First, the three traditional Hakka dishes are: Meizhou salted chicken, stuffed tofu and braised pork. Compared with Chaozhou cuisine, the taste of Hakka cuisine emphasizes "fat, salty and cooked", which is related to the living standards and habits of Hakka people in the past. First of all, because in the past, Hakkas cultivated and lived in the mountains, the labor intensity was high and there was little meat and food, and fatty food could effectively satisfy their hunger.
Secondly, because of the long-term food shortage, even if the relatively wealthy large families have to eat porridge at least once a day, most of them have porridge all the year round, and there is less water, so the boiled porridge "blows away a layer of waves and drinks a lane", which is not only suitable for sending porridge, but also increases the salt content in the body; Thirdly, there are many plants and trees in the mountainous area, and Hakka people have developed the habit of burning wood, and they feel that the more cooked they are, the more delicious their food will be.
2. "Baked chicken with salt" is a famous dish in Guangdong. It was first created in Meizhou and Dongjiang, Guangdong. More than 3 years ago, in some salt fields along the coast of Dongjiang, some people wrapped cooked chicken in gauze paper and put it in salt piles for salting and storage. This kind of chicken is delicious and has a unique flavor.
Later, the salt industry in Dongjiang, the capital of Dongjiang, developed, and local restaurants competed for the best dishes to entertain their guests, so they created a method of baking fresh chicken with hot salt for immediate consumption. Therefore, the dishes began in Dongjiang Yu, and Dongjiang is the Hakka place, so this kind of chicken was called "Hakka Meizhou Salt Baked Chicken".
Third, the legend of Hakka bean curd brewing originated from the habit of wrapping jiaozi in the Central Plains. Since no Michael packed jiaozi in Lingnan, he came up with a way to make bean curd. There are various cooking methods for Hakkas to eat tofu. The so-called tofu package includes tofu flowers for pre-meal, fried tofu, tofu pot, tofu balls, glutinous rice tofu, fried tofu skin, and tofu milk for snacks.
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Top Ten Healthy Cuisine
Recently, the results of the "Top Ten Hakka Healthy Cuisine" selection activity jointly organized by Meizhou Tourism Bureau, Meizhou Daily and the Municipal Catering Association were announced. The top ten Hakka healthy foods are salted chicken, braised pork with plum vegetables, stuffed tofu, Sanji soup, Meizhou salted noodles, spiced dried braised duck, stewed dog claw beans with ginger, vinegar fish, clear soup and radish balls.
The organizer held this selection activity to accelerate the construction of cultural tourism characteristic area and the development of tourism in Meizhou, Guangdong Province, inherit and carry forward the profound Hakka food culture, and further exert the brand effect of "the hometown of Hakka cuisine in China".
The activity started in May this year and lasted for more than five months. Through comprehensive catering enterprises reporting dishes, soliciting the opinions of Hakka catering experts, newspaper publicity, online voting and expert group review, the "Top Ten Hakka Healthy Cuisine" was finally selected.
While judging the "Top Ten Hakka Healthy Cuisine", we also selected the most nourishing healthy food, nourishing mutton pot, the most traditional healthy food, Hakka Niang wine chicken, the most local healthy food, boiled meatballs, and the most healthy and healthy food, such as miscellaneous mushroom pot.
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