Chinese food is so extensive and profound that even foreigners are full of praise after eating it.
However, compared to the orthodox and authentic Chinese food in our country, there is a special gourmet Chinese food in the United States.
American Chinese food is slightly different from the Chinese food we know, and is more in line with American tastes.
As we all know, the eating habits and tastes of Americans are still very different from those of China, so Chinese food has naturally been modified after entering the United States.
In order to cater to American tastes, Chinese food has undergone great changes in terms of materials and methods.
Americans like fried food, sweet and sour sauces, chicken as meat, and rich sauces.
This leads to the fact that if you go to the United States, you will find that American-style Chinese dishes are very greasy and sweet. Even if the dishes are greasy, the point is that even the staple food has not escaped the fate of being greasy.
Americans seem to like heavy seasonings on everything. American-style Chinese fried noodles are really oily, and the bottom of the box is shiny after eating.
Moreover, the ingredients used in American-style Chinese food are also different from our common Chinese food.
Many foods that Chinese people love to eat are incomprehensible to foreigners, such as the most common pig trotters, chicken feet, and fish heads. In the inherent perception of foreigners, these are definitely leftovers.
Or the blood and offal of chickens and ducks that everyone loves to eat. If it is cooked and put on the table, foreigners will probably fight you to death.
The most intuitive impact of this is that the most popular dishes in American-style Chinese food are ordinary and simple in the eyes of Chinese people, such as General Tso's Chicken? Sour Pork? Stir-fried diced chicken? etc.
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You can't say it's not delicious, but these dishes really don't highlight the heritage of Chinese cuisine, and are more just catering to the taste.
However, American-style Chinese food is really popular in the United States, and Chinese food often appears in American TV series.
Although there is a big difference between American-style Chinese food and traditional Chinese food, the catering itself will change due to changes in local tastes. Therefore, I hope that through American-style Chinese food, more people will know about Chinese food and taste the real food.
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