Bacon is divided into raw materials, including pork, mutton and its organs and chicken, duck and fish. From the origin, there are differences between Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan and Sichuan. Because of the different parts of raw materials, there are many varieties. The famous varieties are Guangdong bacon, Hunan bacon, Sichuan bacon and Guizhou bacon.
Second, where is the most authentic bacon in China?
1, Xiangxi bacon
Speaking of the most authentic bacon, Xiangxi bacon is the most famous. After a long period of smoking in the production of Xiangxi bacon, many burning stumps have special fragrance. Therefore, although the smoked bacon is ugly, it tastes salty and fragrant, oily but not greasy, and is deeply loved by consumers.
2. Cantonese bacon
Guangdong Cantonese bacon is a traditional Guangdong dish, belonging to Cantonese cuisine. This dish has golden color, even head, neat knife work, no broken bones, transparent fat, dried meat, fragrant meat and waxy fragrance. The raw material of Cantonese bacon is rib meat without breast, which is cut into strips with a width of 1.5cm and a length of 33-38cm. It is made by pickling and baking. It tastes delicious and is good for preservation. However, due to the high cholesterol content in pork, obese people and hyperlipidemia people should not eat more.
3. Longxi bacon
Longxi bacon is a traditional famous dish with good color, aroma and taste, belonging to Gansu cuisine. This dish has a long history. According to records, the curing of preserved meat in Longxi began in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, so Longxi was also named "the hometown of preserved meat in China" by the relevant state departments.
4. Sichuan bacon
Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places have the habit of eating bacon. Sichuanese have the custom of cooking bacon in winter. As a pepper-rich Sichuan province, the biggest difference between Sichuan bacon and other places is that the seasoning is richer.
5. Guizhou bacon
Autumn bacon is one of the traditional customs in Guizhou. The so-called "autumn" actually means that the smoked bacon will have the unique smoke smell of pine and cypress branches.
6. Enshi City, Hubei Province
Badong bacon in Enshi, Hubei. Its taste is different from other wax products, with brown color, hard outside and soft inside, rich aroma and unique flavor. Tujia people in Enshi have a special hobby for the taste of bacon, so Tujia bacon is famous all over the country.