Xuchang traditional cuisine is rich in ingredients and nutrition. Thirteen bowls in Yuzhou is a famous traditional dish, which belongs to Henan cuisine. It is an authentic local farmhouse food in Yuzhou. The main ingredients are meat and tofu, and the auxiliary materials are braised pork and vermicelli. The materials are limited to domestic fat pigs, homemade tofu and homemade vermicelli. It has a history of hundreds of years, and through the continuous improvement of local chefs, it has finally achieved today's thirteen bowls.

Thirteen bowls have a profound local cultural heritage, which embodies the rich and simple affection and unique etiquette between relatives and neighbors in rural areas. The order of serving thirteen bowls has strict rules, with exquisite materials, excellent workmanship and strong local flavor, which embodies the unpretentious side of Chinese food culture.

Second place: Xuchang Yuba

Xuchang specialty food is rich in flavor and delicious. Xuchang yuba is a specialty of Xuchang City, Henan Province, and a symbolic product of China's national geography. The yuba is golden in color, bright in color and even in honeycomb. After foaming, fry, stir-fry and cook. It tastes rich and delicious, and is deeply loved by people. Soybeans are ground and boiled, then coagulated and dried. Because of its diabolo, it is named yuba, and because it is mainly produced in Heying River and Qingfei River in Xuchang, Henan Province, it is named Xuchang yuba.

June 65438+February 65438+July 2008. The former AQSIQ approved the protection of geographical indication products for Xuchang yuba.

Third place: stone elephant tofu

Xuchang traditional cuisine is fresh and tender in texture and rich in bean flavor. Stone Elephant Tofu is a specialty of Stone Elephant Township, changge city, Xuchang City, Henan Province. The tofu produced in Shixiang Township is "tender in texture, good in elasticity, shiny and fragrant in aftertaste", which is deeply trusted by consumers, and the reputation of "Shi Xiang Tofu" has spread. Stone Elephant Tofu is a specialty of Stone Elephant Township, changge city, Xuchang City, Henan Province. The tofu produced in Shixiang Township is "tender in texture, good in elasticity, shiny and fragrant in aftertaste", which is deeply trusted by consumers, and the reputation of "Shi Xiang Tofu" has spread.

"Stone Elephant Tofu", also known as "Changzhuang Tofu", is mainly produced in Changzhuang Village, Stone Elephant Township, changge city. As early as 1980s, the tofu produced in Changzhuang Village was sold to changge city and several towns around Shixiang Township under the main name of "Shi Xiang Tofu". Because the tofu produced in this village is "tender in texture, good in elasticity, shiny and fragrant in aftertaste", it is deeply trusted by consumers, and the reputation of "stone-like tofu" has spread.

Fourth place: Braised trotters

Xuchang traditional cuisine is deeply loved by local people. Wang Luo braised trotters is a traditional dish in Wang Luo Town, Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City, Henan Province (the capital of Cao Cao), which belongs to Henan cuisine. It has a long history, exquisite production, bright color, pure taste and is famous far and near. The finished sauce is red, crystal clear, rotten but not scattered, fat but not greasy, sweet and delicious, and it is a good product to enhance nutrition and stimulate appetite.

Fifth place: Youth Lake Hairy Crab

Xuchang specialty food is fresh and delicious. Youth Lake Hairy Crab is a specialty of Nanwu Township, Yanling County, Xuchang City, Henan Province. When it comes to hairy crabs in Youth Lake, there are not a few people in the surrounding counties and cities of Yanling County. In the north of Qin Gang Village, 25 kilometers south of Yanling County, there is a lake with a water area of 800 mu, which is connected with Liuqinghe River flowing through Nanwu Township. It was excavated by educated youth and villagers in surrounding villages in the late 1950s, hence the name "Youth Lake".

Nanwu Township signed an agreement with Zhengzhou Yin Zhong Investment Co., Ltd., introducing more than RMB10,000, developing more than 400 mu of water surface of Youth Lake, putting in 400,000 crabs, with an annual output of 40,000 kilograms of fresh crabs. The successful development of hairy crabs in Youth Lake has greatly enhanced the popularity of Nanwu Township and become a highlight of aquaculture in our city. As of 20 10, Nanwu Township has successfully held six sessions of Hairy Crab Festival, which has promoted leisure, fishing, crab tasting and other farmhouse tourism activities. According to incomplete statistics, the Hairy Crab Festival receives more than 30,000 tourists every year, and achieves a comprehensive tourism income of more than 2 million yuan.

Sixth place: donkey meat

Xuchang specialty snacks are deeply loved by local people. Wuzhuang donkey meat is dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. Wuzhuang donkey meat tastes pure, rotten but not firewood, fat but not greasy, and it is a delicious dish. The meat is delicious and the flavor is unique.

Seventh place: mutton soup

Xuchang traditional food, gluten soup thick, delicious. Zhangdi mutton soup sheep bone soup, raw meat casserole, soup fresh meat rotten, fat but not fat. Bowls of mutton soup represent the basic requirements of Xuchang people for life. A few pieces of cooked mutton or mutton offal, the broth is boiled in a large pot, sprinkled with chopped green onion and coriander, and then sprinkled with a few drops of sesame oil to eat. Absolutely delicious. This bowl of mutton soup looks ordinary, but it tastes soft and delicious. Speaking of Zhangdi mutton soup, we have to mention the origin of this small village. It turned out that Jin Caizhi, a Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, set up an account 20 miles north of Xuchang to give lectures and preach. After everyone settled down, it became a village. Because this place is "a place to set up a hukou to give lectures", this village is called "hukou". For the convenience of writing, later generations often wrote "Zhangdi" as "Zhangdi", so today's Zhangdi Village came into being. For hundreds of years, with more and more Hui people coming here, mutton has become the mainstream on the dining table in Zhangdi Village, Woye County, Ma Pingchuan. Hui people are born to do business, so they moved the food cooked at home to a restaurant and made a business. Over the years, they have won a reputation for themselves.

Eighth place: Xuchang fans

Xuchang traditional specialty, food that local people like very much. Yuzhou has a large planting area of sweet potato, and farmers have a tradition of processing sweet potato vermicelli. Sweet potato vermicelli, also known as sweet potato vermicelli, vermicelli and flexible folding, is a traditional famous product in Yuzhou with a history of more than 600 years. Yuzhou vermicelli is Huang Liang in color, fine, even and fine, with good toughness, sufficient tension, soft and refreshing food, which is deeply loved by people. Pure sweet potato vermicelli is made of high-quality fresh sweet potato starch and refined by traditional technology. Pure sweet potato vermicelli contains no artificial pigment, is a kind of green natural food, soft and delicious, rich in nutrition, suitable for cooking and storage, and is known as "artificial shark's fin". It can be soaked in boiling water for 5- 10 minutes before eating, and can be cold-mixed, stewed, stir-fried or rinsed in hot pot. Eat one more dish, which is delicious in color, flavor and taste, suitable for all ages.

Yuzhou braised pork is a specialty of Xuchang Yuzhou, which is made of sweet potato vermicelli and sweet potato powder. There are many ways to eat, the entrance is smooth and the taste is pure.

Ninth place: hot soup

Xuchang traditional snacks, breakfast that locals like very much. Ma Wu halal grass skirt soup contains all kinds of gluten, kelp, peanuts, vermicelli and fungus, which is slightly spicy and moderately salty.

No. 10: baozi stuffed with juicy pork

Xuchang specialty food, bacon soup. Soup-filling bag on the first floor of Xinhua Street in Xuchang! That's unforgettable. Thin or even translucent skin, open your mouth and take a bite. The delicious juice in it flows into your mouth and bites the meat ball soaked in juice. Not fat or greasy, the entrance is smooth. This is beauty! Perhaps in China, the ancestral home of soup packets should be in Hangzhou, and Goubuli's reputation is far greater than that of the first floor in Kaifeng. However, everyone who has tasted kaifeng soup dumplings knows that it is really not much better than the dog that ignores it, and the price is not expensive.