Hunan, in the minds of many people, is the paradise of food, especially in the provincial capital Changsha, centuries-old shops and thousands of famous foods are all over the city, but Hunan can not only have Changsha has delicious food, many other places, have their own food, such as Shaoyang to be introduced below.
Brine tofu is a special dish in Wugang City, Shaoyang, this dish is very rich in local characteristics of the traditional brine products, this dish is selected from the local unique high-quality tofu as the main raw material, and then add more than 20 kinds of Chinese medicine made of marinade, to make.
Yuntuo Baxian is a traditional famous dish in Shaoyang, Hunan, which belongs to the Hunan cuisine family. This dish is varied and nutritious. The production process is more complicated, and the squid, sea cucumber, fish skin, and shiitake mushrooms are blanched in boiling water. Shrimp and scallops are sizing with starch. Cut the cucumber into hob pieces and the south tofu is lightly boiled in water. Heat the oil and remove the fresh shellfish and shrimp from the pan. Put the main and ingredients into the pot with the bottom oil, put the seasonings and chicken soup and simmer for about 5 minutes, and at the same time put the south tofu into the casserole, the domestic "eight immortals" use wet starch to outline the saucer, add cucumbers and pour into the casserole.
The unique and delicious points of Shaoyang rice noodles are mainly concentrated in three aspects: powder, soup, and whistle. These three points seem to be the basic three elements of all powder, but it is the details of these three elements that are different, which makes Shaoyang powder different.
Pig blood balls are made by hand by cutting and mixing fresh pig blood, tofu, and fresh meat, kneading them vigorously and stirring thoroughly, and then patting them into round balls by hand. Every year on the eve of the Chinese New Year, the smokey smell of firewood is heard from every household, and without asking, it is definitely smoking pig blood balls and bacon. The completely smoked pork blood balls and bacon are fried or steamed together, and the oily meat is fragrant in the mouth, and the universe is invincible.
Shaoyang has a kind of farmhouse dish, farmhouse tamales, this dish is more cumbersome to do, just made meat to eat sesame oil flowing all over the mouth, after eating lips and teeth left fragrant, but will not feel greasy, eating is a piece after piece.
Egg dumplings are also Shaoyang's special dishes, eggs are crushed and stirred well, burned in a pot with a layer of egg skin, and then kneaded into a long ball, placed at the end of the egg skin, with chopsticks to turn a roll, the egg dumplings are ready. When eating, it is usually steamed together in chicken soup, and sometimes it is added with dragon mouth vermicelli, and the aroma is when it comes out of the pot!
Although Shaoyang's blood duck is not as famous as Yongzhou's blood duck, Xiaobian personally believes that Shaoyang blood duck is more delicious and correct. In the past, The people of Shaoyang, especially the blood ducks eaten in the countryside of Shaoyang, were mostly their own ducks, and such ducks were really very delicious. But now it's basically farmed on a large scale. Now Shaoyang people still like to go to the market on the weekend to buy a duck, go home to make, tender duck, and then paired with green pepper, ginger, garlic, fresh peppercorns, when the pot is spilled with vinegar duck blood, the finished blood duck tastes delicious, making people smack the aftertaste, smack the tongue and suck themselves.
Shetianqiao Tofu: This dish is a local specialty of Shetianqiao Town, Shaodong County, Shaoyang. There are many varieties of this dish, and after eating it in the mouth, it will make people feel that this dish is very tender, more delicious, and there is a sweet feeling, so this dish is more famous in Hunan region.