The most famous snack in Yangzhou is Yangzhou fried rice.

Yangzhou fried rice, also known as Yangzhou fried rice with eggs, is a traditional dish in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, which belongs to Huaiyang cuisine. Its main ingredients are rice, ham, eggs and shrimps. Yangzhou fried rice is rigorous in material selection, fine in production and exquisite in processing, and pays attention to color matching. After frying, the granules are clear, loose, soft and hard, harmonious in color, full in luster, diverse in ingredients, fresh and smooth, fragrant and delicious.

Yangzhou fried rice is a traditional local dish in Yangzhou, which originated in the Sui Dynasty. Rice is selected from indica rice or new japonica rice. It is best to burn it the day before and put it in the refrigerator for one night, so that the rice grains will be full and dry, and the taste will be very elastic. Before cooking, wash it with water, slightly soak it and cook it in the pot until it is cooked thoroughly, without hardness, and the granules are loose and loose.

An anecdote about Yangzhou fried rice

There is another story about Yangzhou fried rice. At that time, I went to the suburbs of Yangzhou, traveling incognito, hungry for food. Because it was past noon, my entourage finally found a poor farmer, but only some rice was left the day before yesterday. So, the farmer took out two newly laid eggs from the henhouse and hastily made a bowl of fried rice with eggs.

I don't know whether it's because Master Qianlong usually eats too many delicacies, or because he is hungry and thirsty, so he asked his attendants: What are the names of these earthly delicacies? The attendant casually replied that this was "Yangzhou fried rice" and told Ganlong the ins and outs of the rice in detail. While praising Yangzhou people's cooking skills, Gan Long deeply lamented the frugality of Yangzhou people's life. Since then, "Yangzhou fried rice" has gained a great reputation and has been extended to this day.