Speaking of Kaifeng, everyone knows that there is a Bao Qingtian in Kaifeng. In fact, Kaifeng snacks are also famous for a long time. Let's take a look at Kaifeng snacks.

Kaifeng snacks refer to a series of snacks in Kaifeng, including soup packets, peanut cakes and so on. Kaifeng snacks have been famous for thousands of years. Kaifeng snacks originated in Xia and Shang Dynasties and flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty. Kaifeng snacks enjoy a high status in the history of Chinese food culture. Kaifeng snacks have a great influence on the survival and development of the people.

Kaifeng set of four treasures of Kaifeng snacks

Set of four treasures is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, which can be called "a must of Henan cuisine". "Set of Four Treasures" is absolutely a combination of the four flavors of chicken, duck, pigeon and quail, which are rich, fragrant, fresh and wild. Four whole birds are set in layers, all of which are complete without a bone. Every time a few dishes are served at a banquet, this dish is served in a blue-and-white porcelain soup basin, and the whole duck floating in the soup is displayed in front of the diners. Its color is bright and mellow. After eating the first layer of delicious duck, a fragrant whole chicken comes into view; After the chicken was eaten, the delicious whole pigeon appeared again, and finally a quail with a complete body was revealed in the pigeon's stomach, which was filled with diced sea cucumber, shredded mushrooms and magnolia slices. A dish has a variety of flavors, not fat or greasy, refreshing and delicious, and has a long aftertaste. The set of four treasures belongs to the yamen school, with exquisite production, exquisite color, flavor and shape, labor-consuming and time-consuming, but the technology is not good enough, and the temperature is not good enough. The most complicated thing is to remove bones and concentrate on them, just like artistic carving. With the neck opening, the bones are removed one by one, and the original shape remains the same. In some places, although the skin is as thin as paper, it still needs to be filled with water. After deboning, the four birds are put on their bodies and legs to become a whole. Set of four treasures was founded by Chen Yongxiang, a famous chef in Kaifeng in the late Qing Dynasty. Chen once hosted a "royal meal" for Empress Dowager Cixi. There are more than 3 kinds of famous dishes of the Chen family, and "Set of Four Treasures" is a pearl of them. In 212, Chen Jing and his three brothers inherited their ancestral business and carried this dish forward.

Kaifeng snack Ma Yuxing's "Bucket Chicken"

Bucket Chicken is a special dish in Kaifeng, which is made of local high-quality hen and simmered with century-old soup. Golden color, fat but not greasy, fresh and crisp. "Ma Yuxing" is a famous traditional food store in Kaifeng, and its full name is "Muslim Ma Yuxing Chicken and Duck Shop". At first, in the third year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1864), Ma Yongling set up a shop in the southeast of Drum Tower, and bucket chicken was one of its main varieties.

"Ma Yuxing" bucket chicken is round and perfect in shape, light yellow in color, oily and bright, fat but not greasy, salty and tender, slightly fragrant, and has become a must-have dish at Kaifeng reception. Roast chicken was called "fried chicken" in the Northern Song Dynasty. Tang, that is, the meaning of roasting. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many famous shops in Tokyo (Kaifeng) that operated fried chicken, competing with each other, and the production technology was extremely high.

bangbangji, a snack in Kaifeng

the delicious cooking of bangbangji really has unique skills. First of all, it's wonderful to cook chicken. Before cooking, wrap the legs and wings with hemp rope, punch holes with bamboo skewers in the thick meat, so that the soup can fully penetrate and boil slowly with slow fire; Second, pat the cooked chicken loose with a special wooden stick, tear it into thick silk and put it on the plate, which is beneficial to the seasoning; Third, the flavor juice mixed with many seasonings is poured on the shredded chicken, which makes the shredded chicken particularly delicious and tender, with strong sweetness and spicy taste.

Baked noodles with carp, a snack in Kaifeng

"Baked noodles with fish in Kaifeng" is one of the traditional delicacies in Kaifeng and enjoys a long reputation. Baked noodles are also called Longxu Noodles. According to Dream Record, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the second day of the second lunar month in Kaifeng was called "the dragon looked up", and "the banquet guests ate Longxu Noodles, and the festival ceremony sent noodles". At that time, Longxu Noodles was produced. It's just boiled in water, and then it's baked. Therefore, it is called "baked noodles".

Carp Baked Noodles is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, which is made from two famous dishes: "Fried Fish in Sweet and Sour" and "Baked Longxu Noodles". Legend has it that Empress Dowager Cixi stayed in Kaifeng when she fled in the Qing Dynasty, and the famous chef in Kaifeng paid tribute to "sweet and sour fried fish" and "baked noodles". After seeing this, Cixi said on a whim that the carp was lying on the plate, probably asleep, and should be covered with a quilt to avoid catching cold. Then chopsticks were used to cover the fish with "baked noodles", and "carp baked noodles" was passed down as a delicacy. It is characterized by bordeaux color, softness, tenderness and fragrance; Baked noodles are as thin as hair, fluffy and crisp.

the mashed sweet potatoes in Kaifeng snacks

Anyone who has eaten mashed sweet potatoes in Qixian County praises the originality of Qixian people. The main raw material of famous mashed sweet potato is our common sweet potato, which is also called "sweet potato", "sweet potato" and "sweet potato" in some places. Its production method is very particular. First, you need to cook the sweet potato, peel off the skin, remove the inner silk, wrap it with clean white cloth, roll it into mud, then pour the white sugar into the pot to turn it into syrup, add sesame oil and sweet potato, and keep stirring to make it look like persimmon red mud. After serving, put diced hawthorn, rose slices, green and red silk and sweet-scented osmanthus sugar in layers. This dish is sweet in taste, refreshing and appetizing, bright in color and rich in nutrition.

The above is Kaifeng snacks, the most famous snacks in Kaifeng. Have you drooled in thousands of feet? You must try it when you have the chance.