Authentic Liuzhou snail powder will have a strong and wonderful "smelly" taste, which comes from the sour bamboo shoots in snail powder and is acidified by fresh bamboo shoots after technological fermentation.

Snail powder is a flavor snack in Liuzhou, Guangxi. Taking Liuzhou's unique rice flour as raw material, it is matched with sour bamboo shoots, black fungus, peanuts, fried yuba, day lily, fresh and tender vegetables, moderate sour and spicy taste and boiled fresh water snail soup. It tastes sour, spicy, fresh, cool and spicy, and has the special smell of sour bamboo shoots. It is also a part of Liuzhou's external image.

Authentic snail powder does not put snail meat, and the soup is made of snails; The so-called "snails" are not listed as protected animals, but three common freshwater snails, especially the square-ring snails.

The biggest feature of snail powder is that the soup base has a spicy smell. Snail soup is made from snails, pig bones and various spices (some of which will be added with Chinese medicine).

Because the soup base of snail powder sold in each store is different, the taste of snail powder in different stores is slightly different. Carefully boiled snail soup is clear but not light, hemp but not dry, spicy but not fire, fragrant but not greasy. Its main ingredient is dried rice flour, which is different from rice flour and rice noodles. Usually use Liuzhou's unique soft, smooth and refreshing rice flour (dry-cut powder). High-quality dry-cut powder should be soaked in old rice and clear water, and then boiled after softening.

condiments

The ingredients of snail powder are sour bamboo shoots, yuba (bean curd skin), fungus, peanuts, dried radish and so on. Sour bamboo shoots should not be too sour, dried radish should not be too sweet, and yuba and peanuts should be fried just right.

Some powder stalls also have sauerkraut, head dishes and oil onions to choose from. Green vegetables are also an important raw material for snail powder. Side dishes include duck feet, tofu, sausage and marinated eggs. In summer, there are water spinach, Chinese cabbage and water spinach; There are lettuce, sesame, fungus, cauliflower and pea seedlings in winter. There are several kinds of vegetables to choose from in the general powder stall.