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I live in a fourth-tier city - Suzhou.
The place where I live is in a small town in the countryside. Although it is a small town, there are many kinds of delicious food in it.
Even though I am an old man who has lived for thirty years, I still can’t get enough of it all my life!
Now I will introduce to you in detail the five special delicacies of our hometown!
1. Xiaoxian dough is a specialty snack in Xiaoxian County, Suzhou. It is made of rice as the main raw material. It is soaked in water and ground into rice paste, then diluted with water, steamed in a special steamer, cooled and cut into thin strips.
The finished product has the characteristics of white, thin, light, tender, thin, soft, tough and fragrant. When eating, it can be chopped into strips or rolled into whole sheets. It is mainly supplemented with bean sprouts, carrot shreds, gluten and other side dishes, and finally mixed with sesame sauce,
Mix chili sauce, garlic juice, ginger juice, mustard, five-spice powder, refined salt and other condiments.
After mixing, red and green complement each other, yellow and white complement each other, bright color, refreshing food, fragrant smell and unique flavor.
There are many ways to eat the dough. In addition to eating it cold, it can also be dried and fried. It is white and translucent, crispy and charming, and can be compared with shrimp crackers at a banquet.
2. Huangzangyu Mushroom Chicken is a special delicacy in Xiao County, Suzhou. It is mainly cooked with wild mushrooms unique to Huangzangyu and local farm chickens. Among them, the most commonly used condiments are ginger and pepper, so it has a universal taste.
They all have spicy flavors, and there are also fresh flavors, which mainly vary from person to person.
It is served in a large washbasin. It is delicious and tender, and leaves you with endless aftertaste after eating it. People from surrounding cities and counties flock to drive here to taste it.
It is now famous as "seeing the primeval forest of Huangzang Valley and tasting the most delicious food in the world".
3. Ground pot chicken is a famous dish in Suzhou, and almost every restaurant can make it.
The ground pot chicken is made from free-range farm chickens, mixed with a variety of natural spices, and refined using traditional techniques.
The main raw materials include farm chicken, oil, ginger, pepper, onion, garlic, light soy sauce, bean paste, pepper, salt, and wine for cooking. Then the dough is mixed into a ball and soaked in water to make pancakes.
Finally, stick it to the edge of the pot and bake slowly over low heat.
The finished dish is bright in color, tender in texture, and fragrant with the aroma of cake. It has the characteristics of softness and dryness.
4. Dangshan soup is a snack in Dangshan, Suzhou City.
There is meat but no flesh is visible, it is not fishy, ??not smelly, not greasy, looks like royal jelly, has a color like light sauce, and is delicious and fragrant.
It has good color, aroma and taste, high calorie content and is suitable for both winter and summer.
Its main raw materials are farm chicken, wheat rice, flour, supplemented by onions, ginger, salt, soy sauce, pepper, monosodium glutamate, five-spice powder, sesame oil, vinegar and other condiments. The craftsmanship is sophisticated and complex.
It can be seen every day for breakfast in Suzhou and other places, and is deeply loved by the locals.
5. Fuliji Roast Chicken is a famous specialty of Suzhou.
It is famous throughout the country for its five-spice, boneless, tender meat, fragrant and non-greasy characteristics, and is also included in the list of famous dishes in my country.
Fulizhen area has a long history of cooking and eating chicken (the most famous ones are Huixiangyuan and Liu Laoer).
In 1984, an archaeological excavation of a Han tomb in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, unearthed cultural relics in the kitchen room of the tomb of King Liu Wu of Chu, including copper tripods, basins, spoons and other food containers, as well as iron cauldrons, pottery steamers and other cooking utensils.
It is said that the Fuli Chicken, an offering item from the county belonging to the King of Chu, is kept in the kitchen. The Fuli Chicken is placed in a pottery basin with a mud seal and the seal of "Fuli Cheng Seal" on it. The chicken bones are basically well preserved.
According to the identification and inference by archaeological experts, it is an ancient Fuli County tribute chicken.
This discovery proves that Fuli Chicken has been famous for at least 2000 years.
According to legend, in the 22nd year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1757), Emperor Qianlong made his second southern tour. The magistrate of Suzhou, Kaifeng, presented Fuliji Braised Chicken as a tribute, and Emperor Qianlong praised it after tasting it.
The above are all my answers. I hope it can be helpful to you. If you have the opportunity to visit Suzhou, you can try it!
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