When it comes to beef, there will definitely be many people swallowing, for a while, it will be reminiscent of 'cumin beef', 'spicy beef', 'braised beef', 'sauce beef', 'toothpick beef' and other hot dishes, although beef it is a bit expensive, but it is delicious, this is the idea of many beef lovers.
Xiao Bian has eaten many kinds of dishes about beef with his heart, but he still has a dish called 'Light Shadow Beef', and whenever he thinks of the legend about it, he can't help but yearn for it.
Speaking of this lamp shadow beef, many friends who love to eat Sichuan cuisine should not be unfamiliar, its spicy and refreshing taste, tough and crisp taste are evocative, light shadow beef can be accompanied by wine, can be eaten, can also be used as a usual snack, is really a rare delicacy!
Dengying beef is a local traditional food in Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. The slices of beef are as thin as paper, the color is bright red, the taste is spicy and crispy, and the chewing is fine, and the aftertaste is endless.
Light shadows, or shadow puppetry, use light to project silhouettes of figures made of animal skins or cardboard onto the curtain. The use of "lamp shadow" to call this beef shows the thinness of its meat slices, so thin that it can reveal objects under the light, like a curtain in a shadow puppet play.
Light Shadow Beef (Slices)
Light Shadow Beef (Shredded)
People who have eaten 'Lamp Shadow Beef' will definitely be curious about where its name comes from, so Xiaobian will tell you a good story about the origin of Light Shadow Beef today.
It is said that it was still during the Republic of China years, in Liangping County, Sichuan, there was a businessman surnamed Liu, who specialized in selling marinated beef in Dazhou, but the beef he sold was cut too thick, chewed and did not say, and there were some teeth stuffed, so that the business has been tepid, very sluggish, which made Boss Liu start to worry, after all, to support the family, he felt that it was not a thing to go on day by day, so he stopped business for a few days, thinking about ways to improve business day and night at home!
He gradually went up the line along the way of the problem, carefully asked the customers who came to buy his beef, and after listening to their ideas, finally understood why many people did not like to eat.
"Since people don't like thick slices, just cut thin slices of meat!" Thinking like this, Boss Liu instantly had a spirit.
So at dawn, the boss Liu went to a familiar place to set up a stall again, this time he cut the beef thinly, first slightly marinated for a while, and then put it on the fire to grill, and then drizzled with some sesame oil when it was almost cooked. The beef made this time not only sold well, but also greatly improved the taste, he tasted a slice himself, and he was immediately overjoyed, thinking that there would definitely be many people who liked to eat it.
As he expected, on this day, there were many people who bought his beef slices, and after everyone tasted this newly launched beef slice, they were full of praise, so Boss Liu's business gradually opened up sales.
Until the evening, Boss Liu was still selling delicious beef, when it was already very dark, so he lit a small oil lamp, this oil lamp, the light of the beef slices are bright and red, it looks very delicious, and the shadow of the oil lamp also flashes on the beef, not only that, looking at the thin beef slices is like a curtain of shadow puppetry.
Seeing this unusual scene, Boss Liu was shocked in his heart, and suddenly thought of a good idea: "Since everyone has accepted my beef, why don't I give it a name, so that it is easier for people to remember and spread." ”
"Light shadow beef..." Thinking about the scene of the light shadow and beef that he had just seen, Boss Liu unconsciously read it out, who knew that this word was only spoken, just heard by the person who came to buy beef to eat.
"Boss, come two pounds of light shadow beef!"
"Boss, I'll also come with a pound of lantern shadow beef."
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Even Boss Liu also feels a little inexplicable, since his own beef named "Lamp Shadow Beef", the business has suddenly become better and better, many locals are hungry for his business, but also compete to imitate the taste and shape of his family's beef, have launched their own light shadow beef, so that light shadow beef has gradually spread in the local area, spread to the present!
The story belongs to the story, no matter how the light shadow beef comes from, we like to eat on the line, and the friends who have not yet eaten remember to buy some to taste Oh, then xiaobian today's food story will be shared with you here, we will see you in the next issue.