Recently, Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni starred in the TV series "Loading Station" in the CCTV set and major network platforms hit, the strong atmosphere of fireworks, the most impressive is the drama shown in all kinds of Shaanxi cuisine - bacon steamed buns, cold skin, pot helmets, etc., netizens have left messages on the bullet screen "late at night by being hungry and crying."
When the peppery soup appeared in the play, I couldn't help but be dazzled: Isn't this a feature of Henan? Why is it on the list of local cuisines in Shaanxi? Is there any difference between the two?
Meatballs Peppery Soup Source: @Qinsi-
Henan and Shaanxi are separated by a river, and the diet and language of some areas are similar, but the peppery soup that people in the two places like to drink is very different. Henan Peppery Soup is mainly made with slices of meat, supplemented by wood ear fungus, kelp, yellow cauliflower, gluten and other side dishes. Xi'an is more of a meatball peppery soup, the main meatballs, supplemented by lotus white, carrots, potatoes and other seasonal vegetables.
For Xi'an Peppery Soup, a good bowl of soup must be accompanied by good meatballs, and this meatball must be hand-beaten beef balls, so that the meat quality can be Q elastic and tasteful. When making, the fresh vegetables are placed in the pot and the broth is boiled for several hours, and when it comes out of the pot, it is added with the store's carefully boiled chili oil, and a bowl of thick and fragrant peppery soup is perfectly presented, and then accompanied by bacon steamed buns or wontons, a mouthful of steamed bun soup, it has become a favorite breakfast for Xi'an people. Director Tie (Sun Hao) in "Loading Stage" has such a sentence: "Meatballs and peppery soup is the product of the combination of red cabbage soup (borscht) and Chinese food culture practice, but in our China, it is not only the dishes in the soup, but also the hand-beaten beef balls that are strong in Q. "It's a very fitting idea.
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Compared with Xi'an's meatball peppery soup, Henan's peppery soup is not so much, the material is simpler, mainly gluten and bean skin, beef, pepper is the mainstay, more thick. There is such a saying in Henan, "Drink a small bowl, sweat, detoxify and nourish the stomach, feel comfortable all day, and then with a meat box fried bun, the whole table will not change." It can be seen that the status of Peppery Soup in the hearts of Henan people is equivalent to hot pot in Chongqing and intestine powder in Guangdong.
Source: @Zhengzhou University School of Liberal Arts Office
In fact, Henan Hu Spicy Soup is a general term, in different places, Hu Spicy Soup has different tastes, and the genres that extend from it can be described as diverse and distinctive.
At present, there are two genres of Henan Peppery Soup that are more famous, one is the Xihua County XiaoyaoZhen school, which is known for its spicy, and the other is the Wuyang County North Dance Du School, which is known for its mellow aroma.
Beiwudu Peppery Soup originates from Luohe North Wudu, with bone soup stewed minced meat as raw material, meat rotten soup fresh, highlighting the aroma of broth, mainly distributed in Xuchang, Luohe and other places. Compared with the peppery soup in Xiaoyao Town, the Beiwudu peppery soup has a relatively peaceful taste, moderate spicy and long taste, and the locals generally like to wear beef buns or flatbread when they eat it.
Source: China Youth Daily
Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup originated from Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County, Zhoukou, and it is said that there was already a prototype of Hu Spicy Soup during the Northern Song Dynasty, which has a history of more than 800 years. Xiaoyao Town Peppery Soup is mainly based on wheat refined powder, cooked beef and mutton, accompanied by star anise, pepper, peppercorns, cinnamon, white root, fennel, cumin, cloves and other more than 30 kinds of pure natural plant spices, the soup is more complex and diverse, multi-layered taste layer by layer impact the taste buds. In contrast, the Hu Spicy Soup in Xiaoyao Town has a salty taste and is particularly spicy, and the hot Fang Zhongshan also belongs to this faction. Many people say that most of the peppery soups on the market are "economic peppery soups", because considering the input-output ratio, the number of ingredients like traditional Chinese medicine has been reduced from the original 20 to 30 to 12 or even only 8. After boiling according to different ratios, the traditional peppery soup does not advocate putting MSG, chicken essence and other fresheners, but after the soup is cooked, order a small grinding sesame oil and vinegar, and finally bring it to the table on the spicy soup spicy, and then with water frying buns or oil buns, healthy spleen and appetizer, delicious and delicious.
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As the breakfast soul of Henan people, Peppery Soup also has different characteristics and practices in different regions. For example, Nanyang Hu Spicy Soup draws the length of Hu Spicy Soup from all over the world, combined with the taste of the locals to form a characteristic, it is very simple and bright in the selection of raw materials, with beef (sheep) broth to enhance the umami flavor, pepper to enhance the spicy taste, cooked lamb (or beef) and gluten are essential, do not use a thousand pieces of tofu, but with yellow cauliflower and fungus instead. Drinking Nanyang Peppery Soup, the first bite may feel bland, the second bite of fragrance and slight hemp slowly struck, three mouthfuls of four mouthfuls of spicy fresh fragrance rushed out of the mouth, a bowl of spicy after drinking, endless aftertaste, straight to want to come back to another bowl.
Ruzhou Peppery Soup has two kinds of meat and vegetarian, which is preferable to vegetarian food. Golden egg shreds, dark green carob segments, bright red pepper shreds, tofu shreds on the outside and white on the inside, green onions in white... When making soup, use the best pepper, plus Ruzhou's flexible and smooth noodles, scoop a bowl of hot soup, pinch a few handfuls of vegetables, and preferably put a small spoonful of vinegar to form Ruzhou's peppery soup.
Kaifeng vegetarian peppery soup is a must, its color is light, there is no beef and mutton soup ingredients, mainly using vegetarian ingredients, strict ratio of raw materials and spices, the taste is mellow, its eating method is also diverse, peppery soup + fritters, peppery soup + fried buns, peppery soup + bean foam, peppery soup + tofu brain... The diversity of peppery soup is vividly displayed in the hands of Kaifeng people.
Suhu Spicy Soup Source: Baidu Encyclopedia
It is said that the morning of Henan people is awakened by peppery soup, the early morning peppery soup shop is always lively, sleepy eyes into the breakfast shop, a bowl of hot soup under the belly, sweat slightly out, secretly exhale a refreshing sound, the new day can be regarded as the official beginning.
In fact, whether it is Shaanxi's meatballs peppery soup or a variety of henan peppery soup, each has its own characteristics, many people drink peppery soup in addition to a taste habit, but also full of love for local customs, a bowl of peppery soup has become a unique taste symbol.
So, for you, where is the peppery soup your favorite?