Steamed fish head with red pepper
As a famous dish in Hunan cuisine, its origin can be traced back to Yongzheng period. Huang Zongxian, a scholar, tasted this dish when he fled, and after returning to China, he improved it into today's chopped pepper fish head. Fish heads should use fresh grass carp and silver carp. Add red pepper, coriander, lobster sauce, chopped green onion and garlic. I have an appetite just looking at it.
Shi Mao braised pork
As an indispensable dish in Hunan cuisine, even Chairman Mao loves it. Now Hunan restaurants all over the country also take Shi Mao braised pork as their specialty. Although it is a special Hunan dish, it is not too spicy. It tastes sweet, salty and spicy, fat but not greasy.
Taste shrimp
Delicious shrimp is a special food in Hunan, which originated from Education Street and South Gate in Changsha. The northern region is also called spicy crayfish, and its taste is mainly spicy. There is fresh and tender shrimp meat in the peeled red shrimp shell. There is only one wonderful word to describe it with beer side dishes.
Stinky tofu
Speaking of Hunan snacks, stinky tofu is essential. Tofu with soybean as raw material is soaked in salt water, fried in tea oil, and served with sesame oil and hot sauce. Soft and delicious.
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There is a saying in Hunan that "where there is Hunan cuisine, there is spicy chicken". Chicken is golden in color, tender in meat, spicy and delicious, oily and delicious.
Huangyajiao
Yellow duck call, also known as yellow duck goo, is a kind of fish. Named after the cooing sound when caught. Although it is a fish, the place with long fins is stuck in shallow water and the whole body is yellow, so it is called a yellow duck. After that, it became a city dish and was welcomed by people. Later, it spread from Orange Island in Changsha to the whole province and was well received.
Sugar oil Baba
Sugar Baba is a common eliminated product in Hunan. The raw materials are mainly white flour and bread. It seems simple, but the temperature and sugar content should be accurately grasped, otherwise the taste will be particularly affected. The fresh sugar and oil out of the pot are golden yellow, crisp outside and tender inside, sweet but not thick, oily but not greasy, and attractive in color.
Melon granule powder
The common street snacks in Hunan are white and smooth, like two jadeites, placed end to end in a veil. You can add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, shallots and mustard tuber, which is very refreshing.
Dongting whitebait
Dongting Lake is rich in products, among which whitebait is a high-yield aquatic product in Dongting Lake. Whitebait, also called noodle fish, is round, transparent, spineless and tender. The most common way to eat whitebait is to fry it or make soup with lean meat and eggs.
The following are some authentic Hunan restaurants recommended by Bian Xiao for your reference.
Yu Yan duojiao fish head
The Hunan restaurant hidden in Wangyue Park is surrounded by mountains and waters.
Address: Next to Muyu Automobile Cinema, Jingxiu Road, Tongzipo.
Yi Deng (Ant Workshop Branch)
Address: 2nd Floor, Ant Workshop, Lou Dongpai Street.
Zhuyeyan Times Snack Beef (Wuyi Huafu Branch)
Address: the first floor of Wuyi Huafu, No.58 Lou Dongpai Street (near Pinghetang and Wangfujing).
In addition to the well-known Hunan local characteristics such as chopped pepper fish head, tasty shrimp and stinky tofu, there are more distinctive features. A place like Xiangjiang River Basin is hot and sour, with rich dishes. There are also various practices, such as simmering, roasting, steaming and stewing. Such as Hunan bacon, steamed taro and so on. I believe you will fall in love with Hunan cuisine when you come here.