As a foreign foodie, if I want to say which special food in Huai'an attracted me at the beginning, I guess it was Huai'an bundled hooves. When I first saw it, its crystal rosy color, the fragrance that rose from the sky deeply grasped my taste buds, after tasting it, I couldn't stop it, I missed it every day, and the charm of the bundled hooves was unstoppable, so let me carefully like you introduced this Huai'an explosive food - Huai'an bundled hooves.
Bundled hooves is a Huai'an special dish, belonging to the Su cuisine family, with a long history, and is a specialty of Gaogou Town, Lianshui County, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. Among them, the famous high-ditch bundle hoof system is one of the municipal intangible cultural heritage. Since ancient times, there has been a folk song that "the Mid-Autumn Festival is getting cooler and cooler, the high ditches are tied to each other, and the buyers are like clouds, but the production is not available". This dish is red in color sauce, salty and sweet, tender and delicious, not greasy to eat, chew slowly, endless aftertaste, the first taste of food, long chewing raw jin. Pork is the main ingredient, and the cooking technique of high grooves and hooves is mainly marinated vegetables, and the taste is salty and sweet. Once eaten, it is never to be forgotten, and the fragrance between the lips and teeth cannot be dissipated for a long time.
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There is also a small story about the source of the bundled hooves. Legend has it that during the Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, the market here was active, and the merchants interacted frequently, and the Zheng Yunfu brothers, the smoke master of Gaogou Town, refined the bundle of hooves in order to add more wine dishes to the guests. The hoofing ingredients are exquisite and delicately made. From the beginning to the end, it takes more than 10 processes to bundle the finished hoof, and it is tender to eat, which is worthy of three delicious meals and four delicacies. Since then, through the word of mouth of merchants from all over the world, Gaogou bundled hooves have gradually become famous and become a characteristic sign of Gaogou and even Huai'an.
The best and most common way to eat the bundled hooves is to use a quick knife to cut the bundled hooves into thin slices and buckle them on the plate as a cold dish. Or use other methods. Bundle hooves are also rich in collagen and vitamins, muscle fiber, and have the ability to improve the nutritional status and metabolism of the body's fine throat. At the same time, it also has the functions of noxiotropic, blood replenishment, moisturizing skin, and glossy hair.
Here, I also summarize a simple tutorial for everyone to diy this delicious at home: 1. Pork buttocks lean meat washed, cut into finger-thick meat strips, put into a large bowl, add green onion, ginger 10 grams each, rice wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and gauze wrapped in various spices marinated (24 hours in winter, 16 hours in summer) to use. The pig's small intestine is cleaned, repeatedly scraped with a knife until transparent, and hung in a cool place to dry into a small intestinal skin. Cut the small intestinal skin 30 cm long, arrange it on a cutting board, take the marinated pork in a large bowl and stack it, fold it up at both ends, wrap it with the remaining small intestinal skin, and then tie it with grass rope. 2. Put the old brine in the soup pot, add 3000 grams of water, throw ginger and shallots and spices in packets, bring to a boil over high heat, simmer for about 40 minutes on low heat and take out. Untie the straw rope, let it cool and change the knife and load the plate.
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The finished hoof is delicately made, tender and sweet to eat, and it is chewy and delicious. The color is ruddy, the dry aroma is fragrant, and the taste is unique. Easy to store, sliced cold mix effect is the best, no other spices, the taste itself has been very tempting, making people eat.
If you have the opportunity to come to Huai'an, you must not miss this rare delicacy.