Yongping braised chicken

Yongping braised chicken is known as "a chicken in western Yunnan". The choice of materials is very particular. It must be local high-quality chicken, which ensures the fresh and flexible taste of chicken. It is cooked with more than ten kinds of ingredients such as high-quality peppers, tsaoko, garlic, dried peppers and ginger. Golden color, crisp appearance, fresh and delicious chicken, favored by diners. Dali's annual "March Street" is a grand gathering to enjoy Yongping braised chicken. Friends visiting March Street want to eat braised chicken, so they turn into shops everywhere and have a cup of tea. After a while, a plate of Yongping braised chicken is freshly baked, and it is served with Yongping special pickles and pickled peppers. The smoothness of chicken and the sour taste of pickles will make people linger.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

Dali casserole fish

Bai people pay attention to "freshness" when eating fish, and they are blessed to eat fish in Erhai Lake in Dali. The melting snow mountain has become the water of Erhai Lake, so the water quality nourishes the exceptionally fresh Erhai Lake fish. Dali's famous "casserole fish" is made of fresh carp, tender chicken slices, ham and mushrooms from Erhai Lake and slowly boiled in a casserole produced by Xiangyun. A large plate of vegetable leaf mats on the table, cooked in a pot, is fragrant, red, green and colorful, which makes people's index fingers move at first sight. Eat while it's hot and try the fish that has absorbed more than ten kinds of rich ingredients. It is called a delicate and delicious fish.

Of course, I want to remind you that the quality of wild fish in Erhai Lake is different from that in fish ponds, and the price is also different.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

[ Dali rawhide ]

Dali rawhide originated in Eryuan County and has now developed into a traditional dish in Dali. The local dialect calls this way of eating "Hagrid". The selection and production of raw hides are particularly particular. The best raw skin is pork hind legs, tenderloin and loin. Pigskin is baked with straw or wheat straw until the surface of pigskin turns yellow, then washed with water and eaten raw with seasoning. Generally, there are two ways to eat: one is that raw hides and seasonings are not put together, and they are eaten together with seasonings; One is to mix raw skin and raw meat with seasoning and make cold salad directly. The most authentic rawhide tastes delicate but not fishy, sour but not evil, spicy and fragrant, and delicious.

There are raw skins and meat mixed with pickles, shredded radish and shredded cucumber, and some need to be dipped in water. The simple dipping method is to dip pepper and salt and eat directly. The other is to serve a bowl of colorful dipping sauce with water, which tastes different in different ways. Of course, rawhide is a cold dish, and people with bad stomach can selectively eat it in small amounts.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

Xizhou Baba

Porridge Baba is a popular snack in urban and rural areas of Dali, also known as crispy. It is a kind of wheat flour scone with complete color, fragrance and taste, which is most famous for the traditional Baba of Xizhou Bai people. Porridge Baba has two flavors: sweet and salty. Salted chopped green onion, salt and pepper; Cookies are flavored with ham, diced meat and rose sugar wrapped in their hearts. When baking, it is baked with two layers of charcoal fire, and the Baba cooked in the oil kang in the pot is slowly baked yellow and crispy. No matter sweet or salty, the natural fragrance and crisp and smooth taste are unforgettable.

Generally, 5 yuan tastes sweet and salty. No matter which flavor, it is worth tasting.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

[ Eight Bowls of Earth ]

If you go to a Bai family as a guest, or attend a Bai wedding, you will have a chance to eat the traditional dish of the Bai people-"Tuba Bowl". The earthen bowl refers to eight dishes: Redmi Meat, Steamed Fish with Powder, Thousand Pieces of Meat, Mushroom Tofu, Bamboo Shoots Crispy Meat, Gouache Strips, Golden Beans, Lily Meat Tangyuan, plus a platter and shrimp soup. A variety of dishes combine sour, sweet, spicy and spicy tastes, and people of all ages can find delicious food that not only meets their appetite but also has a nourishing effect on the body.

If you have friends in Dali, or have the opportunity to attend an authentic eight-bowl banquet of Bai nationality and Tujia nationality, you should generally let the prestigious elderly among the guests sit first, which is also commonly known as "opening a banquet". When attending a wedding reception, you can also wrap the meat and vegetables and take them home for the elderly or children to eat, which means you bring happiness and blessings home.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

[ Carving plum ]

Carving plum is a traditional food of Bai people in Dali, and it is also one of the famous specialties in Yunnan. Named after carving patterns on the fruit of green plum. The process of carving plums is to take salted plums as raw materials, soak them in lime water, take them out and dry them, then carve a continuous zigzag pattern on plum meat with a meat cutter, squeeze out plum kernels from the gap, which are as hollow as a wisp, gently press them into chrysanthemum-shaped, zigzag plum cakes, put them in a clear water basin, sprinkle a little salt to remove the sour taste of plum, then put them in a sand jar and soak them in fine brown sugar and honey for several months. Pickled carved plum tastes fragrant, crisp and sweet. Sweet and sour, refreshing, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, stimulating appetite and refreshing, rich in vitamin C, glucose, amino acids and other nutrients, it is a kind of food beneficial to human body.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

[ burning bait block ]

When you travel in Dali, you can see stalls at any time when you walk on the street in the morning. There is a brazier in front of the stall owner, with barbed wire on it, and several white round cakes on the net, with red chestnut charcoal burning below. This is Dali bait burning pier. After the bait is prepared, diners can add hot sauce, sweet sauce, sesame sauce, marinated tofu, peanuts, bean sprouts, sauerkraut and minced meat according to their own tastes. According to Dali people's eating method, you can also wrap a fried dough stick, or hot dog or ham sausage in the bait block, so that the whole bait block tastes richer and more fragrant. With a gentle bite, the rich stuffing will be scattered in your mouth. That kind of spicy and warm feeling will definitely give you an unspeakable happiness.

generally, 3 ~ 1 pieces are 5 yuan, which can be eaten as breakfast or snacks. In addition to baking bait pieces, you can also order fried bait pieces in many traditional Bai restaurants, which is also called big rescue. It's spicy and delicious. It's delicious.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

[ Milk fan ]

Among the eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan, "milk is sold as a fan" means "milk fan". Milk fan is a local dairy product in China, which is made of milk, solidified in acid water and then drawn into fan-shaped slices. All roads lead to the same goal, and all roads lead to the same goal as western cheese. Breastfans can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as frying, frying, stewing, frying, rolling into a tube, and filling them with various fillings to make various delicious dishes. The most common method used by Bai people in Dali is to fry vegetable oil, and then sprinkle salt or sugar to eat. Mellow and delicious, with unique flavor.

the price ranges from 3 to 4 yuan per catty. If you just want to taste it, it is recommended to buy freshly baked milk powder silk. There are many stalls in the ancient city, and the price is around 6 yuan. If you want to eat fried flavor, all Bai restaurants in Dali can eat fried milk fans.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

Three teas in Dali

Three teas are a way of drinking tea when the Bai people in Yunnan entertain distinguished guests, which belongs to the category of tea culture. The first kind of tea-"bitter tea", also known as "hundred fights tea", tastes bitter and cold, and there is bitterness in bitterness, which means that a person must be hard-working in order to make a difference. The second kind of tea is fragrant and sweet, and it is called "sweet tea", which means bitter with sweet. The third kind of "aftertaste tea" is full of saliva, refreshing and moistening the throat, which means that life is complicated and everything should be "aftertaste". White "three teas" is famous for its tea, which integrates tea drinking with tea art and life. Tea ceremony is full of profound philosophy of life.

In Dali, there are three excellent places to taste Bai three tea. One is the teahouse in Yang Ren Street, the other is the Bai nationality residence in Xizhou, and the third is sailing on Erhai Lake by ferry. When you are intoxicated in the fairyland of "Pearl of the Plateau" and "Penglai on earth", you can enjoy "three teas" in the elegant dance of Bai girls.

Dali must eat ten delicious foods.

Dali bean jelly

Rice flour is a special food in Yunnan. As the name implies, it is a linear food made of rice, which can be cooked, fried, marinated and mixed. In Dali, local people like to eat bean jelly, and different nationalities naturally have different tastes. Hui people like cold chicken rice noodles, that is, the cooked white-cut chicken is torn into strips and mixed into rice noodles, with plum vinegar and some seasonings, and finally a spoonful of brine is poured on it. The entrance is sweet and sour and smooth, which is the best choice for appetizing and relieving summer heat. In Bai people's homes, they like to eat cold rice noodles with skin. Eating raw skin alone is a bit greasy, but if it is mixed with rice flour, it will neutralize the taste. Add shredded radish and some seasonings, and a bowl of special dishes will be baked. The sour and sweet taste of cold chicken rice noodles, the heavy taste of raw skin cold rice noodles, and the upgrade of sour and spicy are the foods that Dali has to eat.

Food has flavor, and food has feelings, especially in Dali. This kind of natural food is based on the folk customs of Dali, so it is so touching, simple and heavy. Come to Dali, let your body and mind walk with your taste, and feel Dali's food culture that has lasted for thousands of years.