The top ten Fujian snacks are: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Lychee Pork, Pot Side Paste, Fuzhou Laohua, Fuzhou Fish Balls, Fuzhou Pork Swallows, Chicken Minced Fish Lips, Sea Oyster Cake, Taro Paste, Ao Nine porridge.
1. Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, also known as Fushouquan, is a special dish in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Buddha Jumps Over the Wall usually uses abalone, sea cucumber, fish lips, yak hide glue, and apricot abalone. Mushrooms, tendons, flower mushrooms, cuttlefish, scallops, quail eggs, etc. are brought together to make it soft and tender, rich in meaty aroma, meaty but not greasy, and full of flavor.
2. Lychee meat
Lychee meat is a special traditional dish in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Lychee meat has a history of two to three hundred years. It got its name because the raw materials include white water chestnuts and pork cut into cross-cut knives, which look like lychees after cooking. Lychee meat is unique to Fujian cuisine and tastes sweet and sour. It is a common dish in Fuzhou area.
3. Pot side paste
Pot side paste, also known as Ding Bian paste and Ding Bian Chui, is a famous specialty snack in Fujian Province. It is usually combined with oyster cakes, shrimp cakes, and taro cakes. Kueh, fried dough sticks, pan-fried buns and other side dishes are the local breakfast delicacies. The paste is white, crispy, thin and moist, the soup is clear and not mushy, the food is delicate and smooth, fragrant and delicious.
4. Fuzhou Laohua
Laohua is a famous snack in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. "Laohua" should actually be called Laohua rice noodles. The rice noodles are "Xingxing" originating from Putian. "Hua rice noodles" are very fine rice noodles that are cooked as soon as they are scooped out, so they are commonly known as "Lao Xinghua" and later referred to as "Laohua". Buddhism says: A drop of water can see the vast world, and it can be realized by fishing it out of one's hometown.
5. Fuzhou Fish Balls
Fuzhou Fish Balls are a traditional local dish in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. They have good taste, good strength, will not deteriorate after being cooked for a long time, and have a good loosening rate. The color is white and exquisite, the texture is tender, smooth and crisp, elastic, delicious and has a special seafood flavor.
6. Fuzhou Meat Yan
Meat Yan, also known as Taiping Yan, is a traditional snack in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Fuzhou people celebrate New Years and festivals, weddings and funerals, and gatherings of relatives and friends. You must eat "Taiping Yan", which means "taiping" and "peace" auspiciousness, so "there is no feast without swallows, and there is no adulthood without swallows". The swallow's skin is as thin as white paper, its color is like jade, its taste is soft and tender, tough and strong.
7. Chicken and Fish Lips
Chicken and Fish Lips is a traditional famous dish in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. This dish is snow-white in color, the fish lips are soft and waxy, rich in colloid, and the chicken meat is mellow. , fresh and refreshing, it is a must-have dish in high-end banquets.
8. Oyster cakes
Oyster cakes, commonly known as oyster cakes, are a Fujian-style delicacy with crispy and delicious texture, round shape, golden color, crisp shell and fresh filling. , can be eaten alone as a snack. It can also be served with rice paste, porridge, etc.
9. Taro puree
Taro puree, also called taro antler, is one of the traditional sweets in Fujian cuisine in Fujian Province. This dish is delicate, soft, sweet and delicious. It looks like a cold dish but actually burns your mouth. It has a unique flavor.
10. Aojiu porridge
Aojiu porridge is one of the famous snacks unique to Fuzhou, Fujian. It is a sweet porridge cooked during the Aojiu Festival. The main ingredients are water chestnuts, peanuts, red dates, and longan. Lotus seeds, ginkgo, etc. can be added. It is cooked with white rice, glutinous rice, and brown sugar until cooked or mashed into porridge.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Fujian Province