What dish is the highlight of Hunan cuisine?
"Carrying the boss" is a slang term in Jianghu, which refers to the boss of a group. To be precise, it cannot be described as "carrying the boss". The dishes do not say who is the boss. Everyone has different tastes and preferences. It can be said that what dish is Hunan cuisine
Representative dish?
To say that Hunan cuisine is more famous, the representative ones should be: fried pork with pepper, fish head with chopped pepper, braised eel with cucumber, Maojia braised pork, and steamed bacon.
Of course, there are too many others, such as: beans and eggplant, hot and sour chicken offal, dry pot sausage, Dong'an chicken, hand-shredded cabbage, Yueyang spicy ginger snake, Changsha flavor shrimp, secret garlic shrimp, fried shrimp in oil
, stir-fried sand turtles with green peppers, bean crispy eggplant cakes, steamed pork ribs with rice flour, rice noodles and bacon, etc., there are too many to list here.
Hunan cuisine is mainly spicy, with a variety of salty, spicy and spicy dishes. It is one of the mainstream cuisines in my country and is deeply loved by the public.
Below, I will take the 5 classic Hunan dishes mentioned above as examples and say that friends who like Hunan cuisine should not miss them.
1. The fried pork with chili peppers ranks first, and it must be the fried pork with chili peppers. This is a dish that we are very familiar with. This dish seems simple, and it is now basically popular all over the country, but did you know,
Did this originate in Hunan?
Hehe, whether you know it or not, it is so popular. Now basically every household across the country likes to eat it.
It's very simple to make, just stir-fry small slices of meat with green peppers. It tastes spicy, fragrant, and has an endless aftertaste. Whether it's eaten with rice, steamed buns, noodles, or with wine and food, it's a must-have!
It's spicy and satisfying, and the more you eat, the more you want to eat it. This dish is not only a delicacy on the ordinary dinner table, but also an indispensable dish on the wine table.
So some people will say: If you want to ask how delicious this dish is, you have to prepare three or five bowls of rice first.
Haha, it seems a bit exaggerated, but it’s actually true. Once you take a bite, you want to take a second bite, one bite after another, and it’s hard to stop.
2. Chopped Pepper Fish Head The soul of Chopped Pepper Fish Head is chopped pepper, garlic, and Sichuan peppercorns. This chopped pepper is made from fresh peppers, half of which are chopped by hand, and the other half is broken by machine, so that there are large pieces and small particles.
Not only does it look good, it tastes better.
The processing of the fish head is also very important, because if it is not handled well, it will have a strong fishy smell. Cut the fish head in half and clean it. The key step is to pickle it. Add garlic, pepper, rice wine, minced ginger, and shredded chives.
, salt, pepper, etc., evenly apply on the fish head and marinate for a few hours to fully absorb the flavor.
Finally, place the chopped chili peppers on the two halves of the fish heads, sprinkle the minced garlic and sugar evenly, then put them in a steamer and steam them over high heat for 10 minutes. Take out the fish heads, pour in the juice, top with steamed fish soy sauce, and sprinkle
Chop the chives, top with hot peanut oil, sprinkle with coriander, and serve.
It tastes fragrant and spicy, and has other numbing, umami, salty flavors, etc., which is very satisfying.
4. Maojia Braised Pork Maojia Braised Pork is also called Mao’s Braised Pork. It is a traditional dish with good color, aroma and flavor. It is also a representative dish of Hunan cuisine. This dish uses pork belly as the main ingredient, cooking wine and sugar to color it.
The finished product is golden in color, sweet and delicious, oily but not greasy.
On September 10, 2018, "Mao's Braised Pork" was rated as one of the top ten classic Hunan dishes in "Chinese Cuisine". It can be seen that this dish is quite impressive.
5. Steamed cured meat combined with steamed cured meat is a classic traditional Hunan dish. It is mainly made of cured pork, cured chicken, cured fish meat, chicken soup and other seasonings. It is steamed in a steamer. The method is very simple. Steam it out.
The wax flavor is rich, salty and refreshing, fragrant but not greasy, and goes very well with rice.
On September 10, 2018, it was rated as one of Hunan's top ten classic dishes of "Chinese Cuisine".
Summary: The above are the signature dishes of Hunan cuisine. They are so famous because they are delicious. Although Hunan cuisine is spicy, it does not just rely on spiciness, but also has other more flavors and innovative cooking.
The method makes every dish so delicious. Friends who are interested can try it.