Shandong is surrounded by mountains and seas, and its superior geographical position makes many seafood appear on the dining table of Shandong people. Among them, sea cucumber with green onions is a famous dish in Shandong cuisine, and it is also an "evergreen tree" on the New Year's Eve dinner of Shandong locals. This dish is made of green onions and high-quality sea cucumbers that Shandong people are proud of. After a long period of slow stew, the spicy taste of green onions and the umami taste of sea cucumbers are perfectly combined, with attractive color, delicate taste and full umami taste. These two ingredients not only retain the original flavor, but also enlarge their own characteristics, so they are the finale of the New Year's Eve dinner.
As the saying goes, "no fish can make a feast", and fish is homophonic with "fish", which means more than one year. As the most important meal of the year, fish-related dishes are indispensable for the New Year's Eve. "Carp that goes downstream without eating its fish" is a high praise for carp in the Book of Songs. Fat and tender Yellow River carp is an excellent ingredient for making New Year's Eve dinner in the eyes of Shandong people, and sweet and sour Yellow River carp is one of the classic dishes of Shandong cuisine. Carp is covered with crispy fried coke, and then drenched with sweet and sour juice. Golden scales and red tails, golden in color, are very appetizing and very in line with the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.
Crispy rice crust is a must-have dish for Zibo people's New Year's Eve. It is made of chicken, fish head, trotters, ribs, lotus root, Chinese cabbage, brisket, etc. After the layers are stacked, put them into the pot, pour in the prepared juice, simmer for an hour and then stew for about two hours. The ingredients are rich in nutrition and delicious. It can be called the northern version of "Buddha jumping over the wall". It seems simple, but I hope that every layer of ingredients is cooked, but the bottom ingredients should not be burnt. I really can't make this admirable rice crust in a few years.
In Shandong, there is a saying that "chicken begins with fish and ends with fish". Chicken has the homonym of "auspicious", which means that eating chicken in the New Year will be prosperous all the year round. Chicken-related dishes should naturally be the first course of Shandong New Year's Eve dinner. Among all kinds of chicken practices in Shandong, Dezhou braised chicken is the most famous. It, together with Daokou Roast Chicken, Liaoning Goubangzi Smoked Chicken and Anhui Fuliji Roast Chicken, is called the four major roast chicken in China. Texan braised chicken is a classic of Shandong cuisine. The meat is tender and pure, spiced and deboned, and the color is red with gold. It looks very attractive, and Shandong has the custom of taking roast chicken to visit relatives during the New Year, which is both affordable and face-saving.
Four Joy Meetballs, a traditional dish in China, also belongs to the classic Shandong cuisine. Four delicious meatballs symbolize happiness, luck, longevity and happiness in life. The round shape of meatballs symbolizes reunion and is a very auspicious dish. It is often used in wedding banquets, New Year's Eve dinners and so on. To express its good fortune. Four Joy Meetballs not only has a good moral, but also has plump, soft but not loose meat, which is excellent in taste and taste. It is a popular dish on the dinner table of Shandong people's New Year's Eve.
Jiuzhuan's large intestine is ruddy, soft and tender, fat but not greasy. It is sour, sweet, spicy and salty, with rich taste levels, but it does not give way to each other. Moreover, it has the meaning of a smooth and long New Year, which is very in line with the festive atmosphere of the New Year, but it is difficult to cook. Shandong people who have the conditions will order this classic dish in the restaurant.
Although prawns are very common ingredients in coastal areas, boiled prawns are mostly used for cooking, but braised prawns in Shandong cuisine are different. The prawns in Bohai Bay are full and delicious, and the dishes are bright and delicious. Prawn also means good luck in traditional culture, so Shandong people will also list braised prawns in the New Year's Eve menu.
Ordinary ingredients can also be transformed into exquisite dishes in the hands of Shandong people. Among them, fried double crisp is a classic Shandong dish. Chicken gizzards, pork bellies and other two main ingredients are used. After deep-frying, they combine color, fragrance, taste and shape, and have the meaning of double happiness, which is an essential hard dish for Shandong people's New Year's Eve dinner.
As the Spring Festival approaches, people will go to markets and supermarkets to prepare new year's goods, and everywhere is filled with the joy of the New Year. Shandong people like to eat pasta, and the Chinese New Year is even more inseparable from pasta-related foods, among which the most delicious is the pastry in Jiaodong. "Crispy", also known as "steamed buns", has a long history and beautiful and diverse shapes, and is a beautiful landscape in Shandong during the Chinese New Year. Ordinary dough is made into Jiaodong cakes with different shapes and colors after passing through the hands of a clever woman, such as longevity peaches, flowers, birds, fish and insects. During the Spring Festival, it will be given to relatives and friends to enhance feelings and express good expectations for the new year.
In the north, no matter how rich the New Year's Eve is, jiaozi must be the last dish on the table. In the eyes of northerners, jiaozi is not only a delicious food that can be eaten in the stomach, but also has all-encompassing and all-encompassing characteristics, and all delicious ingredients can be included in the bag, which has all kinds of happiness meanings. In addition, the shape of jiaozi is similar to an ingot, which means "making a fortune and making a fortune". On the family reunion dinner table, of course, jiaozi is indispensable.
As the saying goes, Shandong cuisine has been defined as "imperial cuisine" and "official cuisine" since ancient times, and it is the first of the "eight major cuisines". Shandong cuisine is very particular about the choice of ingredients and cooking skills. Few people can eat high-grade Shandong cuisine, but in fact, Shandong cuisine has reached the realm of "hiding in the city"