Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (hereinafter referred to as Enshi), the youngest autonomous prefecture in China, is located in the southwest of Hubei Province, bordering Jingchu in the east, Xiaoxiang in the south, Chongqing and Guizhou in the west and Shennongjia in the north. It is the only ethnic autonomous prefecture in Hubei Province and enjoys the titles of "the forest in the west of Hubei", "the Chinese medicine library", "the tobacco kingdom" and "the selenium capital of the world".

one side of the soil and water support one side of the people, and you can always find the local customs and human history of a place the fastest from food. Enshi is a gathering place of 29 ethnic groups, including Tujia, Miao and Dong, at the intersection of Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing. The taste has the characteristics of the three places, and the diet also combines the ethnic characteristics of Tujia and Miao ethnic minorities, so the local catering has both the spicy characteristics of Sichuan and the salty and spicy style of Xiaoxiang. For example, there are "Gege", slag, bacon and dried potatoes.

So, come to Enshi for food. This small town will never let you down!

-1- Breakfast Wake-up Team

The premature arrival of Enshi people began at 6: in the morning. There were breakfast stalls all over the street, white smoke filled the air and the fragrance was overflowing. People who came and went too early ate, drank and walked with a gust of wind, forming a unique food river and lake in Enshi. A comfortable breakfast, I think, can always wake you up in the morning.

Of course, the earliest "instant noodles" in Enshi area-bean skin!

Enshi's bean skin is a kind of food with bean characters but nothing to do with beans, which looks like noodles. The flat pan is smeared with thin oil, the rice is ground into rice slurry and put in a special funnel, and a "maze" is drawn on the frying pan until the circles are solidified and formed. The bean skin just out of the pot is not as smooth as noodles, but has some rough and solid taste and some grain aroma. The finished bean skin can be boiled and fried, usually accompanied by chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables, etc., and a variety of flavors can be selected, with a soft and smooth taste and endless aftertaste.

it's so satisfying to eat such a bowl in the morning!

The fragrant oil can be regarded as Enshi's national food, and it can be seen everywhere in the streets. Pour rice slurry into the fragrant gourd ladle, wrap the rice slurry with shredded pork, shredded potatoes, chopped green onion and Chili powder, finally cover it with a layer of slurry, and fry it in a hot pot until it is formed. The golden coat is wrapped in fresh and soft stuffing, and it is crispy with a bite, and the aroma is overflowing.

A bowl of steaming bean skin, a crispy piece of fragrant oil, was eaten with a shiny face and burped all over the sky, so Enshi people's day began.

-2- Family Fun

Never eaten slag, which is equivalent to never being in Enshi.

Tujia people in Enshi have deep feelings for the slag, and there has been a folk saying that "Chili is salt, and slag is used for the New Year". Slag, also known as lazy tofu. The Tujia method of making "slag" is very simple. After the soybean is swollen, it is ground into slag slurry with a stone mill. The "slag" is not filtered, but is ground and cooked now, similar to unfiltered soybean milk. There are many ways to eat slag. Some of them are made into "light mixed slag" without any seasoning, and some are also made into hot pot with mixed slag, among which Zhangguan mixed slag is a typical hot pot with mixed slag. After the slag is boiled, the bittern becomes slightly dry, and fresh soup is added with pork, broilers and eggs to make a series of slag hot pots such as fresh meat slag, broiler slag and egg slag. When the rice meets the bean dregs, the bean fresh contains frankincense, which invades every texture of the rice. One pot of dregs can swallow two bowls of rice!

Enshi people often say, "If you don't eat sour and spicy food for three days, your heart is like a cat scratching".

The appearance of Tai Guang pepper greatly reflects the dietary characteristics of Enshi people. Tai Guang pepper, also known as squeezed pepper, is baked in a pot with Enshi local bright red pepper and corn flour, which tastes hot and sour and unique, appetizing and refreshing. It can be said that it is a "perfect cp" with Tujia bacon, and it is fried together or steamed as the bottom material of the bowl. The finished product is reddish in color and has a very special sour and spicy taste. The prepared bacon is rich in incense, solid in meat quality, fat and not greasy, thin and not stuffed, and has a unique flavor.

whether it's pressed wide pepper as an appetizer or a base, you can get its unique taste as long as it is served with rice. How to match it is an excellent taste!

-3- Never tire of eating "Little Cute"

Enshi people don't call potatoes potatoes, they call them potato. Because it is planted in mountainous areas and the soil is rich in selenium, the potato is full of water and more crispy. Enshi potato is special, small, pink and cotton, especially suitable for eating on kang. "Kang" is a unique cooking method. It is fried, but it doesn't fry so much oil, but it has more oil than frying, which can be understood as "frying". "When the kang is cooked, it doesn't feel oily when eaten in your mouth, and it has a sweet feeling of roasting, with a little crispy taste. Sprinkle with pepper, chopped green onion and sesame, one by one, which can be used as a snack to satisfy your appetite and as a staple food. According to your personal taste, add pickled radish from Enshi people's own home, and it makes your mouth water.

"Enshi Kang Potato" has become a business card in Enshi area.

how many food secrets are hidden in the towering mountains?

how much nostalgia is permeated in the lively scene?

I don't know where to go during the 11th holiday, so come to Enshi!

The city of Enshi is the poem and the distance you are looking forward to!

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Wen San Wang Xiaolan

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