Baogong fish is a special food in Hefei. It is mainly made of a kind of crucian carp that grows in Baohe, Hefei. Because the fish's back is black, people associate it with Bao Qingtian Bao Gong, a just man, and then give it a good name Bao Gong Yu. Baohe River was originally a moat excavated in ancient Hefei. It was named Baohe because it passed the famous tourist attraction Baogong Temple.

Baogong fish material:

Ingredients: 750g of Baohe crucian carp and 250g of Baohe lotus root.

Ingredients: 50 grams of rock sugar powder, 50 grams of sesame oil, 25 grams of ginger and onion, 250 grams of soy sauce, 0/50 grams of vinegar/kloc, 0/00 grams of Shaoxing wine/kloc.

Baogong fishery production:

1, choose fresh small crucian carp, about 7 cm long, remove scales and gills, viscera, wash and control water. Add 75 grams of soy sauce, 25 grams of Shaoxing wine, and 0/0 grams of onion and ginger slices/kloc-,and marinate for about 30 minutes. Wash the lotus root and cut it into 2 mm thick slices.

2. Take a 1 casserole, spread a layer of clean pork ribs on the bottom of the casserole, and then put a layer of lotus root slices, ginger slices and onion segments. Then put the fish heads of the small crucian carp in a circle one by one, put the powder of soy sauce 75g, vinegar 25g, Shaoxing wine 25g and rock sugar into a bowl, add water 150g, pour into the pot and simmer for about 5 hours. After cooling out of the pan, buckle it into a large plate and take out onions, ginger, lotus root slices and bones. When eating, take some lotus root slices and put them at the bottom of the plate. Take out the fish sticks, put them on a plate and pour in sesame oil.

The story of Bao Gong fish:

President Mao Zedong visited southern China. At this time, the north and south of the Yangtze River are in the climax of "building socialism with all our strength, striving for the upper reaches, saving as fast as possible". The revolutionary drive of the people with high spirits and high morale really inspired the spirit of the great leader.

Travel-stained Mao Zedong came to Hefei. After listening carefully to the work report of the responsible comrades of the provincial party Committee, he is really tired and intends to have a good rest. At this time, master Liang Yugang, a famous chef of Anhui cuisine, has prepared delicious meals for Chairman Mao and invited him to dinner. On the dining table, I saw a traditional cold dish of Hefei, bright red sauce and attractive fish flavor. Chairman Mao tasted it, only to find that the fish was crisp and rotten at first, and it melted in a short time. It was really delicious. He praised it again and again and asked who cooked it while eating. When Master Liang heard about it later, he felt extremely honored and happy. He was very excited when he mentioned it many years later.

The food praised by Chairman Mao is "Bao Gong Fish" cooked by Liang Yugang.