For Hunan people, both spicy and sour are essential, and a meal without Chili is boring. The living habits of Hunan people are inseparable from peppers.
Hunan cuisine has always attached importance to the collocation of raw materials, especially the hot and sour seasoning, and the taste is spicy and tender. Due to the geographical location, Hunan has a mild and humid climate, so people like to eat peppers to refresh themselves and get rid of dampness.
The representative dishes of Hunan cuisine are: fish head with chopped pepper, fried meat with pepper, grandma in Xiangxi, sour meat in Jishou, beef powder, Chenzhou fish powder, Dong 'an chicken, goldfish beating lotus, Yongzhou blood duck, Ningxiang snake and so on.