After the heat, although the weather is getting cooler, "autumn dryness" also follows. Because duck meat is cool, it has the effect of leveling the liver to remove fire, nourishing qi and nourishing blood, dehumidifying and debostruction, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, eye-catching and calming, activating blood and dissolving stasis, nourishing yin and benefiting kidneys. Therefore, it is more appropriate to eat a duck meal from time to time during this season.
Konjac roast duck, brine duck, roast duck, dry pot duck, ginger fried duck, sour radish duck soup... In Chongqing, you can find a variety of duck dishes. And what we are going to eat today is a special food from Youyang County - Mawang sauce plate duck.
The main ingredient of Mawang sauce plate duck is the local Mawang ma duck, which is distributed in Mawangpingba and the surrounding river valleys in Youyang County, which belongs to the excellent local ma duck breed, and its unique local topography and climatic characteristics provide unique conditions for the formation and development of mawang ma duck.
Mawang Duck's green ecological breeding core area Mawang Town is located in the east of Youyang County 42km, the whole territory has high mountains, flat dams, deep hills, the highest altitude of 1181m, the lowest altitude of 350m, the east is a deep hill, and the west is a high mountain, thus forming a north-south valley flat dam, the climate belongs to the temperate monsoon climate, the annual rainfall is about 1200mm, the frost-free period is 300 days, the climate in the territory is mild, and the rainfall is abundant. Mawang River runs through the whole territory, aquatic plants and fish, shrimp, loach and other animal feed is very rich, rice fields have more than 30,000 acres, the main agricultural production of rice, corn, red amaranth, wheat, etc., rice bran, rice bran, rice grain and other agricultural and sideline products are good feed for raising ducks. These provide abundant high-quality feed for the survival and development of Mawang Ma Duck.
From the Song Dynasty onwards, Mawang Ma Duck Sauce Plate Duck was a regular dish on the Table of Youyang Toast, and later with the development of the times, this cuisine flew into the homes of ordinary people and became a very delicious special food in the minds of Youyang people.
Mawang duck is a national geographical indication product and excellent local waterfowl resources varieties, the meat is fresh and tender, adhering to the century-old ancestral technology, combined with modern food processing technology carefully made, fresh whole duck into spicy dried hemp special sauce plate duck. The dish is fragrant, spicy, sweet, hemp, salty, crisp, soft and moderate, with mellow and delicious, complete color and aroma, low fat and non-greasy, endless aftertaste, easy to eat.
According to the local Mawang sauce plate duck eating method in Youyang, it must also be accompanied by local specialty healthy buckwheat wine, such a combination I believe you have not tried it. The fragrant, hemp and crispy duck of Mawang sauce plate are accompanied by the cotton, softness and smoothness of buckwheat wine, and the latter exerts the former's crispy taste to the extreme, which can be described as a "match made in heaven".
Source: YouyangHeshui WeChat public account, Chongqing geographical map WeChat public account