Henan braised noodles

When it comes to Henan, many people will first think of Henan’s most unique braised noodles. As we all know, there is a big difference in the food culture between the north and the south. It is obvious that the staple food of southerners is rice, while the staple food of us northerners is pasta. Braised noodles are a kind of pasta. Braised noodles are a traditional Henan cuisine that combines meat and vegetable soups. It is delicious and economical.

The deliciousness of braised noodles is mainly reflected in its soup. The soup made from mutton or mutton bones is the essence. The noodles used in braised noodles are wide noodles made from high-gluten flour. They need to be pulled out by the chef before cooking. Pulling out braised noodles is also a skill, and not everyone can pull it off successfully. And why is braised noodles so affordable? Because Henan’s braised noodles only cost a few yuan for a large bowl. You can eat noodles and drink soup at the same time. Even a male worker will be full after just one bowl of braised noodles. Isn’t it very affordable? Hu spicy soup

Hu spicy soup, also known as "paste spicy soup", originated from Beiwudu Hu spicy soup in Henan Province and "Xiaoyao Town Hu spicy soup" in Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province. Soup-type snacks. Hu spicy soup is thicker and contains diced meat, fungus, tofu skin, etc. Although it is soup, you can be full after just one bowl. It requires 1,000 classic recipes, more than 1,000 snacks and 500 dishes. Sauce recipe. Sesame-covered Shaobing

Dengfeng's "Sesame-covered Shaobing" is a specialty snack in Henan Province, which evolved from the Hu cakes of the Han Dynasty. Henan sesame-covered sesame cakes are divided into two types: sweet and salty. The sweet ones are filled with sugar and covered with honey; the salty ones are filled with seasoning or pastry and dipped in sesame seeds. When mature, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It can be eaten alone, but Henan people regard it as rich and juicy, or with beef and mutton. The most suitable soups include spicy soup, noodle soup, tofu curd and various salty soups.

There are many kinds of sesame-covered sesame cakes in Henan. Different places have different styles. The color of the sesame cakes is persimmon yellow, especially the Dengfeng sesame-covered sesame cakes and Zhengzhou sesame-covered sesame cakes. Sesame-covered sesame cakes were selected into the Henan list of "Top Ten Famous Snacks in China" sponsored by the China Cuisine Association. Egg-filled pancakes, sheep intestine soup, double sesame roast, physalis noodles, etc. were also rated as "Top Ten Famous Snacks in China" in Henan. ". Daokou Roast Chicken

Daokou Town, Huaxian County, Anyang City, Henan Province, is known as the "Hometown of Roast Chicken". "Yixing Zhang" Daokou roast chicken, like Jinhua ham, Gaoyou duck eggs, and Beijing roast duck, ranks first among national foods and is well-known throughout China and overseas. Daokou roast chicken has the characteristics of good five flavors, crispy and soft, salty and palatable, fat but not greasy.

Daokou Roast Chicken was founded in the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1661). Its original location was at the intersection of Cross Street, Daokou Town, and its current location is at the southwest corner of the education intersection of Daokou Town. In the second year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty (1910), Zhang Heli, the sixth generation descendant of Yixing Zhang, took over the roast chicken shop business and joined the public-private partnership in 1954. In 1980, Zhang Hengwen, the seventh generation descendant of Yixing Zhang, restored the operation of the time-honored Yixing Zhang roast chicken brand in Daokou and registered it with the Huaxian Administration for Industry and Commerce. In 1998, it was awarded "Henan's Top Ten Famous Foods" by the Propaganda Department of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and in 1999, it was awarded "Chinese Time-honored Brand" by the Ministry of Domestic Trade. Kaifeng Soup Dumplings

Kaifeng Soup Dumplings have a unique flavor and are one of Kaifeng’s famous foods. The soup dumplings have thin skin and are as white as Jingdezhen ceramics, with a sense of transparency. When eaten, there is meat filling inside and fresh soup on the bottom layer. People in Kaifeng have a saying when eating soup-filled steamed buns: "First open the window, then drink the soup, and then fill your mouth with flavor." The soup is like poetry, the meat filling is like prose, and the dough is like novel. Because novels are inclusive of everything, if prose is more refined, poetry will be the essence of the text. Therefore, after eating the soup-filled steamed buns, I was the first to remember the freshness of the soup. The meat filling is close to the taste of the soup, and the chewy texture of the dough is almost negligible. Zhuang Mo

In the Puyang generation, a special delicacy - Zhuang Mo was popular. There are two versions of the legend about the origin of Zhuang bun. One is related to the story of the Song Dynasty's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, and the other is about the legend about the number one scholar. The real history of Zhuang bun began in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It was carried forward in the hands of a man named Wang Wu.

Each of Wang Wudai’s steamed buns is made with half a pound of fresh pork hind shank, cut into thin slices, and mixed with green onions, mung bean flour skin, eggs, etc. and various natural spices to make the filling. Use a rolling pin to roll it into a cake shape, spread the filling, and cover it with another layer. Put it into a double-layered griddle filled with sesame oil, and finally make it into a strong steamed bun. Every time it comes out, people line up to buy it up. Zhuangmo is popular in the areas where Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui meet. It has a very shocking appearance and can be called the giant in the pie world, a Chinese-style large pizza. Thirty to sixty centimeters in diameter and one and a half inches thick, it vividly and three-dimensionally demonstrates what domineering side leakage is.