Braised pork, no different from bean jelly in composition, is a wonderful fusion of starch and water in a certain proportion after heating, stirring and gelatinization.

However, in terms of eating methods, whether Shaanxi people add a tablespoon of sesame sauce, chili pepper's marinated bean jelly, or South China's summer dessert Xiancao jelly, the bean jelly is cut into pieces, and the ingredients are selected according to sweetness and saltiness, and mixed and ready to eat.

▲ Shaanxi's marinated bean jelly often adds an egg to eat with steamed buns. Figure/vision china

▲ Xiancao jelly popular in Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan Province.

Braised pork is different, it is unique in the north, so it is only salty. After the starch meets the water smoothly, it will be cooled to a gelatinous state, cut into pieces, put into a pot, and fry slowly until both sides are browned. This kind of hot stew, accompanied by ingredients, is soft, glutinous and fragrant at the tip of the tongue.

▲ Don't call me fried bean jelly again!

The trace of bean jelly can be found from the Northern Song Dynasty, which is mentioned in Tokyo Dream of China Record? Thin rope bean jelly? Since then, it has been a pearl that lights up Kaifeng night market. Last summer, we asked "Where is the best bean jelly in China? "I made a summary.

The history of braised pork should be discussed in detail from Yantai, Shandong Province a hundred years ago.

Yantai braised pork legend. It is said that braised pork originated from an unexpected exploration. At that time, there were two brothers in Yantai who lived by selling vermicelli. Once on a cloudy day, I couldn't dry the vermicelli, and I saw that the vermicelli was going sour. In desperation, they cut it into pieces and fried it, mixed it with garlic and distributed it to the villagers. As a result, everyone who tasted it gave a thumbs-up and said that its flavor was better than vermicelli. Since then, the two brothers have changed to sell this kind of food called? Braised son? Snacks. As for? Braised son? It is not yet possible to test whether it is named after the brothers' surnames or taken from their method of frying and stewing.

Yantai braised pork is mostly made of sweet potato powder, which was originally difficult to taste. However, after the braised pork is taken out of the pot, Yantai people not only add a tablespoon of sesame sauce to enhance the fragrance, but also add garlic juice to taste, which is even more homemade by seaside people? Shrimp sauce? . These three seasonings are all strong and have their own flavors? Sesame sauce is as thick as a mountain, and it tastes mellow; Garlic juice rushes to the sky. Taste? Thin sky; Shrimp sauce is made of shrimps picked up by fishermen, mashed with shells and pickled, which is the best way to retain the wildness of the sea.