Fujian cuisine, also known as Fujian cuisine, is one of the eight major cuisines in China. It is famous for cooking delicacies from mountains and seas. On the basis of good color, aroma and shape, it is especially famous for its "fragrance" and "taste", and its clearness. The style and characteristics of freshness, mellowness, meaty aroma, and non-greasy taste, as well as the wide range of soup paths, make it unique in the cooking world. Today we are going to take stock of the top 10 "alternative delicacies" that Fujianese people love to eat. Out-of-town diners can only stay away and have no way to try them.
1. Fuzhou Crab Sauce
Crab, a small crab that grows in paddy fields, is black in color and hairy. Crab sauce is a unique traditional delicacy in Fuzhou, Fujian. Remove the tail of the crab, add rice wine, distiller's grains, monosodium glutamate, sugar and other accessories, grind it with a stone mill to make a sauce, add an appropriate amount of salt, and it becomes a delicious condiment. Out-of-town diners lose their appetite when they see this delicacy, let alone take a bite.
2. Longyan Wuping pig gallbladder
Wuping pig gallbladder, also called Wuping pig gallbladder and liver, is a special delicacy created by the Hakka people in Wuping County, Fujian Province. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Wuping County folk There are historical records of the processing and production of pig gallbladder and liver, which has a history of 400 years. By the early years of the Republic of China, Wuping pig gallbladder and liver had become famous far and wide. Wuping pig gallbladder and liver can be stored for as little as one year and as long as three to five years. The longer it is kept, the better its color, aroma and taste will be. The longer it is kept, the stronger the taste will be.
3. Quanzhou Oyster Omelette
Oyster Omelette originated in Quanzhou. It was invented by our ancestors as an alternative food when they were unable to eat enough. It is a symbol of poor life and its characteristics The taste is crispy, the filling is smooth, salty and sour. The scientific name of oyster is oyster, and Quanzhou oyster omelette is made with oysters, lard and eggs. Friends who don’t like sour food may not be able to enjoy this delicacy.
4. Minnan mustard rice
Minnan mustard rice is a common Han Chinese snack in southern Fujian. The main ingredients are rice, shepherd's purse, dried shrimps and lard. The shepherd's purse has a bitter taste. , diners who love bitter melon may wish to try it. It has the aroma of lard and the rice has a unique taste.
5. Anhai Cai Kueh
Cai Kueh is a popular snack in southern Fujian. It is also called radish cake. Cai Kueh uses rice milk and white radish as the main raw materials and is steamed into a cake. , and then fried. After being cooked in oil, the vegetable cake is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The skin is golden and slightly burnt, the filling is white, and the texture is soft and delicious, smooth and sweet. The first time you eat it you are a little bit unaccustomed to it, but after you eat it a few times you will be attracted by this delicious taste.
6. Anhai bamboo shoot jelly
Anhai bamboo shoot jelly is a traditional snack in Fujian Province. The bamboo shoot is a small mollusk that grows in the sand on the beach. It is a sea sandworm. , after boiling, the colloid contained in the insect body dissolves into the water, and after cooling, it condenses into a block. The meat is clear, sweet and delicious, and it tastes great when mixed with various condiments. When out-of-town diners see the appearance of the ingredients, they will immediately get goosebumps. Let alone eat them, they will simply be intimidated and unable to eat.
7. Quanzhou Noodle Paste
Noodle paste is a famous specialty snack in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. Make soup with delicious and fresh seafood such as shrimps, oysters, razor clams, mussels, etc., and cook it with noodles to make a paste. It is full of seafood flavor, and diners who cannot tolerate the strong smell of sea food will not be able to enjoy this delicacy.
8. Xiamen Shacha Noodles
Xiamen Shacha Noodles is a famous snack in Xiamen and belongs to Fujian cuisine. It is characterized by bright red soup color, salty and spicy taste, and reasonable nutritional combination. The main ingredients are made of glazed noodles, pig intestines and seafood. No matter how clean the pig intestines are, the fishy smell will still remain. If foreign tourists like Beijing braised pork, they will probably like this delicacy.
9. Zhangzhou chicken eggs
Chicken eggs are a kind of snack in southern Fujian. People in Xiangcheng District, Longwen District, Longhai City and surrounding areas of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province eat it every year. After autumn cools, people often have the habit of eating chicken fetuses to nourish the body. Chicken eggs are eggs that have been hatched but have not hatched into chicks. They have soft down and even chicken bones. Chicken eggs have the smoothness and toughness of eggs, the delicateness of meat, and the texture of cartilage. Crispy and should be eaten hot. Foreign diners may be frightened by the culture. If they have eaten live beads from Jiangsu, they may try this delicacy.
10. Drunken mud snails
People in coastal cities in Fujian prefer to eat mud snails, also known as yellow mud snails. They are a small snail found on the beach. After being pureed, it is pickled and made into cans, which are extremely delicious. When eating mud snails, use your teeth to slowly squeeze out the soft body inside the snail meat. If you feel a small hard ball of mud on your tongue, just spit it out. It's delicious when eaten raw. Do out-of-town diners dare to eat this delicious food? I shudder when I think of apple snails. Although they are not the same species, I still feel a little worried when eating them.