Chaozhou City is the hometown of Chaozhou cuisine. Chaozhou food culture is unique. Chaozhou people are world-famous for their love of eating and their ability to eat. From the morning tea culture of two pieces in a cup, to the snacks in the streets and alleys, and the food stall culture full of wok flavor.

..Chaozhou cuisine is divided into 8 categories and 234 varieties. Among the countless delicacies, which ones are must-try? These are the best ways to taste Chaozhou. Let’s take a look:

1. Fried thin shells: Fried thin shells live in outer bays or tidal flats of islands with high salinity. They are a unique seafood product in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong and southeastern Fujian. They are delicious and have high nutritional value.

It is an indispensable popular ingredient in summer and autumn.

The thin shells not only taste delicious, but also have high nutritional value.

2. Chaoshan Clay Pot Porridge Chaoshan Clay Pot Porridge, also known as "Chaozhou Clay Pot Porridge", is a traditional snack of the Han people in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong Province. It is extremely delicious and has a light fragrance.

It is a savory porridge cooked in a special clay pot.

Porridge is the main ingredient, and the ingredients generally include river seafood, poultry, snakes, frogs, turtles, etc.

3. Chicken Cage Dumplings Chicken Cage Dumplings are a traditional snack of the Han people in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong and belong to the Cantonese cuisine.

It and Chaozhou Xiaomi were common table snacks at Chaozhou feasts at that time.

Chicken cage dumplings are shaped like a chicken cage, with delicate patterns and thin skin and sweet filling.

The fillings are mainly bamboo shoots, mushrooms, dried shrimps, preserved iron, and ham.

4. Glutinous rice with swollen pig intestines Among Shantou snacks, glutinous rice with swollen pig intestines is also very famous.

Pig intestine bloated glutinous rice is a traditional Han folk snack in Hongyang, the ancient city of Puning in Chaoshan area, Guangdong.

The difference is that it is dipped in orange oil and eaten.

It has an orange flavor, making it more appetizing.

This snack is suitable for all seasons and is not only loved by Chaoshan people but also by tourists from all over the world.

5. Xiancheng Shusha Shusha, shaped like snow sand, is a traditional Han snack with Chaoshan local characteristics and is a Cantonese-style dim sum.

It uses peanut kernels and white sugar as the main raw materials. It is made by hand and made into granules. After packaging, it can be kept for a long time.

The icing is uniform, white and crispy, and the peanut kernels peel away immediately upon landing. The texture is crunchy and the taste is sweet, which is highly appreciated.

It is a good tea for Chaoshan people to drink during festivals and as a gift for guests.

6. Cake-roasted sweet potato "Cake-roast" is a common cooking method for cooking sweet potatoes in Chaozhou cuisine of the Han ethnic group in Guangdong. It is somewhat similar to the "honey dip" in the north. The specific method is to first cook the raw materials for preliminary processing, and then put the raw materials into syrup.

Chinese fire cooking.

"Cake" in Chaozhou dialect means high liquid concentration. For example, "cake cake foreign" in Chaozhou dialect means this. Therefore, the characteristic of cake roasting should be that the concentration of syrup is higher than that of honey.

7. Gardenia rice dumplings, also called gardenia rice dumplings, are made from glutinous rice flour, mixed with gardenia juice, alkaline solution, and tea in proportion, wrapped in gauze, put into a bamboo dustpan, and steamed.

When eating, cut it into small pieces with yarn or a knife, add powdered sugar and eat it, which has the effect of strengthening the stomach and removing moisture.

It is a brown or tea-colored snack popular in Chaoshan area with a unique flavor. It is usually eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.

In Fenghuang Town, Chao'an County, the custom of making zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival has been around for a long time.

Gardenia rice dumplings are rich in nutrients and can not only replenish vital energy but also remove intestinal toxins. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household in Fenghuang Mountain District enjoys making gardenia rice dumplings.

8. Pu Zhi is a Han snack in Chaoshan, Guangdong. It is a folk festival food. People in Chaoshan area usually eat this kind of food around the Qingming Festival. Pu Zhi and Chaozhou folk snack ferment belong to

Classes of the same type.

9. Winter cabbage Winter cabbage is a Chaozhou cuisine condiment made from pickled Chinese cabbage, garlic, etc.

Its main function is as a condiment for Chaozhou cuisine, Chaoshan snacks and soups.

In the early days, Chaoshan winter vegetables were trafficked from Tianjin. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Lianyang Fairy Bean Curd Factory in Chenghai County hired Tianjin technicians and began to produce winter vegetables.

Chaoshan winter vegetables are still abundant in Lianyang and are famous for their delicious taste. A considerable amount of them are sold at home and abroad every year.

10. Salty water Salty water, also known as water, also known as pig (called in some areas of Chenghai), is a local traditional Han food snack in Chaozhou City, Guangdong.

It has a long history, delicious taste and low price, and is widely loved by local people.

11. Chaoshan oyster braised "Oyster braised" is a long-standing traditional folk snack in Chaozhou, a Chaoshan delicacy with a history of hundreds of years.

"Oyster braised" is actually "oyster omelette", because the "roasted" in Chaozhou is actually the "fried" in Chaozhou cuisine cooking method.

12. Chaoshan fish balls Chaoshan fish balls are a traditional snack of the Han people in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong Province. They are made by removing the heads and bones of sea fish, pounding the fish meat and adding seasonings to make it into balls.

Fish balls can be made into soups or cooked dishes, especially the fish balls cooked in chicken soup are the most delicious. The fish balls are not only chewy and crispy, but the soup is also delicious and fragrant. This dish is very popular among Chaoshan people who value soup.