In the 16th year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (164), Liu An was crowned King of Huainan. According to legend, Liu Dao, the royal chef of the king's residence, was so good at cooking that he was known as "Old Liu Tou" in Liu's residence. The King of Huainan was making an elixir of immortality on Mount Baigong, but by the time the food was delivered to the mountain, it was already cold and tasteless.

Lao Liu Tou saw that King Huainan was starving and losing weight, so he could not help but think hard and finally came up with a plan. The old Liu head rate of the family to kill the cow to take the bones, selected herbs and marinades boiled into soup, and prepared beef, vermicelli and other side dishes and soup with the burden on the mountain. As the oil covered the soup surface, it was not hot for a long time. The King of Huainan tasted it and praised it, and the beef soup became the secret meal of Liu's house, and then it flowed into the civil society and was passed down from generation to generation.

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Cuisine Characteristics

Hainan beef soup is one of the representatives of Anhui cuisine (along the Huaihuai slice), with fresh and mellow, refreshing, and fragrant characteristics. Huainan Beef Soup is made from yellow oxen from the Jianghuai area, and the soup is boiled with ox bones.

Cooking beef must be soaked in blood and dirt, and the internal organs are cleaned before they can be boiled in the same pot, and homemade butter is also used to make red oil from deep-fried Chinese peppers. In addition, the selection of dozens of tonic herbs and marinades in a certain ratio, made by the traditional process of shelling.

Hainan Beef Soup is divided into salty and sweet soup. The salty beef soup is fat and fresh, especially with the addition of green onion, the taste is even fresher. No black soup, drink more than not on fire, voice is not dry, and then with vermicelli and dried silk; sweet beef soup is no salt beef soup, or add a small amount of salt beef soup, its flavor is refreshing, mellow taste.

Nutritional value

Hainan beef soup is high in nutrition, high in calories, low in sugar and low in fat. It can withstand the cold in winter and sweat profusely in summer. Creatine and vitamin B6 in beef enhance immunity and promote protein metabolism and synthesis.

Carnitine is used to support fat metabolism and produce branched-chain amino acids; potassium, zinc, and protein promote muscle growth; linoleic acid acts as an antioxidant; propionic acid produces sugar from dietary proteins; and vitamin B12 is essential for cell production and promotes the metabolism of branched-chain amino acids.

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