First, Tengchong's famous specialty - bait silk
The Tengchong Bait Silk System was invented by the people of Hujiawan Village, Dongshan Township. Made from locally produced pulp rice, it has a history of nearly 400 years and is one of the most popular snacks for local and foreign guests in Tengchong.
It is said that the Tengchong people first came from the north, the northerners like to eat noodles, because the climatic conditions in Yunnan are not suitable for growing wheat, so people use rice to make noodle-shaped food to remember the taste of hometown cuisine, thus making today's bait silk.
Bait silk can be divided into many flavors, such as sour and spicy bait silk, beef bait silk, thin bean flour bait silk, three fresh bait silk and so on
2. Bait blocks
Bait block, Tengchong people also known as "big rescue driver", it is said that this name has a historical allusion, interested friends can look up relevant information on the Internet to take a look. The processing materials of the bait block and the bait wire are actually the same, but its shape is different, the bait wire is processed into a line, the bait block is processed into a block, but the way to eat it has a big difference, the bait block is generally directly fried to eat, Tengchong this side is called "fried bait block", its ingredients are, eggs, fresh meat, green onions, soy sauce and other condiments, fried in oil can be.
3. Green Dragon Cross Sea Soup
Qinglong cross-sea soup, also known as "dried pickle soup", is made of local high-quality green cabbage leaves, radish leaves and cauliflower leaves through pickling, fermentation and dehydration. Then mix with other seasonings to make dry pickles, cut the dried pickles into sections, add salt, peppers and pounded ginger pieces, and then put three or two slices of green onions, placed in the sea bowl, is the famous "Green Dragon Cross sea soup", unique flavor, appetizing and refreshing. When you have a cold, add some chili peppers to the soup, drink a bowl of green dragon soup, and break out a little cold sweat, which can help the cold to heal.
In Tengchong, many restaurants will send a bowl of Green Dragon Cross Sea Soup for free, giving diners a delicious appetizer, and also allowing guests from afar to taste Tengchong's unique authentic food for free.
Fourth, the jar chicken
Originating from the late Ming Dynasty and flourishing in the early Qing Dynasty, the Jar Chicken is a Chiba- chicken prepared by its unique porcelain altar (or special casserole) stewing process and mysterious palace medicine and the fusion of tengchong local raw materials. The people under the Yongli Emperor and other exiles have been precipitated over the years, which has also achieved the return of the altar chicken to the public. When we taste this delicacy in person, do we taste the cultural taste and history of the mulberry?
Fifth, catch the horse meat
In Tengchong, there is a very famous walking route (Tea Horse Ancient Road), in the past, Tengchong's horse gang sent goods to the field through the Tea Horse Ancient Road, and then purchased goods from other places to return, in the journey of catching horses, the catering conditions are not good, so as to produce a processing method of meat (yellow stewed meat), also known as horse meat. Large pieces of meat are simmered together with various spices, oily but not greasy, fragrant and nutritious. For modern people who are accustomed to eating exquisite delicacies, this meat is simple, but it also has a unique flavor.
Sixth, and smooth the mind
Heshun Mind Mind is a Specialty Food of Heshun. Made from dried glutinous rice flakes, fried poached eggs and brown sugar sweet wine, plus shredded chicken, egg shreds, shredded tofu, etc., it is a salty and sweet food. According to legend, it was specially used by the locals of Heshun to entertain the son-in-law, and the future son-in-law went to the future mother-in-law's house, and if he was recognized, he could eat a bowl of fresh and sweet "brains"
7. Dilute bean flour
The method of thin bean flour is to soak the peas in water, then grind the water into a pulp, and then stir it in a pot with a strong heat. The eating method of thin bean flour varies from region to region, some places are eaten with rice noodles, some places are fed with fritters, and Tengchong thin bean flour is eaten with bait silk or rice flour, so it is called thin bean flour bait silk and thin bean flour rice flour. Tengchong's thin bean flour selection is superior, pay attention to processing, must be the same day grinding, the same day stirring, in one go.
Viii. Skimming
One of the most representative dishes in the Dai flavor. Using the beef's waist, intestine, belly, liver as raw materials, boiling water after boiling, fishing out and chopping and placing on the cold rice line, dipped in water for peppercorns, millet spicy, garlic, pepper noodles, and then mixed with a little bitter intestinal water stirred evenly, its unique taste, cool slightly sour and bitter.
The seasoning dip is divided into two flavors: sour and bitter, in Tengchong, many people like to eat sour taste, but there are also a small number of people who like to eat bitter taste
The amount of skimming is very sufficient, usually Tengchong locals are two servings to eat one, it is recommended that you can also use two people a way, so as not to waste
When the weather is hot, in Tengchong to a taste of authentic Dai, that taste, will definitely make you unforgettable!
Nine, Tengchong hot pot
Tengchong hot pot Tengchong hot pot does not use metal hot pot, only uses the clay pottery hot pot fired in Manyi Village on the outskirts of Tengchong City, paying attention to slow cooking, so the dish taste is fresh and sweet and mellow. In the past, Tengchong hot pot was mostly eaten in the spring and autumn when visiting the tombs in the mountains to worship the ancestors, but now it is not limited by time and has become a daily feast.
10. Special sour pickles
In Tengchong, whether it is the main hotel, catering pipes, roadside snacks, barbecue stalls, etc. will see its figure, it is a kind of seasoning dish (sour pickle) that Tengchong people like very much.
Sour pickles are made of large greens after frost in winter as the main production material, through the process of drying, rubbing, chopping, adding salt, peppers, wine and other condiments, and then placed in clay clay pottery, after several months of fermentation, the taste becomes sour and can be eaten.
As long as Tengchong locals see sour pickles, it is inevitable that there will be no saliva in their mouths, because the taste is too delicious, and it is full of sourness, and it is also sold on Taobao.
At the same time, sour pickles can also be used to stir-fry vegetables, and in Tengchong, sour pickles are also an authentic specialty dish that people like very much!