Speaking of Dongguan, you may have the impression that it is an industrial city, there is no cultural heritage and historical heritage, in fact, this is the appearance, Dongguan still has a lot of local traditions, especially in terms of cuisine.
Houjie sausage is a Kind of Cantonese Cuisine with Lingnan Characteristics. Named Houjie sausage because it is produced in Houjie, Dongguan, its history can be traced back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it can be said that it is a cuisine that has been passed down for a hundred years.
The production of Houjie sausage, the steps are simple, raw materials are also very common ingredients, such as fat and lean pork, pork liver, duck liver, etc., chopped and marinated, poured into casing, dried into sausage, the whole process is divided into: selection of ingredients, making fillings, enema binding, drying and other processes
Houjie dachshund is divided into many kinds, and we often see several kinds of flower intestines, duck liver intestines, pig liver sausages and so on. It differs from other Cantonese sausages in the process of making them, each section is only half a finger length, and the wine flavor is not so strong, more of an original feeling.
Houjie sausages are oval-shaped in small segments, unlike other Cantonese sausages, and are slightly larger than pigeon eggs in oval dried meat balls. Houjie sausage also has a story: it is said that at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a family surnamed Wang, who settled in Houjie, Dongguan. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan soldiers invaded the Southern Song Dynasty, invaded the south in a big way, in order to avoid the pursuit and killing of the Yuan army, the local villagers in order to store food for a long time, thinking about how to change the appearance of food, the southern region, storage of food is not easy, and there is no freezing equipment, so the villagers thought of crushing rice and meat mixed well, poured into the pig intestine, tied with a rope into a section of steaming, dried, into the shape of dried meat, so that it is easy to preserve and carry, and then after process transformation, it has become the current shape and taste of sausages.
Thick Street Sausage Features:
The shape, color and taste of Houjie sausage are relatively unique,
It is in the shape of a small oval, the sauce is purple, like the size of a pigeon's egg, fragrant and crisp, and full of fragrance.
Preparation Method:
1. Choose fresh pig casings to wash and set aside
2. Select the pork buttocks, chop into diced meat, add white wine, soy sauce, sugar, salt and other seasonings to marinate
3, enemas, this process should pay attention to the size of each section
4. Dry and dry before eating
How to eat Dishes:
Cured rice, broccoli stir-fried sausage, sausage steamed chicken,
Steamed fish with dachshund mushrooms, fried sausages with dutch beans,
Sausage fried rice, sausage pizza, etc.