A piece of meat, a tiger-skinned egg, a dried flower, and a bowl of rice with broth are the "standard" lunch for many people in Xuzhou.

This meal only costs about 10 yuan, but it leaves diners with a mouth full of oil and a lingering aroma in their mouths.

As a classic famous dish in the Huaihai region, braised pork belongs to Shandong cuisine and originated from ancient Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is located at the junction of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui. The five major cuisines of Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Hunan, and Huaiyang, as well as the flavors of the north and the south, are harmoniously blended here. But the pork meat stands out among many dishes. What is its origin?

According to legend, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei cherished each other and decided to worship "Ba Zi" and drink "Ba Zi" wine.

Because Zhang Fei was a butcher, he butchered a pig and cooked the pork, tofu, eggs and other ingredients in a pot.

Later, during the Sui Dynasty, a famous chef from the Lu region perfected this method. He selected pork with skin, stewed it in a jar, and seasoned it with secret soy sauce. The stewed meat was fat.

But not greasy, thin but not woody, bright in color and mellow in the mouth, it is deeply loved by the people.

This approach combined with the legendary sworn brotherhood of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei has become today's meat.

Some people say that the meat is like the character of Xuzhou people, rough in appearance and delicate in heart. This dish full of Xuzhou character is the taste that we Xuzhou people will never forget. It is the most authentic food memory and inheritance.

In the 1970s, there were only two or three restaurants in the entire Xuzhou city that cooked meat. If their children were hungry, the adults would spend two or three cents to buy two pieces and take them home to satisfy their children's cravings.

Now, after decades of development, the meat has become a "special local dish" named by the National Catering Industry Association, and many restaurants, restaurants or food stalls have made the meat.

It's noon, and you can smell the aroma of meat everywhere while walking through the streets and alleys of Xuzhou.

Come with a bowl of rice, a piece of meat, and different side dishes such as vegetarian chicken, kelp, green vegetables, etc., both meat and vegetable, and you can eat comfortably for about ten yuan; if you go with a few friends

Eat together, drink a few bottles of beer, and spend only a few dozen yuan to have a happy meal.

Nowadays, some cities have opened small restaurants selling pork meat. Most of the restaurant names are like "Authentic Xuzhou pork meat". So why is Xuzhou's pork meat so famous and loved by so many people?

Because the pork belly is cooked with high-quality pork belly, it has a special texture that is fat but not greasy. Although it is cooked with thick oil and red sauce, it is not salty. It is just right to go with rice, and it is a perfect combination of rice and meat.

It just brings out the aroma of rice and meat.

The meat is just a general name for this kind of snack, and there are other auxiliary dishes to match it, such as: Sixi meatballs, dried orchids, kelp knots, gluten, bean gluten, tofu skin, yuba, bean curd, vegetarian chicken slices,

Tiger eggs, day lily, green vegetables, beans, sausages, ribs, elbows, chicken legs and other meat and vegetable combinations can meet the different dietary needs of customers, and the price is also very moderate.

In fact, the process of making the meat is not complicated. As a famous dish unique to Xuzhou, ordinary people can make the meat delicious.

Cut the fat and lean pork belly into long strips, tie them together with hemp rope, cook them, and stew them in soy sauce until crispy.

The meat is cooked with soy sauce, without adding salt or sugar. It is stewed in a tall earthen pot with only soy sauce and star anise. The heat is high enough and sealed together. The aroma is overflowing.

Pour the meat and juice over white rice while it's hot, it's very delicious.

There are meat and vegetables, meat and vegetables, and people from Xuzhou are affectionate and righteous.