with clear water, and mix it with a wooden spoon for a few times, and it will take about five minutes to make the bean curd.

5. Yiling Spring Roll

Yiling Spring Roll is a traditional snack in Yichang City, Hubei Province. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, soft and delicious. It is usually made by families during the Lunar New Year and is deeply loved by Yichang citizens. The practice of Yiling Spring Roll is to make thin skin with eggs and flour, then wrap it in stir-fried leeks, bacon, dried bean curd, fragrant mushrooms (or mushrooms) and put it in an oil pan to fry until golden brown.

6, Yichang oil crispy

Oil crispy is one of the traditional snacks in Yichang, Hubei Province, which belongs to fried food. Yichang's crispy oil is steamed with glutinous rice, stuffed with white sugar and sesame seeds, made into a prismatic shape, and fried into golden yellow. It is crispy outside and soft inside, sweet and delicious. Yichang crispy oil looks a little similar to spring rolls in appearance, but its taste is totally different. The crispy oil is sweet, and it tastes a bit like My Sweetie when bitten.

7. Yichang golden hoop strip

Yichang golden hoop strip, also known as Jingguo strip, belongs to fried food. It is a classic snack food in Yichang, which is made by mixing glutinous rice flour, rubbing it into strips, frying it in an oil pan until golden, taking it out and wrapping it with sugar.

The golden hoop strips are crispy outside and soft inside, with a soft and sweet taste. When eaten in the mouth, they are both crispy and sweet, and they are a favorite snack of Yichang people. Yichang golden hoop is often eaten with Yichang red oil noodles, which is the most popular breakfast snack for Yichang people.

8. Zigui Zongzi

Zigui Zongzi, also known as Zigui Qingshui Zongzi, is a famous specialty snack in Zigui County, Yichang. It is crystal white in color, soft and waxy in texture, fragrant with reed leaves, sweet and refreshing. In Zigui County, Qu Yuan's hometown, the custom of rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan every year during the Dragon Boat Festival has been inherited to this day.

When making zongzi, the local people specially put a red date in the zongzi, and composed and sang a unique Song of Zongzi: "With edges and corners, you have a heart and a liver, and you are innocent, and you will suffer for half a life" to commemorate Qu Yuan, who died with grievances. It is a famous seasonal food in Yichang.

9, Yichang Dingding Cake

Dingding Cake is one of the special cake snacks in Yichang, Enshi, Jingmen, Jingzhou and other places in Hubei, and it is also one of the famous special snacks in Yichang. The topping cake is made of rice flour, glutinous rice flour, brown sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus, etc. It is put into a special wooden lattice or bamboo cup, steamed for a few minutes on the fire, taken out, and topped out with a wooden pestle. Characterized by soft and waxy, sweet and fragrant.

1. Yichang kang potato

Yichang kang potato is a traditional snack of Tujia people in Yichang. It has the characteristics of golden color, crisp outside and waxy inside. Every bite is extremely fragrant and you can't stop eating it. Its practice is also very special. After washing and peeling the potato, put it in a pot and cook it until it is 7% or 8% mature. Then put it in a pot, add vegetable oil, toss it in the pot until the potato turns golden, and add various seasonings to taste it.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yichang City