Enshi is a popular tourist destination with beautiful scenery and charming natural landscape, and people come to visit it in an endless stream. While enjoying the beautiful scenery, we should also taste the local specialties. The famous specialties include Hefei, Enshi bean skin, Gege, shepherd's purse, Tujia oil tea soup, etc., which have a unique taste and belong to Enshi. Slag
Slag is also called lazy tofu. Tujia people in Enshi have deep feelings for the slag, especially in the year of war and chaos. Due to the shortage of food, the slag saved many lives, and there is a folk saying that "Chili is salt, and slag is for the New Year".
In Enshi, there are many ways to eat mixed slag, among which Zhangguan mixed slag is a typical way to make mixed slag hot pot. Zhangguan joint slag is named after Zhangguan, a small market town in Xuan 'en. After the joint slag is cooked, the bittern becomes slightly dry, and fresh soup is added to make a series of joint slag hot pots such as fresh meat joint slag, chicken joint slag and egg joint slag, especially the most famous and authentic one made by an old woman surnamed Huang in the town. In addition, Shenquan slag is also a famous local slag shop. Enshi bean skin
The finished product of bean skin is milky white in color and has a faint fragrance. Enshi bean skin is divided into rice bean skin, mung bean skin and corn bean skin, among which rice bean skin is the most popular. Bean skin can be seen in the streets and lanes of Enshi. Bean skin is an indispensable part of Enshi cuisine and a part of Enshi people's life. Gege
"Gege" is steamed with pepper residue mixed with other main ingredients. You can see everywhere in front of the small restaurant on the street of Enshi. There are many tiny steamers steaming on the flourishing fire, and the things in this steamer are "gege". There are many varieties of "Gege", including beef Gege, mutton Gege, pork Gege, fat sausage Gege and so on. Shepherd's shield
Shepherd's shield in Fubaoshan is said to be a treasure in the water given by ancient sacred mountains. Since the Jin Dynasty, Shepherd's shield has been a tribute to imperial palaces and a delicacy for royal banquets. It can be cooked, fried and cold, especially when mixed with fish, cooked chicken, ham and sausage to make soup. It is fresh, tender and delicious, with unique flavor, fresh, crisp and smooth as fish marrow and agar. Tujia oil tea soup
As the folk saying goes, "If you don't drink oil tea soup, you will be in a panic" and "Three meals a day and three bowls, you will be hard at work". Tujia Camellia Soup is fried with proper amount of tea leaves until it is sallow, then water is added to the pot, and natural condiments such as ginger, onion, garlic and pepper are added. After the water is boiled, it is scooped into a bowl, and fried (or fried) fried rice flowers, corn flowers, tofu fruits, peanuts and soybeans are added to serve. Tujia oil tea soup is one of the representative food cultures of Enshi Tujia people, and it is also a traditional food that Tujia people love very much. Whenever guests come to the door, Tujia people will offer a bowl of oil tea soup. Tujia oil tea soup is fragrant, crisp, smooth, fresh, delicious, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a must of China tea culture and has a long history. Up to now, it is popular in the whole state, especially in Xianfeng and Laifeng.