Huangpi Sugar Steamed Pork

Huangpi Sugar Steamed Pork, also known as Dongpo Sugar Steamed Pork, is one of the famous traditional delicacies in Hubei and enjoys a high reputation inside and outside the province. Su Dongpo's poem praised: "The salty and idle officials disdain to go, but the sweet and sour pigs are delicacies." Huangpi people pay attention to "sugar steaming", and every New Year's Eve banquet, they make a mellow-colored red dish that symbolizes sweetness, happiness, and sweetness. A happy, auspicious and auspicious delicacy is steamed pork with sugar, so it is served as a treat to guests.

The characteristics of this dish are bright red color, fresh and mellow taste, sweet and salty, and moist and refreshing.

It is said that when the Song Dynasty writer Su Dongpo was exiled to Huangzhou, he visited Mulan Mountain in Huangpi to give lectures. There are many scholars who admire his reputation. When the powerful learned about this, the imperial court in Shangshu slandered Su Dongpo and gathered people in Huangpi to slander the dynasty. Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty listened to the evil talk and sent people to investigate and secretly visit the place where Dongpo lectured. However, no slanderous words were collected, so he used an ingenious method to interview students to find loopholes to incriminate Dongpo. At Dongpo's lecture office, the interviewer pointed to the small pagoda from a distance and said, "The pagoda has seven floors and is in all directions." The students were embarrassed for a moment and raised their hands and shook their heads silently. The visitor scolded Dongpo: "You are lecturing, and you are obviously using the past to satirize the present for a different purpose! Why is it that no one can answer the question?" Dongpo smiled coldly and said, "Didn't you answer the last sentence "No housework" with your hands one by one? The visitors couldn't help but ask what words you were answering. Dongpo replied contemptuously: "The students all answered with their hands. 'The jade hand shakes with five fingers, two short and three long'. Why do you say no one has the answer. "After hearing this, the visitors left Dongpo in despair, but the students admired Dongpo's knowledge and courage even more. Knowing that Dongpo liked pork and sweets, they all sent fresh pork and brown and white sugar as thanks. Unexpectedly, the students He accidentally mixed sugar and pork together, and when he was unsure about whether to leave it or not, Dongpo walked over slowly and said: "The salty and idle officials don't bother to go, but the sweet and sour pork is really delicious." "It implies that the guests have left. Why not mix sugar and meat to satisfy your appetite? Since then, steamed pork with sugar has become a traditional local dish.

"Dongpo likes to eat roasted pig. When Foyin lived in Jinshan, he would burn pigs every time to wait for him to come. "

——"Su Shi's Collected Poems" Volume 48 "Playing with the Buddha's Seal" is quoted in "Zhupo Poetry Talk"

Ingredients:

Pork, brown sugar, Sugar osmanthus, rice noodles, soy sauce, green onions, rice wine, ginger, pepper

Steps

1. Wash the pork, cut into 6 cm long and 1.5 cm wide pieces, and add In a bowl;

2. Add indica rice noodles to the pot and stir-fry until cooked;

3. Add salt water (very little), soy sauce, rice wine, pepper, sugared osmanthus, and chopped green onion to the pork. , minced ginger, 100 grams of brown sugar, and cooked rice flour, mix well and marinate;

4. Put 50 grams of brown sugar and 50 ml of water into another bowl and dissolve into sugar water;

5. Arrange the pieces of meat neatly into a bowl, put them in the basket and steam them over high heat for 1 hour.

6. Loosen the sides of the meat, pour in the melted brown sugar water, and continue to steam for 1 hour. ;

7. When the meat is cooked, take it out of the cage and turn it into a plate.

This dish is suitable for malnutrition, anemia, hepatitis, tuberculosis, hyperthyroidism, and glossitis. , dermatitis, pellagra, loss of appetite, memory loss, neuritis, heart damage, breast swelling, beriberi and other patients as well as pregnant women and nursing mothers.

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