Historical Background:
Yellow braised grass fish is a famous traditional dish in Jeonju County, Guilin.
The grass flower fish is named after its long-term stocking in rice fields and its consumption of rice flowers. Its meat is delicate, less thorny meat, soft bone without fishy taste, delicious taste, high protein content, yellow stew, boiled, fried, steamed are delicious, especially the crock pot simmered its taste is the best. The soup is cooked with fish and the whole house is fragrant. Dried fish made from fresh grass flower fish is a traditional way for people throughout the state to preserve it. Because the fresh fish is dug out of the rice field and raised no matter where it is placed, after two months, the true smell of the grass flowers disappears, but the smell is the same after making dried wax fish. People in Jeonju call dried grass flower fish as wax fish cubs, and its finished products are golden buttery, smell fragrant and fresh, and are not greasy for a long time. There is a proverb in Jeonju since ancient times: "When the flowers and fish drink wine, those who see it will not leave." When the fish come out of the field, the households are fragrant, and the people of jeonju have a custom of "those who see it, drink wine and eat fish". "Fish boy delivers rice, ding pot scrapes", "fried fish belly goods, belly swollen", its words are also true.
According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor took a group of wenwu on a tour of Jiangnan and arrived at Guilin Province. Futai knew that the Qianlong Emperor was fond of fun and loved to eat and drink, so he threw himself into his favor. Send people everywhere to purchase mountain treasures and seafood, invite famous chefs, feast on a feast, and eat mostly northern flavors in the capital on weekdays for the emperor to receive the wind. This time in the south, I think the wine is mellow and delicious, exceptionally fresh. During the meal, he was particularly interested in the grass flower fish on the plate, and asked happily: "What kind of fish is this?" This is so tender and delicious, fishy and greasy. Futai replied, "This is Jeonju's grass flower fish." "What is a grass flower fish?" The Emperor asked again. "The grass flower fish is the field carp, the people put the carp in the rice field to feed, when the rice is pumped and flowered, the fish especially like to eat the grass flowers that fall on the water, and after eating, they grow fat and tender, so there is no fishy smell." Futai replied respectfully. Qianlong Xin hou Long Yan Was pleased and said, "The meat of the hehua fish is tender and delicious, and the fish of Wuchang have not been able to reach it." Since then, Jeonju's grass flower fish has been listed as a tribute, and its value has doubled.
Hehua fish is a kind of body color black and transparent carp species, that is, black carp, mainly in the southern mountains, in the northern part of Guangxi, the original originated from Longshui Township, Jeonju County, Guilin City; Hehua fish fry in rice paddy field culture, because of the harvesting of falling water after the flower grows, the fish meat has a grass flower fragrance and named Hehua fish.
Grass flower fish eat miscellaneous, fast growth, strong reproductive ability, less thorns and more meat, tender meat, soft bone without fishy taste, high protein content, general weight of 50-250 grams.
In the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, it was once a court tribute. At present, the annual aquaculture area is 26,700 hectares, and the annual output is 7,600 tons. There are Guilin flower fish, Hunan Chenzhou flower fish, Jingzhou mountain flower fish; Guilin flower fish is more famous.
Jeonju grass flower fish
Jeonju County, Longshui Township of the grass flower fish is boiled with salt water, put on the stove to dry, eat tempeh, garlic, ginger, plus sour pepper or dried chili powder——— salty and spicy, delicious, can be called "Lingnan a must".
There are many ways to eat the fish. But only by "drying" it can it have a different flavor. Jeonju and Longshui people like to soak the "dried fish with flowers" in warm water before cooking and steaming, accompanied by tempeh, paprika, white wine, monosodium glutamate, and boiling in an iron pot. It is better to steam the rice when it is ready to cook. When I brought it to the table, it was a smell of rice, fish and flowers. Its flesh is delicate and the fish bones are soft and strong in taste.
The hehua fish listed in the summer harvest season is a famous local specialty of Guilin City's Jeonju, Resources, Xing'an and other counties. This fish is raised in rice paddies and grows up by eating grass flowers in summer and autumn, hence the name. Cooking grass flower fish, only need to take out its bile, do not have to remove the internal organs, yellow stew, boiling soup can be, strange and fragrant, mouth-watering, unforgettable after eating. It can also be boiled and dried with spices and then fried in oil, making it a delicious, crisp and sweet drink. The fish is delicious, china has begun to raise in the Tang Dynasty, some emperors in the Qing Dynasty have ordered it to pay tribute to the royal family every year. It has the tenderness of mandarin fish, but avoids its magnificence; the price of grass carp is cheap, but avoids its grassy fish; it is small, but avoids its thorns; it is more nutritious than river and river carp, but avoids its scales and thick thorns