The "Taste of the New Year" can be a story, a custom, or a dish. Nowadays, times are changing, and many traditional customs are gradually disappearing. The only thing that makes people feel that the taste of the New Year is stronger is the representative dish.
There is a dish that best represents the taste of the New Year in every place, both in the north and the south, and they are all different. Which dish is it in your hometown?
Guangdong, roasted goose
Roasted goose is an essential dish for Guangdong New Year’s Eve dinner. The surface of the red roasted goose is shiny and shiny. It uses local goose, which is boiled first and then dried. , and finally baked, the production process is very particular. The crispy skin, thick fat, and tender goose meat are sweet and delicious in one bite, full of juice, and very rich in layers. Without the goose, the New Year flavor will be missing
Henan, stew
Stew is a special dish that Henan people must eat during the Chinese New Year. As the Chinese New Year approaches, every household will fry chicken, fish, and crispy meat. When you smell the aroma, you will feel like celebrating the New Year
Put the chicken, The fish and meat are cleaned, mixed with flour batter and fried until golden brown, then put into the pot to stew. It will be stewed with kelp, fungus, vermicelli, spinach, etc. It is delicious and nutritious. Another way to eat it is Steam it in a pot until it is very soft
Shandong and mackerel dumplings
Shandong cuisine is also called Shandong cuisine. It is the first of the eight major cuisines. There are many delicacies that make people want to eat. Yes, a dish that belongs to Shandong New Year is also unique, which is "dumplings".
Speaking of dumplings, they are all available on the dining table in the north, but "Bayu dumplings" are unique to Shandong. Because of the complexity of making, they have become a limited delicacy. With them, they have the flavor of the New Year
Yunnan, steam pot chicken
Steam pot chicken is a special dish in Yunnan. It is steamed in a local steam pot. The chicken soup is made from the steam generated during the making process, which is perfectly locked in The original and delicious taste, the chicken is tender but not raw, soft and rotten off the bones, it is the most anticipated New Year's Eve dinner for Yunnan people
Shanghai, braised pork
Shanghai people have a biased taste. Sweet, I have a special preference for braised pork with outstanding sweetness. With braised pork, there is a New Year atmosphere. The local braised pork has a unique cooking method, using rock sugar to color it and slowly simmering it with rice wine. The color is bright red, the fragrance is permeating, and the taste is sweet but not greasy
Beijing, dry croquettes
Beijing has been preparing various fried goods for many years, and dry croquettes are the best representative of Beijing. A New Year dish in Beijing, it is made with pork stuffing, flour, dry yellow sauce, etc., plus seasonings, and fried until golden brown. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside when eaten dry. You can eat them one by one in front of the stove. It tastes very delicious and can be used to make soup. Juicy
Tianjin, Laobao San
Laobao San is a favorite dish of Tianjin people. It will appear whether it is Chinese New Year or ordinary family banquets. It is made of pork and kidneys. , which is composed of three things like pork liver, is also the origin of the name of this dish. First, these three things are slurried, simmered in low oil until they are set, and then stir-fried. The taste is salty, fragrant and tender, and it is a classic dish for drinking.
Nanjing, salted duck
Although living conditions are now better and you can eat salted duck at any time, for the older generation, eating salted duck is considered a new year. The low-temperature stewing method is used to make the duck meat more tender and flavorful. The salted duck with yellow skin and white meat is very eye-catching on the table
Suzhou, jujube mud pulled cake
Suzhou loves it very much When eating cakes, the New Year food is naturally the very classic jujube mud pulled cake. Use glutinous rice flour and stem rice flour and add water in proportion, mix well, then mix in an appropriate amount of lard and steamed and mashed jujube mud, steam it in a pot and eat it. Each family has a different flavor when making it. If you like nuts, you can add nuts
Northeastern and pork-killing vegetables
Pork-killing vegetables are the most representative dishes of the New Year in Northeastern cuisine. , put the cooked pork belly, sauerkraut, blood sausage, and cooked pig heart into the pot, add salt and chicken powder to taste, it can also be a very grand dish
Hebei, hot pot chicken
Hot pot chicken is a traditional dish in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. It has a history of 1900 years ago. The chicken is stir-fried with various spices, pepper, pepper, and bean paste, and then stewed in chicken soup. It is heated while eating. The more it is cooked, the better. Eat it, dip it in garlic paste and vinegar, the flavor will be more unique. You can also rinse the vegetables after eating, eat two in one pot, the taste is very delicious