The Tujia cuisine in Zhangjiajie not only has strong ethnic characteristics, but also incorporates the essence of Hunan cuisine.

Spicy is a characteristic of Hunan cuisine, and Tujia cuisine is no exception. In addition to spicy food, Tujia people also particularly love wax, sour, and pickled vegetables. They have unique flavors. It is recommended to try them.

Tujia style delicacy Rock Fungus Stewed with Chicken and Duck Rock fungus is a fungus-like plant that grows on steep cliffs. It is extremely precious because it is difficult to pick. It is delicious and nutritious. When stewed with chicken and duck, it is like ginseng and bird's nest.

It has the effects of replenishing the body, keeping the body healthy, and beautifying the skin.

This dish has been an annual toast offering to the emperor since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is said that every year the emperor holds a banquet and all ministers must serve this dish. If you want to taste what it's like to be an emperor, just enjoy this dish.

Loach drilled with tofu is a unique Tujia dish. First put the small loach in a tank or jar, pour water and a small amount of salt, feed it overnight, wait until the loach has vomited out the sediment and other impurities in its stomach, then rinse with clean water, and

Pour the fresh loaches into the tender white tofu and let them drill around. Once a few small eyes are drilled out of the tofu, put it in the oil pan and stew it, and add Sichuan peppercorns, chopped green onion, MSG, minced ginger, soy sauce, etc.

This dish is very nutritious, very fresh and delicious. It is a delicious dish for Tujia people to entertain distinguished guests.

Sour fried fish is a little-known delicacy of the Tujia and Miao ethnic groups.

It means to catch the fresh fish, wash it and wrap it in rice flour (put a little salt in the rice flour and mix well), then put it in the vegetable jar and marinate it for 3 to 5 days. When it has a sour taste, dig it out and use it for tea.

Deep-fried, the color is golden, the taste is sour and fragrant, and very delicious.

Tujia Sanxiaguo Sanxiaguo is the most local specialty. There are two ways to eat it: dry pot and soup pot. Dry pot has no soup and has a strong spicy taste. People who can't eat spicy food are best not to eat it.

Xiasanguo has a wide range of cuisine options, including specialized tofu shops, intestine shops, pork belly shops, etc.

Most of them are made of two, three or more kinds of fatty intestines, pork tripe, beef tripe, sheep tripe, pig's trotters or pig head meat, which are specially processed by local chefs and cooked in one pot.

Hezha, also known as "vegetable tofu", is a dish commonly eaten by Tujia people.

Soak the soybeans in water, then grind them into a paste with a stone mill. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and cook over a warm fire. Then add the pre-cut pumpkin leaf foam or radish leaf foam and cook briefly.

Although this dish is simple to make, it is extremely nutritious and delicious.

The Top Ten Tujia Bowls The Top Ten Tujia Bowls are derived from the customary methods used in local folk festivals and banquets. Their biggest characteristics are that they are half meat and half vegetarian, one vegetable with two flavors, oily but not greasy, and there are no plates on the table.

All dishes are served in large bowls with blue rims.

In addition to the ten bowls of dishes, there are also two plates of pickled vegetables on the table for guests, as well as the Tujia's home-brewed Baogu shochu.

Tujia Braised Pork Braised Pork is a main dish used by Tujia people in Zhangjiajie to entertain guests. It is usually only served as the main dish when local people hold events and hold banquets.

Although it is made from fatty meat, it is not greasy at all and tastes extremely fresh and tender.

Currently, most restaurants and hotels in Zhangjiajie stock this dish for tourists to enjoy.

Fried bee pupae There are many wild bees in the Zhangjiajie mountainous area, especially the wild bees called Thunder Bees, which are as big as thumbs and highly toxic. Their pupae are rich in nutrients and are a favorite delicacy of the Tujia people, and are a must-have for drinking.

It is specially used to entertain distinguished guests from far away.

Spicy radish: Wash the radish, cut it into slices or strips, put it into homemade sour soup, and add some sugar.

In addition, fry the dried chili powder in oil, add salt and pepper, and store it in a basin.

When eating, take out the radish that has been soaked for a day and night and dip it in oil, chili and other condiments. It tastes sweet, sour, crispy and spicy. The taste is really wonderful.

This method also includes: flavored kelp, flavored konjac, flavored lotus root slices, flavored wild vegetable roots, flavored tofu skin, etc.

Zhangjiajie’s Tujia cured dishes are rich and colorful and enjoy a high reputation.

The indispensable part of Tujia cured meat is cured meat hotpot. Each cured meat hotpot has its own merits, but one of the common characteristics is its fragrance.

After simmering it in a hot pot, you can add various vegetable leaves while eating it, and the flavor will be endless.

Sauerkraut: The Tujia people in Zhangjiajie love to eat sour food, so sauerkraut can be found everywhere and comes in all kinds, including sour meat, sour fish, sour beans, sour peppers, sour radish, etc. It is not a problem to fill a banquet with all sauerkraut.

Blood tofu Blood tofu is made by mixing tofu with fresh pig blood, diced pork, Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers and other seasonings into a puree shape, kneading it into an oval shape, placing it on a fire pit with a bamboo sieve, roasting it with smoke until yellow, and slicing it with garlic,

Chili peppers can be fried and taste chewy and fragrant. It is a Tujia specialty and is a good accompaniment to wine.

Salted Salted Duck with Sauce Sauce can be regarded as a special snack in Hunan. Hunan people love spicy food, so the unique flavor of Salted Salted Duck with Sauce Naturally cannot be separated from spicy food.

It is currently available in general supermarkets and braised food stores in Zhangjiajie. You can’t miss it when you come to Zhangjiajie.

Teppanyaki Eating Teppanyaki is the most common way for people in Zhangjiajie to eat late night snacks.

Three or five friends gathered around a square table, with a flat-bottomed iron pot placed in the middle of the table. Around the iron pot were placed the dishes of raw beef, mutton, chicken offal, leeks, potato slices and other dishes that you ordered, and then you served yourself.

Fry in oil and add various seasonings of your choice. It will be cooked in a moment and ready to enjoy.

Friends get together to eat, drink, chat, and stir-fry.

Its wonderful artistic conception cannot be described in words.

Cold Noodles Eating cold noodles is a unique sight in Zhangjiajie. You can see cold noodles selling and eating cold noodles everywhere in the streets, alleys, suburbs and villages.

The seller is simple, and a small two-wheeled vehicle solves the store's problem.

People eat in different shapes, sitting, standing, squatting, or eating while walking. People eating cold noodles are not divided into men, women, old and young, and the seasons for eating cold noodles are not divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter.