Henan, located in the Central Plains, has a long history and its food culture has a long history. Its diet style belongs to Henan cuisine, and it has also formed its own unique flavor food in the long history of thousands of years. Every place has its own special cuisine, and so does Henan, but some foreign people said they were not used to it after coming to Henan. They think that Henan cuisine is high in calories and heavy in taste, but the locals like it very much, and some people feel uncomfortable even if they don't eat it for a day. Let's take a look at some special foods in Henan ~

Siweicai

What is a four-flavor dish? To put it bluntly, it is to mix four kinds of dishes in a bowl. Siwei cuisine is a special food in Kaifeng, so if you want to eat authentic Siwei cuisine, you must go to Kaifeng.

The four courses include gluten, meatballs, diced beef and day lily, and the soup base is usually beef soup or mutton soup. Friends who have been to Kaifeng must have seen it. There must be a long queue at the entrance of the four dishes in the morning market. You can't eat if you get up late. When eating four kinds of dishes, you must eat them with steamed buns. It smells good after a bite of food, or you can break the steamed bread into pieces and soak it in the soup. When steamed bread completely absorbs the soup, they taste terrible. Xiao Zan's saliva is going to stay!

Chili soup

Hu spicy soup is a common food in Henan breakfast. It is made of pepper, pepper, beef, bone soup, starch, fine powder strips, day lily, peanuts, fungus and so on. If you are missing one of the hot soup, then this bowl of hot soup is definitely not authentic.

Hot soup smells like Chinese herbal medicine and mutton soup. The soup is thick and smooth, the mutton and gluten are chewy, and the spicy taste is just right. However, many foreign friends say that they are not used to eating, because the taste is too strong, and friends who can't eat spicy food really don't like it, but we can't deny this traditional food. Hu spicy soup can be said to be deeply loved by everyone in Henan. There is no soul without a bowl of hot soup for breakfast.

Hui mian; Huimian Noodles; Braised noodles

There are many types of mutton in Hui noodles, such as Hui noodles, Sanxian Hui noodles and Wuxian Hui noodles. People in Henan are the most particular about eating Huimian Noodles. It looks like a bowl of simple white flour, but it contains more things than you think.

Huimian Noodles's soup is made of mutton strips and more than a dozen Chinese medicines. It not only removes the smell of mutton, but also reduces the internal heat of mutton, which is very nourishing. The emblem is smooth in appearance and tough inside. The delicate flavor of the soup permeates into the noodles and smells delicious. With a few pieces of mutton, quail eggs, day lilies, fungus, medlar and so on. It's delicious and delicious.

fried chicken

Fried chicken is a traditional food in Henan. When cooking this dish, the key is to marinate the chicken in advance and add proper amount of salt, vinegar, pepper, fennel, pepper and star anise to the soy sauce. The more ingredients, the better the taste.

Looking at the ingredients of this dish, we can know that fried chicken is also a delicious food. In the local area, fried chicken is a very homely dish and is deeply loved by everyone. Although everyone does it differently, it tastes surprisingly delicious. In any takeaway shop, the order quantity of fried chicken is very high.

Gushi goose Zhai

Gushi goose block is a local specialty dish made of goose in Gushi County, Henan Province through special cooking technology. Goose in Gushi is the fattest. This dish is very popular not only in Henan, but also in towns and villages in Henan. You can also see many Gushi goose hotpot restaurants in Beijing.

The secret recipe of Gushi goose block is to wash the goose and put it in a pot, then stew it without salt until it turns white. After taking out and drying, add goose oil, ginger and pepper, then add boiled goose soup, and finally add ingredients such as salt and monosodium glutamate. Be careful not to add it too early, or you will die easily. Gushi goose is spicy and delicious, with delicious soup and tender meat, so many young people love to eat it at dinner.

Mutton Soup

Mutton soup is a dish, the main raw materials are mutton, Chili oil, pepper noodles, salt and so on. The soup is white, the mutton is fat but not greasy, and there is no fishy smell, which is very distinctive in local snacks all over the country.

But the biggest difference of Henan mutton soup is that mutton is tender and delicious, and it is rich in nutrition. In Henan, when you drink a bowl of mutton soup in the morning, it will be accompanied by a pancake. Generally, the boss will cut you into thin strips and soak you in mutton soup. The pancakes before soaking are a little hard, but when they are soft, they are delicious.

Fried bean jelly

Fried bean jelly is also a traditional snack in Kaifeng. The fried bean jelly is transparent in color, crystal clear, tender and refreshing. There are many kinds of bean jelly, such as bean, rice or potato starch. Add a proper amount of water to dilute it into paste, cook it and concentrate it into pieces. This is bean jelly.

This kind of gourmet snack often appears in places where markets and food stalls are concentrated, and it is also made by ordinary families. It tastes spicy, fragrant, fresh and tender, burnt but not burnt. The taste is also added according to your own preferences. Some people like to eat spicy food and mix it with onions, garlic and Chili oil. Outsiders generally dare not try it easily when they see it. They have never seen this kind of bean jelly, let alone it is fried, but people who really eat it will gradually accept the taste.

Blast furnace sesame cake

Blast furnace sesame seed cake is a traditional local famous food in Kaifeng, Henan Province, with a long history and a recorded history of thousands of years. The technology of blast furnace sesame seed cake is simple, and beef sesame seed cake is a must. Sesame cake is brown and baked slowly on charcoal. After baking, the aroma is overflowing and mouth watering.

There are many ways to eat it, which can be eaten directly or with beef, mutton or fried dough sticks. Some people like to eat with fried bean jelly. They are all delicious.