Yunnan, located in the southwest border, is a magical land. Yunnan is definitely the most unique place for food culture. Its unique climate, numerous ethnic minorities, different tastes and sweet and sour dishes are all characteristics. What's delicious in Yunnan?

Yunnan cuisine is characterized by freshness.

Compared with Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, Yunnan cuisine is coarse but not fine, and there is not much change, but why people who have tasted it can't forget it. The essence of Yunnan cuisine is local ingredients, and the most basic feature is freshness, not just freshness and brightness, but natural freshness without any seasoning. Yunnan wants the most original ingredients. So it is difficult for Yunnan people in other places to eat authentic hometown dishes, because those ingredients are not available outside Yunnan, such as wild mushrooms, Dai spices, wild vegetables, etc.

Roasted chicken

China people like to eat chicken very much, and there are many ways to eat it in various places, such as brine chicken, Sichuan exotic chicken, Changshu beggar chicken and Dezhou braised chicken ... But if you want to say the most unique way to eat it, it belongs to Yunnan roasted chicken.

steamed fish

besides steamed chicken, there are also steamed fish. Bian Xiao tasted this delicious food in Zhaojiagou near Goddess Bay in Lugu Lake. This steamer is different from Jianshui steamer. This is a stone pot. Clean the live fish, add onion, ginger, garlic and other auxiliary materials and water, cover the straw hat, and the steam will be full of fire, and the temperature will reach 18 degrees. In three minutes.

Yunnan cuisine is light and pure, and its emphasis on original flavor is also reflected in various steamed dishes. There are characteristic steamed restaurants everywhere in the streets and alleys of Kunming.

crossing the bridge rice noodle is the biggest sign of Yunnan cuisine

Why is it said that crossing the bridge rice noodle is the biggest sign in Yunnan, because many people have never been to Yunnan, but they have all eaten it? Crossing the bridge rice noodles is actually just a kind of Yunnan rice noodles. There are at least 12 ways to eat rice noodles in 16 places in Yunnan.

Crossing the bridge rice noodles is a unique snack in southern Yunnan Province, which originated in Mengzi. The main ingredients are rice noodles, soup, seasoning, pork tenderloin slices, chicken breast slices, mullet slices, medium-rare pork tenderloin slices, belly slices and water-soaked squid slices, and the auxiliary materials are pea tips, leeks, parsley, shredded onion and shredded grass sprouts.

Cross-bridge rice noodles are very popular in other places, but many locals in Yunnan think that cross-bridge rice noodles are not as delicious as small pots, small pots, crispy noodles, eel, bean curd, braised rice noodles and other special rice noodles.

gourmet tofu

there must be a place for tofu on the dining table in Yunnan.

Yunnan's gourmet tofu counts as one. A stinky tofu with Mao Mao fascinates Kunming people, who call it stinky tofu.

speaking of tofu, the most famous tofu in Yunnan is Jianshui tofu.

Jianshui Tofu, also known as Lin 'an Tofu, has gained great fame since the publication of China on the Tip of the Tongue. Tofu stalls in Shuicheng Street, food market and night market have become a beautiful landscape in the ancient city.

Tofu in Lin 'an was famous as early as the Qing Dynasty. It is carefully selected and carefully processed. It is made of big round white soybeans and well water from Dabanjing outside the city. Tofu is white and tender, and it doesn't turn black after burning.

when burning, put the lit charcoal in the brazier, put a kang welded with iron bars on it, put sesame oil on it, and bake it with tofu on it. After the tofu expands, dip it in sweet and salty soy sauce, pepper powder, garlic paste, monosodium glutamate, millet spicy and other seasonings and you can eat it. It smells bad and tastes delicious.

wild mushrooms

seafood is too far away, and delicious food is in front of us. Yunnan people will eat mushrooms even if they die!

when you talk about Yunnan cuisine, you should think of wild mushrooms. There are many kinds of wild bacteria in Yunnan, including chicken liver bacteria, dried bacteria, boletus, chicken oil bacteria, green skin bacteria, red skin bacteria, miscellaneous bacteria and so on. There is a saying that people in Yunnan eat without fear. Every July and August, after the rain, there are many wild mushrooms, and many people begin to look for mushrooms and try to eat delicious food.

at this time of year, mobile phones will receive SMS reminders to guard against wild mushroom poisoning. Although many people in Kunming are poisoned by wild mushrooms every year, there are also many illusions of little people dancing. However, this still can't stop Yunnan people from pursuing and trying this delicious wild fungus tirelessly.

Yunnan cuisine is characterized by its ups and downs

Although Yunnan cuisine is not among the eight major cuisines in China, Yunnan is definitely the most unique place in food culture, so it is not a unique cuisine, because Yunnan cuisine is very diverse, with many ethnic minorities and different tastes. The ups and downs of Yunnan cuisine are all characteristics, and no dish can truly represent Yunnan.

Saltwater fish, copper pot fish and other delicacies in Jiangchuan, Yuxi City are all special delicacies in Yuxi City. Jiangchuan saltwater fish

Zhanyi spicy chicken

Yunnan cuisine's masterpiece, Qujing and Zhanyi's propaganda business cards, have a history of one hundred years, and are famous for their exquisite selection of materials, complicated production procedures and spicy and refreshing taste.

Steamed Bait Silk is the original work of Qujing. Qujing steamed bait silk is rich in ingredients and beautifully made. Cooked Qujing steamed bait is soft and chewy, which can be called cold.

Grilled fish with citronella is the most famous food in Xishuangbanna, and everyone who goes to Banna should try it. Clean up the fish first, put the seasoning into the fish belly, fold the fish belly, tie it with two or three citronella leaves, clip it with bamboo slices, spread lard on it, and bake it on charcoal fire. This kind of grilled fish is fragrant, crisp and crisp.

pineapple purple rice is also a famous waxy food in Banna. Soak the purple glutinous rice, wash it, remove the pineapple heart, stir the purple glutinous rice and chopped pork evenly, steam it in a steamer until it gives off an attractive fragrance, and serve.

Dehong Dai Zui Zi is a traditional food deeply loved by local people. The main raw material is tripe, and the taste of skimming oil is very special. There is a weed mixed with the fragrance of the earth. Many foreign tourists feel unique after eating it.

Bahang chicken is a unique traditional dish in Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, and it is called "a unique skill in Yunnan"

Deng Chuan milk fan is a fan-shaped dairy product, which can be divided into milky white and milky yellow. High nutritional value, mellow and delicious, it is an excellent dish for local Bai people in Deng Chuan to entertain guests.

Lijiang Baba is a unique flavor food of Naxi nationality. It is made of high-quality wheat flour produced in Lijiang, mixed with the spring water flowing from Yulong Snow Mountain, wrapped with sesame seeds, walnut kernels and other seasonings, and then put into a pot to cook and fry with slow fire. One of its characteristics is its excellent color, fragrance and taste.

Do people in Yunnan like to eat bugs?

People in Yunnan like to eat worms, which is actually a kind of inheritance. In ancient times, Yunnan was full of forests and mountains, and food was very precious. Insects are an important food source for Yunnan people and an important way to obtain protein. This memory has long been engraved in the genes, so Yunnan people have never forgotten to taste this delicious food until today.

In fact, on the map of China, Yunnan is not the only province that eats all kinds of insects. People around North China eat cicadas, while people in Northeast China eat grasshoppers. The most famous in Xishuangbanna are fried bamboo worms and fried bee pupae. Grasshoppers, cicadas and flying ants can be fried and eaten, while crickets can be eaten with sauce. Roasted spider is a dish that foreigners can hardly imagine, and it is a national specialty diet in southern Yunnan and other places.

Bait is a traditional flavor food in Yunnan.

rice has been finely processed into bait shreds and pieces for at least 35 years. There are many kinds of bait in Yunnan, such as Kunming pot halogen bait, Weishan meat bait, ham and chicken mixed bait, and the most famous one is "rescue".

"Save", a very strange name, thought it was related to the emperor, but it was actually related to the emperor. In the early Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui led the Qing army into Kunming, and Ming Taizu Li Yong fled to western Yunnan. After Li Dingguo, the leader of the peasant uprising army, escorted Li Yong to Tengchong, he found a place to rest, and his master fried a plate of bait pieces for him. After eating it, Li Yong said in praise, "The fried bait saved my hand. "From then on, the bait-frying block in Tengchong area of Baoshan was renamed as" rescue ". The practice is to cut the bait into small pieces and add ham, eggs, meat, radish, tomatoes and so on. , stir fry together in the pot.

Weishan braised pork bait shreds In the ancient city of Weishan in Dali, the most attractive snack is bait shreds. At first glance, the soup is white and thick, and the meat is fat but not greasy. When served, it was steaming and fragrant.

Xuanwei ham looks like a pipa, with thin skin and thick meat, moderate fat and rich aroma. Its quality is good enough to represent Yunnan ham, so it is often called "cloud leg". In fact, Xuanwei ham has the strictest requirements from ingredients to final shaping, and it must be made with Wujin pig, a local specialty, because this pig is rich in fat and tight in lean meat, which is the most suitable pig breed among toads in caves. A good Xuanwei ham should go through six processes: setting, curing, rolling, washing and baking, air drying and fermentation. It takes two years to make it. Some people say that Yunnan cuisine is so delicious, why are there so few Yunnan restaurants all over the country? Even if there is, it is not Yunnan flavor, because of the composition problem. Yunnan restaurants in other places are inseparable from Yunnan ingredients, and it is difficult to make the same taste even by the same method.