Hefei's food is eclectic, and the major food streets make you linger, and the food on the streets is full of praise. As a symbol of Hefei culture, food attracts tourists from all over the country. Below, I will introduce some of Hefei's most distinctive foods, and the foodies will get it quickly!

Caocao chicken

Cao Cao Chicken is a traditional dish in Hefei, Anhui Province, which was founded in the Three Kingdoms period. This dish is slaughtered, shaped, fried with honey, stewed with ingredients, stewed until crisp and rotten, and the meat and bones are separated. The finished product is ruddy in color, rich in fragrance, crisp and shiny in skin and beautiful in appearance. Shake your legs and lose meat when eating. The bones are crisp and rotten, delicious and memorable. Therefore, it has been praised by Chinese and foreign diners who come to Hefei for its unique flavor, and once left a message praising: "It is simply a must."

Bagongshan tofu

Cut the tofu into pieces, boil it in cold water, and drain it. Slice bamboo shoots, starch and water to make paste. Boil tofu and fry in 50% hot oil until golden brown. Stir-fry shrimps, bamboo shoots and fungus in 50% hot oil, add tofu, seasoning and water, add starch paste and stir-fry a few times. Stir-fry green beans and mushrooms, add seasoning and chicken soup, boil and thicken, add shrimp and stir fry, and add bird's nest.

Shrimp noodles

Shrimp noodles are traditional snacks of Han nationality with strong Jiangnan flavor, belonging to Anhui cuisine. It used to be the most unforgettable "luxury" for local people in Wuhu, Anhui Province, and it can only be eaten when they are sick or have a birthday. Now, it has become a "fair price enjoyment" for ordinary people. It is made from the seeds of Yangtze shrimp, mixed with various seasonings, made into paste soup, then rubbed with a knife by hand and cooked. Noodles are delicious and have high nutritional value.

Sanhe zongzi

Sanhe Zongzi, also known as Lujiang Dawan Zongzi, is a traditional snack of Han nationality in Hefei, Anhui Province, which is distributed in Lujiang County, Feixi County and some urban areas of Hefei, Anhui Province. Jiaozi, which uses this kind of indica rice flour as stuffing, is very famous. It is called "Sanhe Zongzi".

Yipin yudai pancake

Jade belt cake is a specialty of Anhui Han pastry, with exquisite craftsmanship and high quality. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a jade belt cake was used as a tribute. Emperor Qianlong praised it as "a jade belt" after tasting it. Since then, it has become very famous.

Li hongzhang zasui

Sliced sea cucumber, fish maw, squid, magnolia, yuba and cooked ham; Steamed pork belly, chicken and scallops with onion and ginger slices and Shaoxing wine, sliced; Shred cooked white chicken and cooked ham; Fry the fish until it tastes delicious, stick dried Bess on it and steam it; Add scallop balls, various raw materials and seasonings to the chicken soup, stew and steam for 5 minutes, thicken the original soup and pour it on the chowder.

Phoenix tail three goals

Sanqiu with phoenix flavor is a traditional snack of Anhui Han nationality. Its main ingredient is tofu, but because of its shape and delicious color, it is named Fengwei Sanqiu.

Luyang baozi stuffed with juicy pork

Special snacks in Hefei, Anhui. It is characterized by strict production of stuffing and control of oil temperature. When making fillings, we should pay attention to freshness, softness and fragrance. The stuffing must be three parts fat and seven parts thin, and the stuffing should be frozen with skin. The soup should be tender. Tangyuan, zongzi and tofu blocks should be filled with dried tofu, which is soft and tender.

Mushroom Chicken jiaozi

Anhui's famous Han snacks. This snack is rich in mushroom flavor, thin in jiaozi, tender in stuffing, fresh in chicken soup and unique in Chili flavor. After cleaning pork, grind it into paste, add water, monosodium glutamate, Jiang Mo and refined salt and stir to make stuffing. Add refined salt and mushroom slices to chicken soup and boil for later use. Add edible alkali and water to the flour and mix well. Knead thoroughly and roll into thin dough. Fold it and cut it into small dough. Spread the stuffing pericardium on the small surface to make wonton in the shape of a cat's ear, cook it in a boiling water pot, put the seasoned chicken soup in a bowl, scoop in the wonton, and sprinkle with cooked shredded chicken and pepper.

Pepper snapper with flower tail

Baogong fish is a famous dish in Anhui, which belongs to cold dishes. This dish is red in color, rich in sauce flavor, crisp in bone and rotten in meat, which melts in the mouth and tastes crisp and fragrant.