1. salted duck
Valley-fed ducks produced in Nanjing are fat, white and tender, which was famous in the whole province in Song Dynasty. At that time, duck meat was popular in Nanjing, and once had the reputation of "Jinling duck is the best in the world".
"Jinling Roast Duck" appeared after Jinling, the capital of Ming Dynasty, followed by "Jinling Salted Duck". Ducks are "osmanthus ducks" from the Mid-Autumn Festival that year. They are re-salted with hot salt and clear water, and then taken out and hung in the shade to dry.
After the duck is cooked, it is fresh, tender and delicious, with a unique flavor. Therefore, it was well-known at home and abroad in the Ming Dynasty, just like the "Nanjing salted duck" that appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, it was used as a tribute to the court.
For more than 500 years, "Jinling salted duck" has enjoyed a high reputation, and now it has become a popular wine food in Jiangnan area.
2. Beef fried dumpling
Beef fried dumpling is a traditional snack in Nanjing, and it is a kind of fried stuffing food. It looks like jiaozi, but it is slightly longer than jiaozi.
Beef pot stickers are one of the eight wonders of Jinling Qinhuai. It is made of beef, wrapped in flour into jiaozi, fried in oil pan until golden brown, and then served on a plate.
This sweet and salty snack is tender on the top and crisp on the bottom, and the beef stuffing is delicious and unique.
3. Satisfactory halogen drying
Legend has it that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Jinling, he was tired of eating the delicacies in the palace. One day, he went out of the palace incognito and saw a snack bar frying tofu in the street. The smell was overflowing, the color was golden, and his appetite increased greatly.
He took out a silver ingot and asked the shopkeeper to make him a bowl of tofu fruit.
Seeing that he was a rich gentleman, the shopkeeper immediately put the tofu into the chicken soup pot and cooked it with a small amount of bean sprouts and seasonings until the tofu was soft and tender, and Zhu Yuanzhang praised it again and again after eating it.
Since then, oily tofu has been all the rage and spread to this day. Because Nanjing people often add bean sprouts when firing, its shape is very similar to the jade ruyi in ancient jade articles, so it is called ruyi drying.
4. Sugar porridge lotus root
Lotus root with sugar porridge is a traditional dessert in Nanjing. Porridge is made of glutinous rice, and the rice soup is thick and has distinct particles. Put brown sugar in the porridge, and then increase the lotus root section. When eating, cut the lotus root segments into thin slices and mix them into porridge.
Lotus root is lavender, the slices are dark brown, and the rice grains are light green. Moderately cool, fragrant and sweet. In addition to glutinous rice and lotus root, porridge lotus root should be accompanied by lotus seeds, red dates and osmanthus flowers.
Sugar porridge and lotus root are sweet, waxy and soft. If you cook porridge with rice, lotus, jujube and "red rust lotus root" between Hanlu and beginning of winter, the porridge will be more sticky and fragrant.
Old Nanjing people are lucky in their love pictures when they talk and do things, and they also have many beautiful interpretations of porridge and lotus root. Often drink sugar porridge lotus root, symbolizing living at home and thriving; Children eat lotus roots and start to understand very early; Adults eat lotus root, passepartout;
Couples eat lotus roots in pairs; The new wife eats dates and lotus flowers and gives birth early; There is osmanthus in the porridge, which also means hitting money; Constantly broken silk, connected with the blood of relatives far away from home, fell in love with acacia.
In this way, this porridge lotus root is really prosperous, suitable for all ages.
5. Champion Fight
According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Qin Dashi, a poor scholar who lived in the alley next to the Jinsha well in the old Nanjing, studied late into the night every day because of his poor family.
His mother cooked beans with Redmi and red dates, put the beans in a small bowl, gave him red dates, and encouraged him to study hard and win the first prize in the future.
Later, Qin Dashi won the first prize, the story spread, and the champion fight became famous. Zhuangyuan bean is actually spiced bean. Spiced beans are as fragrant, salty, sweet and tender as spiced eggs, so it is very interesting to taste them carefully.
Because of the delicious cooking, the general color is rosewood, the entrance is elastic and the aroma is rich, which makes people want to stop eating.
6. The cake is smaller
Jiangnan people love sweets, so traditional pastry shops still have a good market in Nanjing. Nanjing people pay attention to sweet but not evil, waxy but not sticky when eating sweets, which is called the best dessert.
In addition, it is not enough to eat delicious food, but the shape and color are outstanding. Therefore, most of Nanjing's cakes are exquisite, colorful, sweet and soft, and full of fragrance. A pot of good green tea will be the best taste!
7. Duck blood vermicelli soup
Duck blood vermicelli soup, a famous traditional dish in Nanjing, is one of the famous dishes featuring ducks. Duck blood vermicelli soup is made from duck blood, duck intestines, duck liver, etc. And add duck soup and vermicelli.
Because of its mild taste, delicious and smooth taste, it is popular all over the country. Nanjing has loved to eat duck gizzards since ancient times, and it is popular to cook with ducks. It has the reputation of "Jinling duck dishes are the best in the world".
Duck blood vermicelli soup has been improved to meet the dietary characteristics of various places. When making, different places are different. Nanjing uses duck blood, which has changed since it spread to various places.
8.steamed bread
Pay attention to soup when eating steamed stuffed buns. When cooking, concentrate the soup into transparent solid gum, chop it up and mix it in. As soon as the hot air steamed, it turned into soup. Good steamed bread is as thin as paper and can be carried around without breaking.
Carefully take it out, put it in a vinegar bowl, aim at it and take a sip, and the delicious soup will enter your stomach. But don't worry, otherwise it will burn, and then slowly appreciate the contents.
Therefore, Nanjing people eat steamed buns with a ballad, "Move gently, lift slowly, open the window first, and then drink soup".
9. Boil dried silk
Nanjing dried silk is a unique production method different from other cities.
Those tender but not old, dry but not broken dried silk are specially made by tofu shop. Slice tofu into thin filaments, mix with various soup, mix with sesame oil and excellent soy sauce, and the taste is refreshing and the aftertaste is long.
10. Assorted tofu stains
Tofu stains are also called tofu brain and tofu flower, and they are also called "all old" in Nanjing dialect. This snack is found all over the country, but the tofu stains in Nanjing are not quite the same as those in other places, except as white as jade.
In addition to being fragrant and refreshing, Nanjing tofu stains pay attention to one kind of seasoning, supplemented by more than ten kinds of seasonings such as shrimp, mustard tuber, fungus, chopped green onion, spicy oil and sesame oil.
Not only the color is gorgeous, but also the taste is mellow, rich, fragrant, fresh and salty, moderately spicy and full of flavor.
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