Shantou beef balls, also known as hand-pounded beef balls, are one of the most famous traditional snacks in Chaoshan, Guangdong. They originated from Chaozhou cuisine and have a history of nearly a hundred years in Shantou. They are famous for being soft, moist, fresh and refreshing. Its production technique originated from the official court dish "Daozhen" more than 2,000 years ago, which has been circulated in Chaoshan area for nearly a hundred years.

2. Crispy crab box

Crispy crab box is the traditional name of Shantou, Guangdong Province, which belongs to Cantonese cuisine. Golden color, crisp filling. Cut pork, crab meat, shrimp, mushrooms and water chestnut into fine particles, stir well with starch water, stir in a wok, and add salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, sesame oil and wet starch (a little) to make stuffing.

Take flour160g, add lard 80g, mix, knead into a crisp heart, add flour 240g, lard 80g and water 90g, and mix into dough. Divide the dough into 24 parts.

Wrap the dough bag with dough, roll it out with a stick, roll it up again, roll it up again, cut everything in half with a knife and roll it into thin circles one by one. First, take 1 piece of leather, add the stuffing, then cover it with 1 piece of leather, pinch it around and roll it into a patterned edge. After making, put 60% hot oil into a tripod, fry with slow fire until golden brown, take it out and drain the oil.

3, glutinous rice pig intestines

Glutinous rice pig intestines is a traditional folk snack with local characteristics in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, with a long history. The glutinous rice pig intestines are well-selected and made in a unique way. The pig intestine to be used should be the middle part of the pig intestine with a diameter of about 3-4 cm, not too thick or too thin.

Salt and edible soda ash are also used. Wash it repeatedly until it is clean and tasteless. The stuffing inside should be soaked in raw glutinous rice for 3 hours, including pork belly, water-soaked mushrooms, shrimps and lotus roots.

4. Red Roasted Goose

Red roast goose is a special snack in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province, belonging to Chaozhou cuisine. This dish is made from the famous first-class goose with lion's head in Chaoshan, and pickled with soy sauce, rock sugar, cinnamon, Amomum villosum, cardamom, star anise, southern ginger, yellow wine, garlic and mushrooms. Therefore, the stewed lion-headed goose in Chaoshan has a long history.

5. Fish balls

Fish balls, also known as "fish wrapped meat", are meatballs made of eel, shark or freshwater fish, mixed with sweet potato powder (starch), and then wrapped with lean pork or shrimp. They are one of the snacks with coastal characteristics.