Gan cuisine tastes good and has deep connotations, but I am too low-key!

Famous cuisines surrounding Gan cuisine

In fact, no province has as many famous dishes as Jiangxi Gan cuisine: five of the eight major cuisines are around Gan cuisine. Among the six provinces adjacent to Jiangxi, excluding Hubei cuisine, the remaining Anhui cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Hunan cuisine are all among the "eight major cuisines", and each has its own distinctive characteristics. Jiangxi is surrounded by this food circle among.

Gan cuisine pursues a mellow and original flavor, which is similar to Shandong cuisine, the first of the eight major cuisines, and both emphasize "spicy".

Gan cuisine is characterized by a wide range of ingredients, especially Poyang Lake freshwater fish delicacies and ecological mountain delicacies. Generally speaking, Gan cuisine is spicy, salty and fresh, with rich juice and mellow flavor, original flavor, simple and honest, and at the same time it has the characteristics of freshness, smoothness, dryness and crispiness.

The local pedigree of Gan cuisine

Yuzhang cuisine is Nanchang local cuisine, named after Nanchang was called "Yuzhang County" in ancient times. Yuzhang cuisine is the core of Gan cuisine, and together with Xunyang cuisine, Ganzhou cuisine, Pingxiang cuisine, and Raobang cuisine, it constitutes today's Gan cuisine.

Generally speaking, Gan cuisine mainly consists of dishes from the four major cities of Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ji'an and Ganzhou!

1. Yuzhang Cuisine

Yuzhang Crispy Duck

It is mainly based on the local flavor of Nanchang area, drawing on the strengths of others, including Jinxian, Anyi, and The essence of dishes from various places in Xinjing can be described as the sublimation of folk dishes in Nanchang area.

Nanchang Artemisia Artemisia Stir-fried Bacon

Yuzhang cuisine pays attention to the selection of ingredients and selects them according to the season. Due to the different characteristics of the raw materials, it pays attention to the heat. It is salty and slightly spicy, with original flavor and good cooking methods. Stewing, roasting, braising and stir-frying fully embodies the unique charm of Gan cuisine and is a typical representative of Gan cuisine.

Wrinkled Yarn Pork

Insist on using local chili, ginger and pepper for seasoning. Authentic Gan cuisine requires the addition of local seasonings to complement each other.

Nanchang Peacock Soy Sauce

For example, soy sauce, one of the most important condiments in Gan cuisine, is best to use traditional brewed Peacock soy sauce, which is easier to color and less likely to change color after the dish is finished. When cooking with it, the color will be brighter and redr, which is the taste that Gan cuisine should have.

2. Xunyang Cai

Poyang Lake is rich in aquatic products

Jiujiang was called Xunyang Cai in ancient times. It is a river city and a lake city. Between rivers and lakes, it is rich in river delicacies. Lushan Mountain It is rich in mountain delicacies and game.

Lushan Shier

Rivers, lakes, countryside and mountains provide Jiujiang with the "three elements" for literati to enjoy the scenery, and they also bring high-quality fish and rice to foodies. and the delicacies of the mountains, making this city a mixture of scholarly romance and human fireworks.

Braised Stone Chicken

The flavor of Jiujiang food that is "not too spicy, not too sweet, and not too salty" is secretly in line with the Confucian "gold mean", making it unique Jiujiang cuisine, which is not very distinctive, has a low reputation, but after careful exploration, it has a lot of atmosphere.

3. Ganzhou Cuisine - Ganzhou Flavor Guest Cuisine Fanghua

Old-school Ganzhou Cuisine: 70% ingredients, 30% cooking!

Ganzhou is adjacent to Guangdong.

Red pine meat

Ganzhou sweet-scented osmanthus meat

Fried duck

Gannan food culture is an important component of Jiangxi food culture It is also a very unique existence. It is a Hakka cuisine that is both accommodating and unique to Gan cuisine.

Hakka Cashed Chicken

Compared with Hakka cuisine in other parts of China, Gannan cuisine has the uniqueness of ordinary Hakka cuisine, such as focusing on the concept of health preservation, and is also appropriate. Local specialties are used to prepare delicious food; the dishes include both the spicy of Gan cuisine and the "not spicy" of Hakka cuisine.

4. Luling Flavor: Pursue the Original Flavor

Taihe Black-bone Chicken

Jiangxi Ji'an was called "Luling" in ancient times and is also the location of Jinggangshan, the cradle of the revolution. Luling culture originated from the bronze culture 7,000 years ago. It is famous for "three thousand Jinshi crowned China, and their articles are honest and righteous." Ji'an has outstanding people since ancient times and is known as "Jiangnan Wangjun", "Jinluling" and "a land of integrity and justice".

Suichuan salted duck

Jinggangshan smoked bamboo shoots and fried bacon

The beauty of Ji'an needs to be slowly appreciated. In your spare time, you might as well visit the ancient Bailuzhou Academy on the riverside. The buildings are surrounded by rivers and set off by green trees. These feel like Ji'an cuisine. They seem simple, but they are also intriguing, just like the simple and kind temperament of the locals