There are many kinds of snacks in yunnan, but one of them is a delicious snack from Tengchong, and there is a very peculiar name, called "Great Rescue". Why such a strange name? This actually comes from a folk tale circulating in Tengchong. Around 1661 AD, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, King Gui, was chased and killed by Wu Sangui and fled through Tengchong, when it was late, the eunuch found a nearby farmer and begged them to make some food for the emperor, so the farmers fried the best ingredients in the family, eggs, ham, bait, and vegetables together to form a dish, and the hungry King Gui praised it after eating this plate of fried bait, and the big rescue driver got its name.
King Gui, who fled to Burma, gave Tengchong's fried bait a resounding name of "Great Rescue"
Kunming people are fond of bait blocks, and all kinds of ways to eat them, such as burning bait blocks, fried bait blocks, and steaming bait blocks, which can be seen in many places in Yunnan. Cut the bait into thin slices, put in green vegetables, ham slices, eggs, some will also put in the sliced fresh pork, put into a very hot oil pot for a while of stir-frying, and then add a little water to simmer for a while, and then add a variety of seasonings, a plate of "big rescue" that saved the emperor's life is done, it sounds like the production of this fried bait block is very simple from ingredients to technology, but why does the fried bait block taste particularly good, can be called "big rescue"?
Soft and delicious big rescue drive
First of all, the selection of bait blocks, bait blocks are actually steamed rice, and then with scooping through, and then pinch long strips, cool down on the line, Tengchong area production of bait block color white greasy, fine, sticky, very chewy, only such bait blocks in the mouth will have that soft but chewy taste; secondly, on the ingredients, cut into a very thin ham must have, it can make the fried bait piece salty, the taste is more layered, but also must be put into a local pickle "bad spicy", This pickle is made of fresh red pepper chopped and marinated, it tastes spicy and sour, the color is bright red, so that the fried bait block has more sour and slightly spicy taste, it is more delicious to eat, and finally it must be accompanied by a bowl of soup cooked with pickles and broth, this bowl of sour broth can be eaten after eating the slightly greasy fried bait block, to a few bites, to relieve the greasy feeling.
Soft bait cubes with a sweet and sour taste of bad spicy seeds
Authentic "big rescue" on the table after the snow white bait, green vegetables, golden scrambled eggs, dark red ham slices, mixed together very eye-catching, slightly smell, fresh smell in the nose there is the clear aroma of rice, let people eat fingers, eat a bite, the bait is smooth and soft, chew down but Q bomb strong, because with ham, bad spicy fried together, accompanied by ham salty taste and slightly sour taste, three or two a large plate on the stomach, and then drink a mouthful of broth with pickles, that kind of satisfaction, It's addictive.
Speaking of Kunming's most authentic, most famous big rescue, to count the old Tengchong bait silk shop in Guanghua Street, this old shop has been open for decades, their bait and bad spicy seeds are sent directly from Tengchong, the taste is very authentic, and the price is not expensive, the portion is also very sufficient, with a large white porcelain plate, when it is lifted up, it is full of a large plate, before Guanghua Street next to the most famous flower and bird market in Kunming, every weekend, the family together to visit the flower and bird market, see a variety of flowers, birds, fish and insects, Then come here at noon to eat a large plate of delicious "big rescue", which may be a good memory of many Kunming children.
Now guanghua street, which has long been demolished, built a new park old shop
With the development of science and technology and society, now a lot of snacks, brands have started to chain, "big rescue" this traditional cuisine has also appeared a lot of chain stores, in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu streets can see its figure, but due to the ingredients, the production process is different, may not be able to eat the authentic taste of the big rescue, perhaps only those old shops on the streets of Kunming can taste the taste of the authentic big rescue!