Zhaotong on the Tip of the Tongue—Zhaotong Specialty Food

Historically, Zhaotong has been an important gateway from Yunnan Province to Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces, and an important channel for Central Plains culture to enter Yunnan. Yunnan Culture One of the three birthplaces (Dali, Zhaotong, Kunming) and the hub of the Southern Silk Road, it is known as the key to southern Yunnan and the throat to Western Shu. The following are the specialties and delicacies of Zhaotong brought to you by the Travel Network for your reference.

1. Zhaotong Sauce

I put it in the first introduction because it has almost become a symbol of Zhaotong in Yunnan. If you come to Zhaotong and don't even taste Zhaotong sauce, it means you are too bad. This is an indispensable condiment when eating baked potatoes in Zhaotong~

2. Zhaotong apples

Because they grow at a low latitude and high altitude, they are called "away from the sun" The latest Apple?.

The existence of Zhaotong apples strongly proves that Yunnan not only has tropical fruits, but also temperate fruits, and the quality will never be inferior to other places in the mainland! If you don’t believe it, come and eat! If you are not convinced, come and argue!

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3. Zhaotong Gastrodia elata

Origin of Gastrodia elata in the world

There is a place in Zhaotong called Yiliang, and there is a place in Yiliang called Xiaocaoba. This is the origin of Gastrodia elata in the world. country of origin.

How good is Xiaocaoba Gastrodia? The data will speak for itself: the gastrodin content in Yiliang Xiaocaoba Gastrodia is No. 1 in the country!

According to the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the The gastrodin content of Gastrodia elata was measured and the result was 1.13%, which was significantly higher than that of Gastrodia elata from other regions, 2.1 times that of Gastrodia elata in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, 0.526%, and 4 times that of Enshi, Hubei Province, 0.276%.

For Gastrodia elata, Zhaotong people have developed many ways to eat it: stew chicken, stew pork, cook hot pot, stir fry and steam.

4. Zhaotong Bamboo Sun

I saw many friends from the Mainland showing such joy, ecstasy, and selflessness when they tasted bamboo fungus at high-end banquets. Expression, friends from Yunnan, especially those from Zhaotong, express sympathy?

In Zhaotong, this stuff is everywhere, the key is that the price is very cheap~ The authentic way of Zhaotong people is to combine it with Bacon and black-bone chicken are cooked together. This is not enough. The friends from Zhaotong who live in rural areas are not interested in eating the dry goods sold in the market. If you want to eat them, just pick them!

Fresh bamboo fungus tastes exactly like the dried ones sold in the market. They are two different things! Want to eat? Make a plan: Come to Zhaotong Farmhouse in May and June every year when bamboo fungus is on the market!

5. Zhaotong Oil Cake

To introduce it, I have to say something about it. Our Zhaotong oil cake and the mainland oil cake are two completely different things. This is the oil cake from the Mainland:

This is the oil cake from Zhaotong:

You can tell the difference after reading the pictures! Oil cake is a more authentic local breakfast in Zhaotong than rice noodles. Oh~

There is a special artifact for Zhaotong fried cakes? L-shaped straight round spoon:

First pass a layer of rice flour, fill it with mashed potatoes, and then pour a layer of rice flour , put the oil in the pan, wait until the rice noodles are slightly charred, shake your hands, and the oil cake will be removed from the spoon and put into the pan. Fry until both sides are golden, then you can eat it.

How to eat the oil cake: The authentic way to eat the oil cake is to quickly put the oil cake just out of the pan into the dilute soybean flour, and eat it while it is hot when you hear a "sting" sound. The dough of the oil cake is still crispy, but the potatoes inside are soft.

How to eat 2: Eat cakes with fried cakes (a type of rice cake made from Yunnan). It is also very popular in Zhaotong~

6. Burnt potatoes< /p>

This has now spread out of Zhaotong, spread throughout Yunnan, and radiates to surrounding provinces. No need to introduce too much. I look forward to it going nationwide, breaking out of Asia, and appearing on the world stage~

Potatoes are called potatoes in Yunnan, and roasted potatoes are roasted potatoes. It is said that potatoes have high nutritional value. This is the most down-to-earth way to eat potatoes in China, right? On a cold day, bake a potato, smear it with Zhaotong sauce, or add some spicy noodles, bite after bite, oh, oh, suddenly I feel good How warm is it?

7. Huangba

The ingredients are simple: sticky rice, glutinous rice and Qiaojia brown sugar (brown sugar made from sugar cane in Qiaojia County, Zhaotong), plus local Yunnan Flower rice dumpling leaves.

The production is complicated: First, put the sticky rice and glutinous rice into a traditional wooden steamer and cook it until it is about 70 to 80% mature, beat out the rice slurry, pour it into a large wooden basin, mix the rice slurry with Qiaojia brown sugar, Whether the rice cake is delicious or not depends on this crucial step. After stirring several times, wait until the water in the rice milk is completely absorbed by the rice dough. Then wrap and tie them with cooked rice dumpling leaves and steam them again. After 20 long hours, the rice dumpling is out of the pot, and the aroma steams out through the rice dumpling leaves.

Appearance: Yellow in color, translucent with rice grains, fragrant and soft in taste.

How to eat: Slice and steam, fry or bake.

8. Pig cake

Keywords: cute, cute

Another classic glutinous food in Zhaotong, Yunnan, Shuifu County, Yanjin County, Weixin It is more popular in the county area.

The appearance is super cute. The freshly steamed pig cakes are white and shiny, like little pigs, hence the name.

In the old days, it was eaten every year during rice transplanting, which meant that both grain and livestock were prosperous.

Pig cakes are divided into salty and sweet fillings.

The salty stuffing is made of fresh pork, winter bamboo shoots, chives, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, etc.;

The sweet stuffing is made of white sugar, butter, orange, osmanthus sugar or rose sugar, Sesame and other raw materials.

However, most people in Zhaotong prefer salty food.

9. Yanjin gouache

Gouache is also known as sweet potato starch: gouache is also known as sweet potato starch: Yanjin is a county in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. Also known as Yanjing Town. Gouache is purely handmade and will become an instant food. You can add seasonings after boiling water and filtering it for a while. After successful production, strip-shaped seeds will appear, just like the size of Guilin rice noodles.

The gouache mentioned here is not a paint for painting, but a classic delicacy in Yanjin County, Zhaotong that looks like rice noodles. Yanjin people have a saying: It is better to go without flour for three days than to go without water powder for one day.

The raw material of gouache is sweet potato flour, which is then made into dry vermicelli through manual processes such as beating and gravy. At this point, everyone understands that this is the Yunnan version of vermicelli~ Yes, in Yunnan, vermicelli can also be eaten in such a variety of ways: Yanjin water noodles, depending on the soup, include stewed chicken water noodles, fat intestine water noodles, Pork ribs noodle, beef noodle, spicy noodle, clear soup noodle? I'm already so greedy that my mouth is watering.

10. Daguan sesame candy

Keywords: sweet, crisp

There is Shoushan Township in Daguan County, Zhaotong, where the sesame candy is quite delicious.

Sesame candy is made from selected glutinous rice, sesame and white sugar as the main raw materials, and is mixed with osmanthus, gold orange cake and other ingredients. It tastes crisp, sweet and has a long aftertaste.

11. Nine-flavored insect

Keywords: Insect delicacies

The internationally popular high-protein insect delicacies are also available in Suijiang, Zhaotong.

The nine-scented insect is a specialty of Suijiang County. Its scientific name is stink bug, and the locals call it a spanking insect. It is the size of a fingernail, has compound wings and is good at flying. After landing, it is extremely stupid and can be manipulated by others. It can also drink wine if you are thirsty. . Moving and eating nine-scented insects is the "patent" of Suijiang people. Look, in the sand beside the Jinsha River, it is easy to find the nine-scented insect by turning over the rocks:

In fact, there are also these things in several nearby counties, but it may be due to water and soil reasons, and there is no one in Suijiang. It's delicious. Well, the friends in Suijiang have the most say.

12. Triangular glutinous rice balls

Keywords: triangular glutinous rice balls

Tangyuan is round, but it is an exception in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong, Yunnan. In fact, whether the glutinous rice balls are made into a Zhenxiong triangle or an ordinary round shape, they must have some kind of beautiful meaning for people.

Zhenxiong is a mountainous area, and most of the people who have lived here for generations rely on and eat from the mountains. In order to obtain good weather and abundant products in the mountains, they often make triangles according to the shape of the mountains during the Spring Festival when bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. Tangyuan, as a sacrifice to the mountain god. Over time, triangular glutinous rice balls have become a traditional snack in Zhenxiong.

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