When it comes to Yancheng's cuisine, the most famous and unique is the eight bowls. The so-called eight bowls refers to the eight dishes that must be served at weddings and funerals in the countryside of Yancheng in the old days. These 8 dishes slowly spread throughout Yancheng, forming the city's specialty Yancheng eight bowls. What are these 8 dishes? The following will give you a specific.

1, farmhouse braised soil fat

The soil fat is the pig skin up hair, made of swim bladder. Yancheng people to soil fat as the main material, with green vegetables, ham and other auxiliary materials braised braising and achievement is the farmhouse braised soil fat. This dish is Yancheng people's chowder, Yancheng people are fond of it, known as Yancheng people's "first course".

2, big chicken holding small chicken

This dish is very graphic, the original dish is a whole chicken and egg stewed together, and now it has been used instead of a whole chicken chicken with chicken wire to replace the egg, so this dish is also known as the chicken wire burned fan.

3, braised glutinous rice round

Yancheng people call the meat round "meat lumps" usually in the New Year's Eve or important festivals will be fried on a pot. The meatballs are not made of pure meat, but are made of glutinous rice flour added to the meat filling and deep-fried, which is more delicious than the pure meatballs.

4, up cake

This dish is the egg as the main ingredient, with some leeks to stir fry and stewed cooking way to make. The cake must be cut into diamond shapes to symbolize the phoenix spreading its wings and flying high.

5, radish burned light vegetables

Clams in Yancheng big and small harbor fork can catch, eat clams meat can be boiled and dried, because clams meat cooking does not need to be put salt, so the Yancheng people also called it light vegetables. Boiled with clam meat and cut radish, the flavor is very delicious, and slowly formed this household food.

6, braised pork

There are various versions of braised pork everywhere, and I especially like the braised pork here in Yancheng. When you do it, you can put some radish, use radish to absorb the excess fat in the meat, eat it does not feel greasy at all, on the contrary, it is more delicious, the color of the meat is red, look at it is very appetizing.

7, braised knife fish

The so-called "knife fish" is our common crucian carp, Yancheng rivers and lakes are more, so the fish resources are abundant, especially the common crucian carp, it is everywhere, Yancheng people especially like to take the crucian carp to entertain guests. Slowly, this braised crucian carp has become a popular dish in the banquet.

8, taro shrimp drink

This dish is the last of the eight bowls, both a dish, but also considered a soup. It is made with tofu, taro, dried tea, shrimp, pork, etc. Not only is the color nice, but the nutritional value is also very high. This dish also has a deep meaning, taro means to meet a good person, shrimp refers to the meaning of a good harvest. Eating this dish is to hope that all you meet in the future is a good man, a noble man.

The above Yancheng eight bowls, although they do not use expensive ingredients, but are the most homely flavor, for Yancheng people, is the taste of home, is to go wherever you can not forget the taste of home. To the friends of Yancheng, other delicious can not taste, but these eight bowls but do not miss!