In Henan, there is a city. People here can't speak Henan dialect very well. People here can't live without rice for a day. There is no heating in winter here. It's not Henan here. This is Xinyang. Xinyang is located in the southernmost part of Henan, where there are good mountains, good water and good meals, the rushing Huaihe River, lush tea mountains and golden rice fields, and it has been rated as "the top ten livable cities in China" for many years.
There are many foods in Xinyang. When it comes to Xinyang cuisine, it is inseparable from Xinyang cuisine. Nowadays, Xinyang restaurants are all over the country 16 provinces, and there are more than 3,000 Xinyang restaurants in Zhengzhou alone. Of course, Xinyang cuisine is also very spicy and salty. "Stewing" is the essence of Xinyang's food culture. In Xinyang, "nothing is impossible without stews", and stews account for a large proportion in Xinyang cuisine. The China Cuisine Association once awarded "China's hometown of stews" to Shangcheng County of Xinyang, saying that it is the origin of Xinyang stews.
Xinyang special cuisine
Many classic Xinyang dishes belong to stews, such as canned meat, Luoshan large intestine soup, Gushi goose pieces, farewell my concubine and so on. Xinyang canned meat is a special dish of Xinyang. Huainan black pig is often selected. Fresh pork belly with skin is cut into small pieces, stir-fried and put into a ceramic jar, and stored by oil seal, which can ensure that the meat quality will not rot for a long time.
When eating, the boring pork is cooked again with vegetables, which is fragrant but not greasy. You can use old cucumber, dried beans, yam, radish, etc., or stew, stew or stir-fry. Goose meat is a kind of food that can rise to the pride of the city for Gushi people. Gushi dry goose block, choose adult white goose, wash the whole goose and throw it into stew. The boiled goose soup can also be used to stew vegetables.