Hunan cuisine, also known as Hunan cuisine, is one of the eight major cuisines with a particularly long history. Hunan cuisine pays attention to the variety of tastes and value-for-money. The main production techniques are simmering, stewing, waxing, steaming and stir-frying. Simple and homemade.

Today's Hunan cuisine is deeply loved by people for its characteristics of "high spiciness and high taste". It tastes fresh, tender, spicy and delicious.

Next, let the author introduce to you the recipes of 6 classic Hunan dishes, so that you can make them yourself at home.

1. Fish head with chopped pepper

Fish head with chopped pepper can be said to be the representative work of Hunan cuisine. The dishes are bright red in color, spicy and delicious, soft and smooth.

Prepare ingredients: fish head, chopped pepper, appropriate amount of green onion and ginger, and white wine.

Step 1: Cut the fish head in half from the fish lip, and make a few cuts in the thicker parts of the fish.

Step 2: Spread cooking wine, white wine and salt on the fish head and marinate for 30 minutes.

Step 3: Spread the ginger slices and green onion segments in the basin, and put the fish head on top.

Step 4: Cover the surface of the fish head with chopped peppers, steam it in a pot for 30 minutes.

Step 5: Heat a little hot oil in a pan, pour the hot oil on the fish head and pour two tablespoons of steamed fish soy sauce, it will be delicious.

2. Stir-fried Dried Bacon

Stir-fried Dried Bacon is a delicacy that the Yao people in Hunan will prepare for every wedding or funeral. The finished dish looks ruddy in color, tastes full of curry flavor, and has a suitable salty aroma. It is a very delicious dish.

Prepare ingredients: dried fragrant pepper, garlic, bacon, a little celery and dried chili pepper.

Step 1: Wash the bacon you bought and cut it into slices, then blanch it in hot water and take it out for later use.

Step 2: Cut the dried fragrant leaves into willow leaves and cut the celery into sections. Also blanch the celery in hot water until it is green.

Step 3: Heat oil in a pan, add garlic, ginger, and dried chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add bacon and stir-fry together.

Step 4: When the bacon becomes juicy, add dried fragrant vegetables and celery and stir-fry quickly. When it's about to come out of the pot, add half a spoonful of salt and chicken essence, and pour a circle of cooking wine around the edge of the pot. It's delicious.

3. Money Egg

This dish is a famous fried delicacy in Hunan cuisine. The finished dish looks buttery, like a gold coin, which is particularly festive and auspicious. And when you eat it, the eggs are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, rich in texture and very delicious.

Prepare ingredients: eggs, garlic, green and red peppers.

Step 1: Pour the eggs into boiling water and cook them, then remove them, peel them and slice them.

Step 2: Sprinkle the sliced ??eggs with a little cornstarch, then fry them in a frying pan until golden brown and take them out.

Step 3: Cut the green and red peppers into sections, slice the garlic and add them to the oil pan to fry until fragrant.

Step 4: Pour the fried eggs into the pot and stir-fry together, sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt, and add half a spoonful of soy sauce.

4. Farm-Style Stir-fried Pork

This dish can be seen in any Hunan restaurant. People often go to restaurants and order this dish as a side dish. I would say that it not only goes with wine, but also mixed with rice. You can eat one more bowl than usual. The taste is especially spicy, delicious and juicy.

Prepare ingredients: pork belly, green and red peppers, garlic, and tempeh.

Step 1: Pour lard into the pot, add garlic and tempeh until fragrant.

Step 2: Add the pork belly slices to the pot and stir-fry until the color turns slightly golden.

Step 3: Add green and red pepper, a spoonful of salt, a few drops of light soy sauce and vinegar and continue to stir-fry for 2 or 3 minutes.

5. Steamed eggplant with chopped pepper

Steamed eggplant with chopped pepper is even better than grilled eggplant. If you are too tired at work, you can make steamed eggplant with chopped pepper when you get home.

It's simple and quick, tastes delicious and goes well with meals.

Prepare ingredients: eggplant, chopped pepper, minced garlic.

Step 1: Wash the eggplant and cut it into two. You can also cut it into strips, it all depends on your personal preference.

Step 2: Spread the chopped pepper and minced garlic evenly on the side of the eggplant where the meat is leaking, and then steam it in the pot.

Step 3: Pour a little oil into the pot, then add one spoonful of light soy sauce and half a spoonful of MSG, and set aside.

Step 4: Pour the seasoned hot oil on the cooked eggplant, it will be delicious.

6. Hand-shred cabbage

When eating, you must pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables. Hand-shredded cabbage is a particularly nutritious dish among Hunan dishes.

Prepare ingredients: cabbage, garlic, ginger, pepper.

Step 1: Tear off the cabbage leaves into appropriate sizes with your hands. Then blanch it in hot water to cut off the raw material.

Step 2: Heat oil in a pan, add garlic slices, ginger slices and Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry until fragrant.

Step 3: Prepare a small bowl and add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, vinegar, salt and chicken essence and stir evenly.

Step 4: Pour the cabbage leaves into the pot and stir-fry until soft. Remove from the pot and pour into a basin.

Step 5: Pour the prepared sauce over the cabbage and stir evenly.

The above are 6 classic Hunan dishes. They are very simple to make and taste spicy, delicious and delicious. Hunan cuisine is committed to using simple ingredients to create the most delicious dishes that go well with meals. The author also hopes that everyone can make them at home and taste these delicious dishes.