Yanban Cuisine is an important member of the Chinese cuisine family, known for its unique cooking techniques and flavors. Originating in Zigong, Sichuan Province, China, Yan Gang Cuisine is a specialty favored by local salt merchants and salt workers.
The cooking technique of Yannang Cuisine is very unique, which is based on various methods such as "burning, steaming, boiling, mixing, deep-frying, brining, stewing", and so on, among which the most representative is "burning". Salt Gang Cuisine's cooking skills are very exquisite, the ingredients can be cooked very flavorful, tasty, and the dishes are very bright colors. In addition, the salt also focuses on knife work and fire mastery, and strive to cook the ingredients just right.
The taste of the salt food is unique, with "salty, slightly spicy, mellow" as the main characteristics. Because the Zigong area is the center of the Sichuan salt industry, so the salt gang dishes in the cooking process a lot of salt and pepper and other seasonings, forming a unique taste style. In addition, Salt Gang Cuisine also focuses on the nutritional combination of dishes and healthy diet, so it also focuses on the nutritional retention and combination of ingredients in the cooking process.
Salt Gang dishes are rich and varied, of which the most representative are boiled beef, cold eat rabbit, fire side of sub-beef and so on. These dishes have unique cooking techniques and flavors, such as boiled beef using spicy cooking, and cold eating rabbit is cooked with peppers and chili peppers as the main seasoning. In addition, there are many vegetarian and seafood dishes in Yan Gang Cuisine, such as vegetarian fried pheasant and steamed sea bass.
Representative Dishes of Salt Gang Cuisine
1, Boiled Beef
Beef boiled in water is one of the representative dishes of Salt Gang Cuisine, which is also a classic dish in Chinese Sichuan cuisine. This dish is made of beef as the main ingredient, which is marinated and fried, and then boiled with seasonings such as chili peppers, peppercorns and bean paste. The spicy taste and tender texture of boiled beef is very popular, especially in Sichuan and Chongqing.
2, cold eating rabbit
Cold eating rabbit is another representative dish of Yan Gang Cuisine, which is also a specialty of Zigong region. This dish is made of rabbit meat as the main ingredient after marinating, frying and seasoning. Cold-eaten rabbit has a delicious taste, with spicy, salty, slightly spicy and other flavor characteristics, is a very down to earth home cooking.
3, the fire side of the sub-beef
The fire side of the sub-beef is a traditional dish in the Salt Gang cuisine, but also the specialties of the Zigong region. This dish is made of beef as the main ingredient, processed through unique cooking techniques, with peppers, chili peppers and other seasonings. The texture of Fireside Zi Beef is crispy, with the flavor characteristics of spicy, salty, fresh and crispy, which is a very popular snack.