Hunan cuisine, also known as Changsha local cuisine, is one of the eight major cuisines with a long history in China, which was formed as early as the Han Dynasty.
Hunan cuisine is well-made, widely used, diverse in taste and variety; The color is bright, thick and practical; Pay attention to spicy, fresh and tender taste; The making method is called stewing, stewing, waxing, steaming and frying.
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Regional characteristics
1, Xiangjiang River Basin
Changsha, Hengyang and Xiangtan are the main representatives of Hunan cuisine. It has fine production, extensive materials, diverse tastes and various varieties. Its characteristics are: strong oil color, emphasis on practical benefits, and emphasis on hot and sour taste, fragrant and fresh, soft and tender. In the production method, it is known as simmering, stewing, waxing, steaming and frying.
2. Dongting Lake area
He is good at cooking seafood, poultry and livestock, and adopts the methods of stewing, burning, steaming and waxing, which is characterized by thick, salty, spicy and soft oil. Stews are often dominated by hot pot, while folks use steamed bowls to stew on mud stoves, commonly known as steamed bowl stoves.
Often cooked while eating, hot and tender, with relish. There is a local folk song called "Don't want to go to the court, just steam the cooker", which fully shows that stew is widely loved by the people. Representative dishes are: the golden turtle in Dongting Lake, the mandarin fish stewed in pure oil in Dongting Lake, the butterfly floating on the sea and the fragrant lotus with rock sugar, all of which are famous dishes in Dongting Lake area.
3. Xiangxi Mountain Area
Xiangxi cuisine is good at making delicacies, smoked bacon and all kinds of bacon. It has a strong Shan Ye flavor, and its taste is mainly salty, fragrant and sour, with firewood as the fuel. Representative dishes are: braised cold sauce, boiled chestnut heart, Xiangxi sour meat and fried blood duck, all of which are well-known delicacies in Xiangxi.
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