What is "ten bowls of meat"? It is the most famous dish of the Hakka people. In fact, "ten bowls of meat" is the ten bowls of meat dishes in the Yanling Hakka feast, each bowl of containers, ingredients, cooking methods have their own instructions.
The first bowl of food is commonly known as the "head bowl", also known as Shiso Jin, is a large bowl, by the meatballs, eggs, mushrooms, fungus and other dishes piled up to the tip of the top of the shredded meat, mushrooms, chicken, vegetables, shredded vegetables, chowder cover the surface, the bottom of a round or oval deep-fried dumplings. The different ingredients are piled up in layers like a tall building, and each layer has a different color and flavor, which not only tastes delicious but also looks very satisfying.
The second bowl is steamed egg, choose fresh eggs or duck eggs, break and add seasonings to mix, and then steamed on the pot. The steamed egg is a light yellow color, scoop a spoonful into the mouth, a hint of cool, full of flavor. Compared to the greasy "first bowl", the second bowl is obviously much lighter, which is probably to follow the "open and run" with the right way.
The third bowl is fried chicken, the fourth bowl is steamed fish, with the most common cooking methods, make the most common dishes, but still y with the Hakka family's imprint, unobtrusive will be the original flavor of the ingredients to show in front of you, the original flavor, soft and fragrant.
The fifth bowl is Dongpo Pork. Although Dongpo meat originated in Meishan, Sichuan, but in Hunan, Zhejiang, Hubei and other cuisines have been passed down, and the practice is not the same everywhere. Yanling Hakka "ten bowls of meat" of Dongpo meat is Hakka Dongpo meat, less delicate and delicate, more points of the Hakka people's simplicity, eat up a unique flavor.
The sixth bowl is "around the meat", also known as "happy meat". This dish is a full portion of the whole bowl with an inch square of square meat layer by layer around the base of the rain into, so the name "around the meat". This bowl of meat is rationing, three pieces per person, a fat, a half-fat half-lean, a lean, eight people per table, *** is twenty-four. Eat up fat but not greasy, taste mellow juice.
The seventh and eighth bowls are chicken and fish. Yanling Hakka "ten bowls of meat" pay attention to double meat, double chicken and double fish, heralding the "good things come in pairs". Chicken is stewed chicken, accompanied by Ling County specialty mushrooms, fresh and delicious; fish is roasted fish, cut into one side of a piece of a piece of grass carp, the original broth and original juice fried, tender meat soup thick.
The last two bowls, according to the chef and the host's preferences there are different arrangements, usually a little lighter meat dishes, such as fried pork with bean skins, seaweed stewed meat, may also be braised pig's feet, chili pepper fried beef, chili pepper fried pork, etc., as a big fish and meat in front of the after
According to the old people of Yan Ling, Yan Ling, "10 bowls of meat
According to the old people of Yan Ling, Yan Ling "ten bowls of meat", initially the local court sent to sacrifice the Mausoleum of Emperor Yandi, "Chinchilla" Iftar, farewell party held by the feast. In accordance with the provisions of the imperial sacrifice "Chin-chai" to the Mausoleum of the Emperor, can only vegetarian, do not move meat. Until the end of the ritual activities, will return to the Beijing occasion, local officials will set up this "ten bowls of meat" hospitality, sumptuous and solid can be imagined. Later, this banquet was introduced to the people, and it became the highest courtesy for the people to entertain VIPs and hold celebrations. Yiling "ten bowls of meat" has become a custom in Yiling County.
In addition to yellow peaches and "ten bowls of meat", Yannling also has clear water bamboo shoots, stuffed tofu, preserved meat, aiye rice fruit, bean pulling the child and many other very local characteristics of the cuisine, the opportunity to go to Yannling guests, feel the unique flavor of Hakka it!