The traditional cuisine of Xuchang is rich in diverse ingredients and nutrients. Yuzhou Thirteen Bowls is a famous traditional dish that is full of color and flavor and belongs to the Yu cuisine family. It belongs to the Yuzhou region's local, authentic peasant dishes, with the main ingredients being large meat and tofu, and the supplementary ingredients being casserole and vermicelli, which are limited to home-raised year-round fat pigs, home-ground tofu, home-processed vermicelli, etc. It has a history of hundreds of years, and has been improved by successive generations of country cooks, finally resulting in the present-day characteristics of the Thirteen Bowls.
Thirteen bowls have a deep rural cultural heritage, reflecting the rich and simple affinity and unique etiquette between family and neighbors in the countryside. Thirteen bowls of food order has a "strict" rules, the selection of materials, well-done, rich local flavor, reflecting the Chinese food culture of the simple and unadorned side.
No. 2: Xuchang bamboo rot
Xuchang specialty food, texture and flavor. Xuchang Bean Curd Bamboo, a specialty of Xuchang City, Henan Province, is a National Geographical Indication product of China. Bean curd bamboo color golden yellow, bright color, honeycomb uniform, foaming and then after frying, stir-frying, cooking and other processing methods, eat the texture of gluten, taste delicious, very popular. Soybean pulp after cooking, condensation dry system, because of its hollow like bamboo, so called bamboo, but also because of its main production in Henan Xuchang Ying River, Regardless of the river along the line, so called Xuchang bamboo.
December 17, 2008. The former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the "Xuchang bamboo roasting implementation of geographical indications product protection.
No.3: Shixiang Tofu
Xuchang traditional food, tender texture, rich soybean flavor. Shixiang Tofu is a specialty of Shixiang Township, Changge City, Xuchang City, Henan Province. Shixiang Township production of tofu, "tender texture, good flexibility, glossy, flavorful aftertaste," trusted by consumers, "Shixiang tofu," the beauty of the name thus spread. Shixiang Tofu is a specialty of Shixiang Township, Changge City, Xuchang City, Henan Province. The tofu produced in Shixiang Township is "tender, elastic, glossy and fragrant", trusted by consumers, and the reputation of "Shixiang Tofu" has spread.
"Shixiang tofu" is also known as "Changzhuang tofu", the main production area in Changge City, Shixiang Township, Changzhuang Village. As early as the 1980s, Changzhuang village production of tofu is sold to Changge city and Shixiang Township around the townships, and to yell "Shixiang tofu" brand name is the main. Because of the village's production of tofu, "tender texture, good elasticity, glossy, fragrant aftertaste", trusted by the majority of consumers, "Shixiang tofu" reputation therefore spread.
No.4: braised pig's trotters
Xuchang traditional food, loved by the locals. Wangluo Braised Pig's Feet is a traditional dish of Wangluo Town, Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City (the capital of Cao Cao), Henan Province, and belongs to the Yu cuisine. It has a long history, is well-made, has a bright color and pure taste, and is famous all over the world. The finished product is sauce red, crystal bright, rotten but not scattered, fat but not greasy, sweet and fragrant, so that people often eat never get tired of, is to enhance the nutrition, soothing appetizing good food.
NO.5: Youth Lake hairy crab
Xuchang specialty food, tender meat, delicious flavor. Youth Lake hairy crab is a specialty of Nanwu Township, Yanling County, Xuchang City, Henan Province. When it comes to Youth Lake hairy crabs, not a few people know about it in the neighboring counties of Yaling County. 25 kilometers south of Yanling County, Qin Gang village north of the village, there is a water area of 800 acres of the lake, which is connected to the Qingliu River flowing through the Nanwu Township, the end of the 1950s by the youths and villagers around the village dug, so the name of the "Youth Lake".
Nanwu Township and Zhengzhou Zhongyin Investment Co., Ltd. signed an agreement, the introduction of more than 10 million yuan, the development of youth lake water surface of more than 400 acres, put 400,000 crab seedlings, the annual output of 40,000 kilograms of fresh crab. The successful development of the youth lake crab, greatly enhance the visibility of the Southwoods Township, has become a major highlight of the city's aquaculture industry. As of 2010, Nanwu Township has successfully held six hairy crab festivals, leading to leisure, fishing, crab tasting and other agri-tourism activities. According to incomplete statistics, the Hairy Crab Festival receives more than 30,000 visitors annually, realizing a comprehensive income of more than 2 million yuan from tourism.
NO.6:Donkey meat
Xuchang special snacks, loved by locals. Wuzhuang donkey meat Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground, Wuzhuang donkey meat taste pure, rotten but not firewood, fat but not greasy, is a good dish for drinking. The meat is delicious and the flavor is unique.
NO.7:Mutton Soup
Xuchang traditional food, gluten soup thick, delicious flavor. Jhoti Mutton Soup Mutton bone soup, raw meat choking pot, soup fresh meat rotten, fat but not stinky. A bowl of Zhandi Mutton Soup represents the basic requirements of Xuchang people's life. A few slices of boiled mutton or mutton mash, a large pot of simmering soup, sprinkle some chopped green onions, parsley, drizzle a few drops of sesame oil, eat it, absolutely delicious, this bowl of Zhandi mutton soup looks ordinary, but has a very soft and tender fresh taste. Speaking of Zhodi lamb soup, we have to mention the origin of this small village in Zhodi. Originally, the Northern Song Dynasty rationalist Jin Xiezhi, he set up tent lectures in Xuchang City, twenty miles north of the preaching and teaching, everyone settled down, it became a village, because this place for "set up tent lectures place", the village is called "tent ground". For the convenience of writing, the descendants often wrote "Jodi" as "Jodi," thus giving rise to today's Jodi Village. Over the centuries, with the gradual increase in the number of Hui people moving to this area, a flat river above the fertile land, mutton became the mainstream of the dinner table in the village of Zhodi. The Hui people are born to do business with a good hand, they will move the family meal to the hotel made a business, over the years, and even broke out of the hall of fame.
No.8: Xuchang vermicelli
Xuchang traditional specialty, the local people very favorite food. Yuzhou has a large sweet potato planting area, and farmers have a tradition of processing sweet potato vermicelli. Sweet potato vermicelli, also known as sweet potato vermicelli, vermicelli, and live folding, is a traditional famous specialty product of Yuzhou with a history of more than 600 years. The color of Yuzhou vermicelli is yellow and bright, the body is dry and thin, the slices are even and thin, the toughness is good, the tensile force is sufficient, and the food is soft and refreshing which is loved by the people. Pure Sweet Potato Vermicelli is made from high quality fresh sweet potato starch and refined by traditional craftsmanship. Pure sweet potato vermicelli does not contain any artificial coloring, is a green natural food, soft and tasty, nutritious, long cooking does not melt, suitable for cooking, preservation, known as "artificial shark's fin" reputation. It can be soaked in boiling water for 5-10 minutes before consumption, and can be served cold, stewed, stir-fried or in hot pot. It can be eaten in many ways, with beautiful color and aroma, and is suitable for both young and old.
Yuzhou Stew, a specialty of Xuchang Yuzhou, is made with sweet potato vermicelli and sweet potato flour gravy, and can be eaten in many ways, with a smooth texture and pure flavor.
No.9: Hu Hot Spot Soup
Xuchang traditional snacks, the local people very favorite breakfast. Ma Wu Qingzhen spicy soup soup gluten, seaweed, peanuts, vermicelli, fungus, slightly spicy flavor, moderately salty.
NO.10:Dunked Soup Buns
Xuchang specialties, savory meat filling and delicious soup. Xuchang Xinhua Street, the first floor of the soup dunking XiaoLongBao! That's really unforgettable and delicious. Thin and even translucent skin, open your mouth to bite, inside the delicious juice into the mouth, bite that dipped in the juice of the meatballs, not fat, not greasy, smooth that is called the beauty of the mouth! Maybe in China, the ancestry of the soup dumplings should be in Hangzhou, the fame of the dog is far greater than the first floor of Kaifeng, but the people who have tasted Kaifeng soup dumplings know that it really do not know how much better than the dog, and, the price is not expensive.