Jiangnan is the warm dreamland of many people, with a hazy mood of smoke and rain. It is also a tourist attraction, since the Northern Song Dynasty migrated to the ancient Lin'an history called the Southern Song Dynasty, which gave the city a deep cultural heritage. Later renamed Hangzhou, "Hang" in ancient Chinese through the word "navigation", in ancient times Hangzhou was surrounded by water on three sides, people by boat in and out of this place, so called "Hangzhou". Life in Hangzhou is fast and slow, tense and orderly. While experiencing its bustling city, you can also taste the gentleness of Jiangnan, and the cuisine of Hangzhou also has a taste of jiangnan landscape beauty. With unique geographical conditions, the scenery and cuisine are very exquisite and elegant.
Since I stayed in Hangzhou for a long time since childhood, I can't help but fall in love with it. I slightly understood why the Qianlong Emperor went down to Jiangnan seven times, and why so many literati and inkers liked to stay here. He favors it and is even willing to leave a famous masterpiece with pen and ink. Just because it's worth it. When it comes to a place where people can't avoid eating, after all, eating is the top priority! No one can escape the law of true incense.
In the Hangzhou snack world, there is nothing more than the famous onion bun juniper, which may be a little confusing when you hear the name, what is this unique charm of the cuisine? In fact, onion bun juniper is a famous flavor snack that has been passed down for hundreds of years in Hangzhou. It's as simple as wrapping fritters in spring roll skin with green onions, heating them on both sides of a frying pan, and then smearing sweet noodle sauce or chili sauce on the surface according to each person's taste.
Although it seems to be extremely ordinary ingredients, the method is also extremely simple, but the combination is simply king fried! After so many years of galloping Jiangnan snacks, it is not empty, there is no strength, how dare to be so arrogant! Not only because of its wonderful taste, but also because people have given it the concept of home and country feelings.
In 1142, the national hero Yue Fei was murdered at the Dali Temple in Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou) on the charge of "false accusations", and the people of Hangzhou hated Qin Ju and his wife very much. Legend has it that one day, Wang Er, a shopkeeper who sold fried food in Huaxianqiao, Hangzhou, pinched two humanoid noodles and compared them to Qin Juniper and his wife, squeezed them into a piece, pressed them with a stick, put them into a frying pan and fried them, and read in his mouth: "Fried juniper" to eat. This is where churros come from.
Wang Er of the fried juniper shop sometimes fried too much, and could not be sold at once, and the fried juniper (fritters) was soft and tough after it was cold, the taste was not good, and no one bought it. He was indignant about the hatred in the hearts of Qin Juniper and his wife, so he roasted the cold fried juniper in a hot pot, rolled the roasted fried juniper with green onions into the spring cake mixed with sweet noodle sauce, and then pressed it with an iron plate, baked until the skin was golden brown, and the fried juniper "squeaked" and screamed, and Wang And the two sides only released their hatred. After roasting, Wang Er picked it up and ate it, and felt that the onion was delicious, so he named it "Onion Wrapped Juniper", which has been passed down to this day. After learning the name of such a snack, for a while, the citizens rushed to buy it, eager to swallow the "fried stew". This approach was quickly emulated everywhere. As a result, "fried braised" has also spread all over the country and has become a famous breakfast food.
On this basis, it has developed into a Hangzhou-style snack - onion bun juniper. When cooking, use white flour to make spring roll skin (or pancakes), wrap them with fritters and green onions, and repeatedly flatten them on a saucepan until they are golden brown, then smear with hot sauce or sweet sauce.
Ordinary people originally ate "fried juniper" in order to dispel the resentment in their hearts. However, as soon as you eat it, it feels really good and the price is cheap, so more and more people eat it. For a time, many stalls outside the city of Lin'an City learned to do it, and then gradually spread to other places, and over time, these long strips were called "fritters".
Sure enough, the food with feelings has the power to explode. People can not be underestimated, there are dreams and principles, have to admire.
Old Hangzhou people like to go to some of the small vendors distributed in Hangzhou City, don't underestimate these vendors, they are focused on making onion bale juniper for decades ~ so far in the Southern Song Dynasty Royal Street, Dongpo Road, West Lake Scenic Area and so on have such vendors in the stick. As long as you come, make sure you can eat the hot onion bun juniper, and also feel the happiness and satisfaction of the people of Hangzhou.
You will find that in fact, the storefront is not large, there is no sense of landlord and gentry, and some are just simple and unpretentious. In the past, you can see roadside stalls everywhere in Hangzhou to buy onion wrapped junipers, the equipment is very simple, a small cart or a small tricycle, place a stove, a frying pan, a wire cage of fresh fritters, a stack of handmade spring roll skin, a bundle of shallots, a jar of vegetable oil, and then a small shovel, you can start. And now, due to the rise of civilized cities, it is only a very small storefront, so small that if you don't pay attention, it may be difficult to see its existence. But it still can't be stopped, people like it.
Hao Po has been making scallion buns for more than 30 years, and the spring rolls are fried by themselves, the fritters are fried by themselves, and even the signature sauce is made by herself. Hao Po plucked the red pepper from the tip, dried and crushed, poured the crushed pepper residue into the bottle, mixed with salt, poured a layer of oil and sealed. When making the sauce, pour out a little bit and put it in the pot to cook, add water, sugar and MSG, and make a hot sauce when the chili peppers are not thin or thick. The key to making sweet sauce is spices, Hao Po boiled fennel, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, fragrant fruits, etc. into a spice soup, and cooked together with the noodles, and when it was boiled into a thin stew, the special sweet sauce came out of the pot. Hao Po's hot sauce is spicy to the point of benefit, does not hurt the stomach, and the sweet sauce is also sweet but not greasy.
Another Internet celebrity grandmother has been doing it for 50 years, and there is an endless stream of diners in front of the door. I'd rather wait in a long line than have a quick shot. It's also a lively scene.
Delicious shallot wrapped juniper: the skin of the spring roll should be thick and even, after wrapping the ingredients, it needs to be able to reveal the yellow of the fritters, the green of the green onion, when pressing and baking, the arm strength must be sufficient, and the baking ground is thorough to be in place.
To press to the dough skin to eat crisp and slightly caramelized, the green onion has been cooked soft and slightly juiced, at this time the oil pressed out of the fritters is soaked in the dough and shallots, and then holding the onion wrapped juniper in one hand, holding the wooden strip in the other hand, from this end to that end, in turn, smeared with two homemade sweet noodle sauce, a hot sauce, that taste, is the authentic Hangzhou flavor!
When you eat it, you have the crispness of fritters, the sweet and spicy fragrance of green onions, and the sweetness or hotness of sweet noodle sauce or chili sauce, and the taste is very rich. It doesn't make you like it.
In Jiangnan Water Town, looking through the streets and alleys, there will always be unexpected surprises. It is also an essential skill for every gourmet and foodie, after all, not everyone is the first to find the ordinary delicacies hidden in the depths.
Onion pack juniper tour, we will happily introduce, thank you for reading in your busy schedule. I hope you enjoy it. What delicious snacks do you have in your hometown? Let's eat together in the comments section!
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