This issue of the guide: Henan's most famous 10 dishes, each dish is the heart of Henan people, how many have you eaten?
Henan is known as "the hinterland of Kyushu and the thoroughfare of ten provinces" and is an important transportation hub in the country. It is said that where there are people, there is food, as an important national logistics information flow center, Henan's cuisine is even more numerous.
When it comes to Chinese cuisine, many people know that there are eight major cuisines in China, but if you want to trace the roots, these eight major cuisines are from Henan, and it can be said that Henan cuisine, that is, Yu cuisine, is the mother of China's eight major cuisines. In fact, there has long been a saying that "the cuisine of the world originated from Yu and began with Yi Yinsheng in Song". (Yi Yin was a native of Henan, the founding father of the Shang Dynasty, and the ancestor of Chinese cooks.)
Last year's business trip to Henan for the first time, and colleagues together in Zhengzhou for a few days, after work and went to Luoyang and Kaifeng to play for a few days, said to play is actually not accurate, accurate to say that we are going to eat, whether it is street snacks, a variety of noodles, or very big restaurant in Henan famous dishes, etc., we are considered to have tasted over and over again. Due to too many varieties, today's skinny monkey will first talk to you about the top ten famous dishes in Henan, each dish is the favorite of Henan people, see how many dishes you have eaten?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > one: grilled noodles with fish</h1>
Grilled fish noodles are a traditional dish in Kaifeng, Henan, this dish has a long history, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty was very famous, when it was called vinegar fish. The dish itself is actually two dishes, roasted noodles and sweet and sour fish, in order not to waste the sweet and sour sauce in the sweet and sour fish, and then the two dishes are combined into one dish. After eating this dish in Kaifeng Province, the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi praised it as "a delicacy in the ancient capital".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > two: fried purple crispy meat</h1>
This dish is more than 100 years old, using pork ribs as the main ingredient, first boiled, then pickled, then steamed, and then fried. The finished product is tender on the outside, fat but not greasy, and the taste is better than roast duck, so it has the reputation of "racing roast duck". As early as 2018, fried purple crispy meat was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes of "Chinese cuisine" in Henan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > three: fried grilled blue fish head and tail</h1>
This dish is also a traditional dish in Kaifeng, Henan, which was famous in the Central Plains as early as the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. This dish is said to be the head and tail of the blue fish, but it is not exactly the head and tail, but there must be a certain amount of fish meat, and the amount of fish meat is also exquisite. This dish has a special feature, when you put a piece of fish head in your mouth and suck it, you can not only suck out the fish head, but also suck the fish meat at the same time.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > IV: Peony swallow vegetables</h1>
This dish is a traditional dish in Luoyang, Henan Province, and the first dish in the Luoyang Water Mat. This dish we ate in Luoyang, looks a bit like a soup, there are radish shreds, ham and sea cucumber, added mung bean flour hook, eat a little sour taste, at first not very accustomed to this taste, a bowl of belly after feeling more and more appetizing. This dish is suitable for drinking as a soup after a meal I think.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" > five: Peking roast duck</h1>
Peking roast duck is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, Henan, which was very famous as early as the Northern Song Dynasty. When it comes to roast duck, many people think of Peking duck, and the difference between Peking duck and Beijing roast duck is still very different in taste, which is related to the different processes used in duck and roasting. The Roast Duck is fatter to eat, but it is not greasy, the skin is very crisp, and the duck meat of the Peking Duck seems to be a little more tender.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="30" > six: fry eight pieces</h1>
Fried eight pieces is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, Henan, to put it simply, to unload eight pieces of a chicken, and then fry it in oil until it is golden and crispy, and then sprinkle it with pepper noodles. It tastes crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the aroma is fragrant.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > seven: abalone in clear soup</h1>
Although the ingredients of this dish are very few, the main ingredients are abalone and grass mushrooms, but the method is very complicated, the abalone should be sliced first, add the broth, steamed in the steamer basket for an hour, the mushrooms should also be blanched in the broth, and then the two ingredients are stewed together. Abalone and mushrooms themselves are very fresh ingredients, and the soup cooked together by the two is known how fresh it is.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" >8: Set of four treasures</h1>
Set of four treasures is a specialty dish in Kaifeng, Henan Province, this dish is simply a delicious dish made by putting together four kinds of poultry: chicken, duck, pigeon and quail. This dish is a must in Yu cuisine, many restaurants do not have, we ran several restaurants in order to taste this dish, it is estimated that the average chef can not make it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > nine: spicy and sour mullet egg soup</h1>
The mullet mentioned here refers to the cuttlefish, and the mullet egg is not a real egg, but the egg gland of the female cuttlefish, which is a dish unique to Henan cuisine. The reason why this dish is famous may be related to the ingredients, the method is not high-end, although the taste is not special, because of the vinegar and pepper noodles, so it is sour and spicy, more appetizing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" >0: Bucket chicken</h1>
Bucket chicken is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, Henan, the main process of this dish is cooking, whether it is for the selection of ingredients or craftsmanship is very exquisite. It is characterized by salty and crispy tenderness, fat but not greasy, the more chewy the more fragrant.
The above are the ten most famous dishes in Henan, and also the top ten representative dishes of Yu cuisine, although I am not from Henan, but I was fortunate that a trip to Henan last year made me taste a lot of famous Dishes in Henan. What famous Henan dishes have you eaten? Which one do you like? Welcome to share and communicate together.