Lu cuisine likes to use seafood, and Gansu big dishes like to use beef and sheep; Lu cuisine likes to stir-fry, and Gansu big dishes are mainly steamed and stewed, and rarely stir-fried; Lu cuisine pays attention to seasoning, while Gansu big dishes pay attention to the original taste; Lu dishes are salty, and the amount of salt used in Gansu big dishes is obviously less than that; Lu dishes are colorful, and Gansu big dishes respect the natural color of food, and the color is light and elegant; Lu dishes like to use sea sausage powder, sauces and braised, while Gansu big dishes basically do not use sauce, do not hook, and even do not want soy sauce; in appearance, Gansu big dishes are more neat and fresh. The difference in staple food is also obvious, the northwest likes to eat noodles, the north china central plains northeast like to eat bread and steamed buns... Northeast China Central Plains is almost the same system as Lu cuisine (northeast doubtful?). Northwest cuisine is another style (Shaanxi has both northwest and central plains characteristics, but more like the Central Plains). Do not use northeast China Central Plains Shandong to forcibly represent northwest china and Inner Mongolia.
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"Drunken Aftermath of Sazumi Taishou"
Don Cen Sam
The pipa flute is harmonious, and the Qiang'er Hu Chi chi sang in unison.
The ploughing cattle cook wild camels, and the river wine is returned to Narao.
There is a saying that goes well: relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea. The drought and barrenness of the northwest is to a large extent for farming, but human food is not all obtained by farming, and gathering, fishing and hunting, and animal husbandry are also one of the important sources of food. Not to mention the vast area of the northwest region, complex terrain, diverse ecological climate, nature's gifts are also many, although the farming conditions are worse than the Central Plains Jiangnan and other places, but since ancient times, here collection, animal husbandry, hunting activities are relatively developed, and with the construction of water conservancy projects and the introduction of a variety of foreign crops, modern northwest farming has also developed greatly, therefore, the northwest region is not lacking in a variety of high-quality ingredients, such as a wide variety of Xinjiang melons and fruits, delicious Yellow River beach sheep, fragrant Shaanxi kiwifruit, Nutritious grains (millet black rice and various beans), tea fragrant gu in longnan, fragrant but not dry gangu line pepper, sweet but not astringent Lanzhou lily, large plate melon seeds full of oil, soft and sticky Dingxi potato, thin skin and fine meat Gannan fern pig, fragrant Qingyang yellow cauliflower, tender and delicious rainbow trout, delicate and shiny Yinchuan rice, xinjiang tomato with strong color, guanlong balsamic vinegar with sharp taste, and Longxi bacon with a completely different taste from southern bacon (no smokey taste, pure marinated with spices), A variety of wild vegetables with unique flavors (such as cordyceps, hair vegetables, black dragon heads, five-leaf tips, toon trees, etc.).
On the basis of these rich and diverse ingredients, relying on home-cooked diets, banquets, halal foods, and commercial snacks, the Northwest diet has formed a solid ingredient, a mellow taste, a prominent theme, fresh and sour spicy, basically no pickles and sauces (yes, soy sauce, sesame sauce, spicy sauce, sweet noodle sauce, bean paste are not required), among which the Northwest home-style diet likes to use onions and leeks and garlic, and the mountain flavor is prominent; the Northwest banquet is popular with ten full seats, thirteen flowers, three rows and nine bowls, etc., the material is delicious and delicious; halal food has a wide variety of types, with beef and mutton 2. Oily and various sweets are the mainstays; commercial snacks are mainly pasta, yogurt, sweets, potatoes and sour and spicy foods, with a strong taste. Not to mention the popular Northwest Liangpi, Lanzhou beef ramen, Xinjiang large plate of chicken, kebabs, cumin stir-fried meat, Shaanxi meat sandwich buns, nor do they say that they are not familiar with Qinghai cuisine, Ningxia cuisine, Shaanxi cuisine (I feel that Shaanxi people are not very fond of vegetables, we local women who married to Shaanxi, go home and complain that there are few vegetables, our whole family goes to Shaanxi to visit, there is no next meal in the noodle restaurant, is it really a spicy dish?). Haha, Shaanxi people don't beat me), here is just to say what I know about Gansu dishes.
1. Northwest cuisine
In Zhangye, as long as it is a banquet, there will be a special dish called "Northwest Cuisine".
Northwest cabbage is also called fragrant rice, this famous dish is to use the liver and lungs of pigs and sheep to chop into minced pieces, mix the minced onion and garlic, mix well, add spices, salt, and use flour and dough, and then knead into round strips, fried in oil, called rolled liver. Then cut the rolled liver into round slices, put them together in a bowl, add seasoning shallots and garlic, add large slices of meat, add broth and steam, buckle in another large dish, add egg ropes, pour juice and cook. Under the fragrant button meat are meatballs and tofu balls symbolizing auspiciousness, alongside the tender scrambled eggs and fungus and emerald green vegetables.
2. Hundred flowers and whole chicken
Hundred Flowers Whole Chicken is a well-known dish, this dish is finely handled, the pattern is novel, tender and delicious, light and not greasy.
Use a fat hen, remove the chicken breast, chicken tenderloin, add fat meat to chop into a fine puree, add water, egg whites, fine salt, and stir into chicken mushrooms. The rest is steamed with green onion, ginger and salt, leaving the head, claws and wings, and the rest of the meat is cut into five-point slices and spread out on the fish plate. Spinach, hair vegetables, and steamed egg yolks are made into finely minced pieces. Steam for 10 minutes and then serve.
3: Jingyuan lamb steaming bowl
3. Five-wire hump
Wusi hump is a traditional dish in Hexi, Gansu Province, the main ingredients are hump, cooked ham and water hair magnolia slices, etc., the ingredients are leeks, cooked chicken breast, wet starch, etc., and the seasonings are cooking wine, monosodium glutamate and ginger shredded, etc., which are made by boiling and sautéing.
4. Zhenyuan Old Seat
5. Qingyang yellow braised chicken
The chicken is marinated with spices, mixed with flour and starch, fried and then steamed in a basket, the color is golden, the chicken is soft and tender, and the taste of yellow braised chicken rice is completely different
6. Dongxiang hand grasp
There are many beef and mutton products in the northwest, as far as Gansu is concerned, the famous ones are Jingyuan lamb, Jinchang lamb cushion rolls, Jiuquan powder steamed beef and mutton, Jiayuguan roast meat, Gannan Tibetan bun (beef and mutton filling), Lanzhou lamb steamed bun (and Shaanxi mutton steamed bun are two different things), Linxia yellow braised lamb, etc., but I think the best thing to eat is hand-caught lamb.
Hand-grabbed lamb selection of good meat quality, no smell and fat and thin Yellow River beach sheep, slaughtered on the same day, cooked on the same day, the seasoning is superior, suitable with the right mix, the heat is appropriate, the finished product is original, tender and delicious, fat and thin, almost no smell.
7. Lanzhou beef sour and spicy sandwich
This dish is made by chopping beef and sautéing, the process is complex, spicy and sour.
8. Jingning roast chicken
Jingning roast chicken, also known as Jingning brine chicken, is a traditional Han cuisine in Jingning County, Gansu Province, it is beautiful in color, tender and delicious, bright appearance, fontanelle brown, meat flavor thick, refreshing and not greasy, well-known gansu, Shaanxi, Ning and other provinces (regions), is the Xilan Highway passengers rush to buy flavor food.
9. Tianshui chowder
After mixing with pork puree, eggs, tofu, starch, etc., it is steamed, with bright colors, delicate taste, and beautiful flavor, suitable for all ages
10. Tianshui wine dish
Mixed with shredded carrots, spinach, pork slices, green onions, vinegar, etc., it is a refreshing and sharp dish, and it is a good appetizer.
11. Wushan shrimp rice cabbage
Wushan cabbage, emerald green and no tendons, plus dried shrimp rice from the southeast coast, steamed with chicken soup, fresh and refreshing.
12. High school sauce meat
Gao Binwu line three, sauce meat is not ordinary. Gaosan sauce meat is a traditional famous food in Lanzhou, which was first studied by Mr. Gao Binwu on the basis of the essence of traditional sauce meat making techniques from all over the world, and the current gaosan sauce meat was brine. Choose a large pig with a fat and even body of the arm meat, swollen shoulder meat or bone-removed pork with skin and hard ribs, roasted until red and yellow, cut into two or three pounds of long strips, tied with marlene rope, you can use the blood water soaked in the meat to boil the meat. First add the appropriate amount of grass fruits, cinnamon, peppercorns, cinnamon seeds, cloves, camellia, large incense packaging, and then add salt, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, bean paste embryos, cook the meat on high heat until semi-cooked, and then use the low heat to cook slowly, then the sauce meat is tender and not rotten, the rich flavor is mellow, and there is a charm of "ambergris musk navel is difficult to compare with its wind".
13. Xiahe hoof tendon
The color of the hooves of the Xiahe River is the same as amber, and it is similar to real gold, and the entrance is Shaw, strong as lingxue, containing anointing, and extraordinary. It is made of lamb's hoof tendon as the main ingredient, steamed and boiled with fungus and yellow flowers. The hoof tendons have always been the best for feasts. In Gannan, how can you miss yak hoof tendons? Yak tendons, the taste is light and tender, the texture is like sea cucumbers, the common way to eat in Gannan is beef tendon boiling soup, fried tendons, cold mixed tendons. Among them, the fried hoof tendon is the most delicious, and the fried hoof tendon is smooth and crisp, and the taste is fresh and delicious.
14. Burn the fern meat
The fern pig is a specialty of the Gannan grassland, named after the pigs raised by the locals who often forage for fern in the grassland. This dish is made from fern pork and concocted in mud over a dark fire. It is characterized by a crispy skin and tender meat, and the taste is particularly delicious.
15. Linxia buckle meat
Linxia people like to eat button meat on the table, of which button lamb is delicious and delicious, button beef is tender and not chai, button chicken is tender in the mouth, the taste is light, the aftertaste is long, and there is a special taste. The picture shows the button beef.
16. Quinta black river fish
The fish is white, soft and tender, the soup is delicious and has a regional flavor.
17. Longxi bacon
Unlike the smoked bacon in the south, Longxi bacon is marinated with salt and various spices.
18. Cold mixed staghorn
Unlike the seaweed carob, staghorn is a freshwater wild algae that grows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Qilian Snow Mountain, mainly distributed in Gansu and Qinghai, and is named for its resemblance to antlers. After soaking in water, it becomes fresh and emerald green, crystal clear, has a strong ion exchange function and adsorption effect, improves the digestive function of the human body, and has a certain therapeutic effect on gastrointestinal diseases and diabetes.
There are a lot of weeds in the staghorn just collected, you need to carefully pick, root by root, one by one, after careful selection, you can make a dish, the simplest is cold mixing, soak in cold salt for five minutes, drain, put the staghorn and coriander into a large bowl, according to personal taste, add soy sauce, sesame oil, chili oil, sugar, rice vinegar appropriate amount, mix well and then plate. A plate of cold staghorns is ready
19. Lamb mat rolls popular in the Hexi Corridor
l9, Lanzhou stir-fried calves
19. Lintao saves the plate
20 Pro Summer Hair Dish
Hair dish and "fortune" harmonic sound, the white part is the egg white, before there is no egg beater, are pure hand to send egg whites, very time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also reflects the Linxia people's dedication to "eating"! I remember when I was a child, adults told us to beat egg whites with chopsticks until the chopsticks had to stand in the egg whites to be good, and at that time, I didn't believe how chopsticks could stand in the egg whites, and adults would really brag.
21 Dingxi buckle chicken
20. Qin'an belly silk soup
21 Northwest warm pot
20. The staple food is recommended Lanzhou fried noodles
Or fried sheep's tail
Fried lamb's tail is actually a crispy and delicious staple food made of egg white, bean paste, water ball powder, and flour. The color is golden, the shape is beautiful, and it is rich in nutrients. The process is not difficult, beat the egg whites into a bubble, add the dough flour and flour and stir well. The bean paste is made into a cherry-sized blank by hand, and the bean paste is wrapped in an egg foam paste with a small spoon, and then fried into a golden brown and taken out.
Or the fern rice of the Tibetans in Gannan, sweet and delicious
Or a flat cold walnut bun, which looks like a walnut and the filling is also made of walnuts
Lanzhou lamb steamed bun is as clear as the soup of beef noodles, and the Shaanxi lamb steamed bun is different regardless of the material appearance and taste
After talking about the big dishes, let's talk about the special diet of Gansu. Southeast Gansu, Guanzhong, southern Shaanxi is also popular with celery, noodles, water and other fermented soup, rich in lactic acid bacteria, known as pulp water, healthier and more refreshing than southern herbal tea, making drinks very delicious, but Gansu people generally use to make pulp water.
Fishing out vegetables from the water can be used to make dishes such as steamed buns fried rice.
There is also the Gansu Potato Dafa. Gansu people generally call potatoes potatoes, Gansu people have two classic jokes: "Squid bird's nest is delicious, is there potato silk delicious?" "Dingxi has three treasures: potatoes and potatoes"
1 shredded potato burritos
2 potato cakes
3 dry pot potato chips, especially Dongxiang potato chips are the most famous
4 fried potato chips
5 potato churn (Chinese-style mashed potatoes, introduced in "Flavor of the World")
6 leeks fried shredded potatoes, full of mountain atmosphere.
7 potato balls
8 potato croquettes
Sweet balls from Yongchang, the main body of the balls is potatoes, make the potatoes into mashed potatoes, add sugar to knead into balls, fry well in the pot and then pour sugar water, some families will also clip rose brown sugar in the balls, such balls still retain the floral fragrance of roses after the entrance.
Longnan potato sticks
Longnan special snacks, delicious taste, rich in nutrition.
In addition, there are various potato vermicelli, vermicelli, powder skin, etc.
Chicken broth frozen
The warmth of chicken soup, the refreshing taste of freezing, and the slight hemp of pepper are the most heart-warming delicacies in the supper. The main raw material for freezing is still the cabbage in the hillside field, which is picked and cleaned and chopped into fine powder, mixed into flour noodles, boiled into a paste in a pot, frozen, cut into small squares, and still maintains the fragrance of the cabbage. When eating frozen, mix the processed raw chicken soup, divide the marinated eggs into four pieces, put them in a bowl, have a different flavor, and it is indeed a beautiful enjoyment.
Gansu special wild vegetable Wulongtou
Some people have to ask, since the Northwest region has such a rich variety of ingredients and dishes, then why is there no northwest cuisine?
Quite simply, it is closely related to the underdevelopment of the commodity economy in the northwest.
Lao Tzu said: I do nothing and the people are self-sufficient. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, with the rapid development of the commodity economy and the market economy, the government's control over commerce was gradually relaxed, and various commercial self-reliance organizations sprung up and sprung up in Shanghai and other economically developed areas. The catering industry is no exception, at that time, with the region as the link, there were several major food industry gangs, and the corresponding cuisines were also named Ben Bang Cuisine, Lu Bang Cuisine, Sichuan Gang Cuisine, Fujian Gang Cuisine, Su Bang Cuisine, Hui Gang Cuisine, Cantonese Gang Cuisine, etc. 49 years later, the gang will be banned, to the reform and opening up to reorganize the food culture, in addition to the name of the Shanghai gang dish has survived to this day, the other words have been removed and become the so-called eight major cuisines.
On the contrary, due to the sparse population in the northwest region, deep inland, after the abandonment of the Silk Road, here has become a place forgotten by merchants, in addition to the Shaanxi merchant gang, the northwestern people have rarely done business in modern times, and it is the Shaanxi merchant gang, which is basically limited to the northwest region, and rarely opens up markets in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, so it is not surprising that northwest cuisine has not become a separate cuisine. But at this time and another time, Chinese cuisine to the world, potatoes, beef and mutton as the main ingredients, pay attention to the original taste of the northwest diet, I am afraid is the first choice!