What are the basic characteristics of China cooking?
China cooking has a long history and rich cultural heritage, and its basic characteristics can be summarized as follows.
First of all, China pays attention to the selection and treatment of ingredients. China cuisine has a wide selection of materials, including animals, plants, minerals and many other ingredients, many of which are special ingredients, such as bamboo shoots, fungus, sea cucumber, etc., and pay attention to the freshness, green, health and environmental protection of ingredients, emphasizing the harmony with nature. There are also unique skills in processing, such as cutting, chopping, shredding, slicing, dicing, cutting into strips, cutting into powder, cutting flowers, peeling, shelling, etc. Different ingredients have different processing methods.
Secondly, China cuisine has diversified tastes and cooking methods. The tastes of China cuisine are rich and varied, including sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. The combination and change of these tastes make China cuisine have unique charm in taste. At the same time, there are many cooking methods for China cuisine, such as cooking, boiling, frying, frying, stewing, steaming, roasting, rinsing and so on. Different cooking methods can bring out different tastes and flavors.
Thirdly, China's cooking emphasizes the unity and coordination of color, aroma and taste. Color, aroma and taste are important characteristics of China cuisine, while China cuisine pays attention to the unity and coordination of color, aroma and taste, which makes a dish have excellent expressive force in taste and appearance. For example, braised pork is bright red in color, fragrant, tender in meat and rich in taste.
Finally, China cuisine pays attention to the integration and inheritance with culture. China cuisine is an important part of China culture, and its cooking techniques, ingredients selection and food customs are closely related to the cultural traditions of China. Chinese cuisine has a long history and a strong historical and cultural heritage. Therefore, China cuisine also pays attention to accumulation and inheritance in cooking techniques. Especially in large-scale traditional festivals, important occasions and ceremonies, China cooking plays an indispensable role, and this traditional experience is unique to China cooking.