Braised chicken with chestnuts
Chestnut roast chicken is a classic dish in China cooking. Chicken and other ingredients are stewed and fried in many places, but it is unique because it is distributed in many different areas. Not only northeast cuisine, but also Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine. Chestnut roast chicken is very famous in Hubei province. Chestnuts are sweet and soft, and chicken is delicious. The method of making this dish alone makes a wonderful combination of these two seemingly incompatible ingredients.
This famous dish is not only mellow and delicious, but also very soft and waxy, and its nutritional value can not be ignored. Chestnut has high nutritional value and is known as the king of thousands of fruits. Chestnut is rich in calcium, zinc, potassium, magnesium and other trace elements, as well as vitamins and cellulose. Generally, chestnuts are eaten as nuts, such as cooking and sugar frying, but the taste of chestnuts is still very good.
Huangmei fish noodles
Huangmei Fish Noodles is a special food in Huanggang. Although its name is Huangmei, the raw material of Huangmei fish noodles has nothing to do with Huangmei, but because Huangmei fish noodles originated in Huangmei County, Huanggang City. The original name of Huangmei Fish Noodles is also called Hammer Fish Noodles, which is very vivid. Peel the fresh fish, chop it into minced meat, add starch and salt, knead it into dough, cut it into flour cakes, steam it in a pot, cut it into pancakes after steaming, and dry it in the sun. This is the original fish noodles.
There are many ways to eat dried noodles with Huangmei fish, such as face-to-face stew, soup stew, side dishes, stewed meat, hot pot and fried fish noodles. Because fish has high protein content, low fat content and rich nutrition, Huangmei fish noodles also contain more nutrients and amino acids, but low cholesterol content, which is very suitable for pregnant women, children and the elderly.
Dongpo beef brisket
As we all know, Su Dongpo is not only a great writer and poet, but also a senior gourmet. Many delicious foods in China are related to Su Dongpo, such as Dongpo beef brisket. Dongpo beef brisket is a Hunan dish, with beef brisket as the main ingredient. Breast beef is the tender part of cattle. This part of the beef tastes very fragrant and soft, unlike the meat in other places. This Dongpo beef brisket made of beef brisket has a fresh and soft overall taste.
The collocation of beef and radish is very common, such as the most common beef stewed radish, which is delicious and suitable. There are also radishes in the raw materials of Dongpo sirloin, and carrots and white radishes should be added. Boil the beef breast in water first, and then cut it into cubes. Stir-fry tomato sauce, ribs sauce, Xiangmeizi sauce, dried Chili and other materials in an oil pan, add more than a dozen seasonings such as broth, onion and garlic, add beef and radish, and stew slowly until it is completely soft and rotten, and Dongpo beef brisket is ready.
lotus root starch
When introducing hangzhou dishes, Bian Xiao once mentioned lotus root starch, which is delicious and nutritious. It is really rare. Lotus root starch can be eaten in Hunan, Yunnan and Hubei, but there are still some gaps in lotus root starch in different regions. The main raw material of lotus root starch is lotus root. The southern region is humid and warm, with many waters, and the lotus root grows vigorously. Among all kinds of lotus root products, lotus root powder has its own characteristics.
The production technology of ancient lotus root starch is very complicated. Lotus root should be cleaned, mashed and ground into pulp. The filtered pulp is bleached with water for a day or two and stirred every day. Finally, the lotus root pulp is dried (or dried), and the leached dough has begun to show the shape of lotus root starch. Modern lotus root starch production is much simpler. There are many ways to eat lotus root powder, which can be boiled with white sugar, soup or porridge. It is delicious, nutritious, calming and has good health care function.