:1. Local specialties of Changde 1. Braised Dongting soft-shell turtle. From the beginning of January to the end of March, the braised Dongting soft-shell turtle in Changde City is known as one of the top ten famous dishes in Changde City.

This dish has delicious meat and rich nutrition. It also has the effects of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, calming the liver and calming wind, and softening and dispersing stagnation.

Its meat is pure, tender, delicious and chewy. This is the impression left by Hanshou soft-shelled turtle to many diners.

This braised Dongting soft-shell turtle dish is made from Hanshou soft-shell turtle, which combines beauty and nutrition.

2. Stir-fried pork with pepper Stir-fried pork with pepper is a dish made with chili pepper and pork belly as the main raw materials, with tempeh, garlic seeds, soy sauce, oil, salt, MSG, etc.

as auxiliary material.

It tastes very spicy.

Stir-fried pork with chili pepper is a signature local dish that every household in Hunan must eat, and it is also one of the most representative Hunan dishes.

3. Shimen Tujia Sausage Shimen Sausage is a famous dish newly developed in northwest Hunan.

It comes from the fat intestines in the north and is produced by combining the local Tujia people’s practices.

At present, Shimenchai has a certain reputation in Hunan Province and even the whole country, and has become a characteristic Hunan cuisine.

Together with Jinshi beef noodles and salted duck, Shimenquan has become Changde’s gourmet tourism business card.

If you want to eat authentic Shimen sausage when traveling to Changde, you can choose to go to small restaurants in the streets and alleys of Shimen County, as well as Xinyi Town.

4. Hunan salted duck with spicy sauce Hunan salted duck is a famous dish in Hunan.

It is made by soaking more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese medicines and more than 10 kinds of spices through 15 processes including air-drying and baking.

The finished product is deep red in color, crispy in skin, rich in sauce flavor and has a long aftertaste.

It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, and beautifying the skin.

It is a delicacy popular in the north and south of the Yangtze River. It is an accompaniment to table wine and a great gift.

The product is moderately fragrant, spicy, sweet, numb, salty, crispy and loose. It has the characteristics of mellow and delicious taste, complete color and fragrance, low fat and non-greasy, endless aftertaste and convenient consumption.

5. Shimen Tujia Bacon Shimen Tujia Bacon is a local famous product with a special flavor created by the Tujia people in order to extend the shelf life of pork.

It is a unique meat product of the Tujia people. It is not only easy to preserve, but also has beautiful color.

This is the main dish for Tujia people to entertain their guests.

It is characterized by a rich fatty aroma, bright yellow complexion, fire-like flesh color, bright red color, delicious taste and rich nutrition.

There is a slight smoky flavor in the mouth, very fragrant, cut into thin slices, the color is delicate and clear, dark red, and the aftertaste is endless.

6. Squeezing Bamboo Shoots in Huayanxi In many hotels in Changde, Squeezing Bamboo Shoots in Huayanxi is a unique signature dish.

Its crisp texture and refreshing taste make diners from all directions reluctant to put down their chopsticks.

Huaxi bamboo shoots are made from the most delicious spring bamboo shoots, so they taste delicious.

In particular, pressed bamboo shoots made by traditional methods are fresh, tender, crisp, soft and fragrant, and have become an indispensable delicacy for people to give to relatives and friends, family dinners, and large banquets.

7. Hanshou Secret Jade Arm Lotus Root Hanshou-made Yubei lotus root is a traditional specialty dish in Changde. It is made from Hanshou Yubei lotus root, a specialty of Hanshou County, Hunan Province.

Shouyubi lotus root is crisp, tender, sweet, no strings and little residue. The secret recipe makes this dish a famous dish in Changde.

It was rated 12 Changde specialties among the top ten famous dishes at the German Business Forum in Changde.

8. Squeezed pepper Squeezed pepper is a local flavor dish in Changde.

The squeezed chili peppers are slightly spicy, sour and appetizing.

To squeeze the pepper, fresh red pepper is chopped, then mixed evenly with ground corn or glutinous rice, and sealed for 3-5 days.

In Changde, Lixian and other places in Hunan, the more famous ways to eat it include fried pepper sausage, fried pepper scrambled eggs, fried pepper paste fish, etc.

The steamed pork with pressed peppers is far superior to the flavor of steamed pork, and has a unique flavor. The palace fish cake is a traditional dish that has been secretly passed down by village women and fishermen in the Dongting Lake area of ??Hunan for more than a thousand years.

Although fish cakes are mainly made of fish, they don’t have a fishy smell.

Because of its unique flavor, fresh and tender taste, and pleasant aroma when souped, steamed, boiled, stir-fried, rinsed, etc., it was kept secret as a palace tribute during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In recent years, as people's living standards in the United States have improved, they have gradually stepped onto the people's list.

10. The first cold dish of boiled chicken, eating chicken during the Chinese New Year was a great success.

For cold dishes, you can choose to make white-cut chicken, white-cut chicken, saliva chicken, pepper and sesame chicken, etc.

1. The first official dish of lantern shrimp is a good start and the Chinese New Year is booming.

12. Sauce pig’s hands. Sauce pig’s hands are homophonic. During the Chinese New Year, some hair vegetables are usually added. It is named to make a fortune.

Pig handles, rake money, go around, grab money with hands, meaning money from all directions.

13. Sixi meatballs and meat rings: It means reunion.

You can choose to make glutinous rice balls, Sixi meatballs, boiled meatballs, steamed or braised lion head, etc.

The south doesn’t need to be a four-hive ball, it just wants to go out to see you.

14. Rich and colorful staple food. Colorful staple food, obviously, the thin face and big food in the Northeast, the five-color rice or vermicelli in the South, and crab vermicelli if possible; 15. Steamed fish: The finale dish must be fish.

Everyone knows that fish must be eaten during the Chinese New Year, and there is more than enough fish every year.

Don’t eat fish heads and tails during the Chinese New Year.

16. Carrot and corn bone soup. Big bone soup.