Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot is famous because of the popularity of Sichuan-Chongqing cuisine, and the two complement each other. Among the eight major cuisines, the only one popular in China is Sichuan cuisine. There are two main reasons.
Sichuan cuisine makes good use of seasonings and cooking skills, and many common ingredients can bring new vitality to Sichuan cuisine chefs. The seasoning mentioned here is not just spicy. Sichuan cuisine can make dishes have ever-changing flavors, and it is not a spicy one. Just say a fish, you can tell: litchi flavor, fish flavor, spicy flavor, sauerkraut flavor, home-cooked flavor and so on. They all have the same characteristics, which are delicious, stimulate taste buds and stimulate appetite.
Most ingredients in Sichuan cuisine are very common, even wild vegetables in mountain streams. The biggest feature of these ingredients is that they are cheap and readily available. This has greatly reduced the price of dishes, and ordinary people can afford it. It has played a very important role in the spread of Sichuan cuisine. Of course, this does not mean that Sichuan cuisine is cheap. Nowadays, many Sichuan cuisines that are almost lost are forgotten by the market because of the complicated production process and expensive raw materials. Like the famous dried tangerine peel rabbit, because of its complicated production, it can only stay in the recipes of official dishes, and it is difficult to find traces in the world.
anyway, why is Sichuan-Chongqing hotpot so famous?
Like Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot is appetizing and stimulating, and there are many dishes. Several kinds of peppers not only present spicy taste, but also have various flavors. At the same time, under the stimulation of peppers, people secrete more endorphins, which in turn produces a sense of pleasure. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can stimulate the external circulation of human body, accelerate blood flow, eliminate sweat and make people feel happy. When I am happy, I want to eat more.
Spicy hot pot originated from eight bowls of water in the lower half of Chaotianmen. The so-called eight bowls of water, basically cattle into the water, belong to worthless things, these into the water under the cover of pepper pepper, but turned into delicious, not only to eat, but also into food. All kinds of low-end ingredients can be used for ironing, from cow launching to pig attachment. Make it affordable for many bottom diners.
is Sichuan-Chongqing hotpot so famous? To sum up, it is cheap and delicious. Food that the general public can afford.