Tujia people mostly eat snacks such as glutinous rice dumplings or mung bean flour, and they like to eat oil tea soup.

In addition to rice, the daily staple food of the Tujia people is rice with rice. Sometimes they also eat rice with beans. Baba and dumplings are also seasonal staple foods of the Tujia people. Their favorite food is dada, and the most distinctive ones are hot and sour seeds and spicy dumplings.

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Pickled cabbage is a commonly used bulk dish of Tujia people.

The main characteristics of Tujia cuisine are hot and sour.

Every household has a sauerkraut vat for pickling sauerkraut, and sauerkraut is an indispensable part of every meal.

Soy products are also very common, such as tofu, tempeh, bean leaf skin, fermented bean curd, etc.

In particular, I like to eat mixed dregs, that is, grind the soybeans finely, leaving the pulp and dregs intact, boil them to clarify, add vegetable leaves and cook them before eating.

Folks often eat bean rice, rice with rice and residue soup together.

Top Ten Tujia Foods 1. Tujia Camellia Soup: Tujia Camellia Soup is one of the representative cultural phenomena of the Tujia people in Enshi Prefecture. It can be called a masterpiece of Chinese tea culture and has a long history.

Tujia oil tea soup is a snack snack with a tea-like soup texture. It is fragrant, crispy, smooth, fresh, delicious and palatable, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a traditional and favorite flavor food of the Tujia people. A folk proverb says: "Don't drink it."

Oil tea soup makes me feel panicked."

At the same time, drinking tea oil soup is a traditional etiquette for Tujia people to entertain guests. Whenever a distinguished guest comes, Tujia people will serve a bowl of fragrant oil tea soup as a treat. 2. Zhangguan Hezha: Hezha, also known as lazy tofu.

The production process is: wash the soybeans and swell them with water, then grind the beans with water on a stone mill to form a slurry, bring it to a boil over high heat, then add in the cut fresh radish leaves, and boil again.

, and a pot of milky white and green residue was made.

Zhangguan Hezha is named after "Zhangguan", a small market town in Xuan'en. Hezha hot pot is a typical feature, especially the one made by an old woman surnamed Huang in the town. It is the most famous and authentic.

Zhangguan Hezhao has a pure taste and rich nutrition. People jokingly call it "full-price food".

Whether in cities or rural areas, locals and Chinese and foreign tourists especially like to eat it and it is highly praised.

3. Tujia bacon: Tujia bacon is a local specialty with a special flavor created by the Tujia people to extend the shelf life of pork. Its characteristics are: rich fat aroma, bright yellow skin, fire-like meat color, pleasant red color, and delicious taste.

Delicious and nutritious.

4. Baiyang Dried Tofu: Baiyang Dried Tofu is mainly made of high-quality real estate soybeans, Longdong Bay spring water and several natural spices. It is washed, soaked, ground, filtered, rolled, cooked, bandaged, pressed, baked, marinated and sealed.

It is processed through more than a dozen unique processes.

The special feature of the entire production process of Baiyang Dried Tofu is that it does not use gypsum or any other chemicals. It is fried using local spring water and traditional craftsmanship. It is a unique soy product.

Baiyang Dried Tofu is golden in color, has a long and delicious taste, is mellow and thick, and has a delicate texture. Whether eaten raw or stir-fried, spiced or spicy, it has a refreshing and endless aftertaste.

5. Community rice: Eating community rice is mainly to worship the Bodhisattva of the Earth. People pray for a prosperous year, abundant harvests, and peaceful family luck.

The local people attach great importance to the "community", and every household enjoys it. When celebrating the commune, they all like to cook delicious communal meals.

It is steamed or stewed with glutinous rice mixed with fresh Artemisia annua, wild garlic, ground rice vegetables, dried bacon, dried beans and other auxiliary ingredients.

Since Artemisia annua (Qinghao) has good pharmacological effects and can treat and prevent various diseases such as "injury, swelling, pain, tuberculosis, malaria, dysentery, and hemorrhoids", She rice is the traditional medicinal diet of the Tujia people. 6. Bream

Guangjiao: The Tujia people in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture particularly love hot and sour food.

There is a folk proverb that "if you don't eat sour and spicy food for three days, your heart will feel like a cat scratching you." It was under this background that Guangguangjiao was invented and has flourished in Enshi for a long time.

Guangguangjiao, also known as Guangjiao, is made from Enshi fresh red pepper and corn flour (cornmeal) as the main raw materials.

7. Ge Xianmi: Ge Xianmi is a unique and divine product in the world. It is mainly produced in Zouma Town, Hefeng County, Enshi Prefecture.

Contains 15 kinds of amino acids, multivitamins and trace elements Mn, Ca, Zn, Fe, P, etc. that are necessary for the human body but are not available in other foods.

When eating, it should be cooked dry or fresh. The sugar and salt can be adjusted. It can be steamed, stir-fried or souped. It is delicious.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" praises Ge Xianmi as "the best food for fats" and has good medicinal and health-care functions.

8. Crested Ginger: It is named because it looks like a crested ginger. Its ginger handle is as finger-shaped, its tip is bright red with a slight purple tinge, and its tubers are snow-white.

Crested ginger is gluten-free, crisp and tender, rich in selenium and juicy, moderately spicy, delicious, appetizing and refreshing, has a unique phoenix flavor, and has a rich and long-lasting aroma. It is a unique product among gingers. It is unique among ginger varieties in the country and has long been a favorite in Southeast Asia.

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Crested ginger is rich in a variety of vitamins, amino acids, proteins, fats, carotene, sugar, zingerone, phenols, alcohols, and trace elements such as iron, zinc, calcium, and selenium necessary for the human body.

In addition to being a must-have with meals, crested ginger also has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, dispelling cold and dampness, accelerating blood circulation, delaying aging, and preventing cancer. It can also be used to extract zingerone, ginger oil, essence and other pharmaceutical and chemical products.

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Gingerone has significant efficacy in treating arthritis.

9. Fubao Mountain Water Shield: Fubao Mountain Water Shield is also known as water shield, nettle and water shield.

A higher perennial aquatic plant with oval leaves, green on the front, dark red on the back, and slender petioles.