Wenzhou cuisine is mainly seafood, the taste of the dishes is fresh, light but not thin, the cooking technology pays attention to light oil, light mustard, pay attention to knife work. Three-wire knocked fish, splendid fish shredded and pop-fried cuttlefish flowers are called "Ou Cai Three Perfections".
Three-silk knocking fish: Wenzhou folk traditional cuisine, which has been passed down for more than 100 years. Until today, every New Year's Festival, relatives and friends away, often with knocking fish to entertain guests, "three silk" refers to chicken breast shreds, ham shreds, mushroom shreds, knocked fish, three silks and clear soup cooked "three wire knock fish", soup is clear and mellow, tender and smooth, color and luster, unique flavor.
Splendid Fish Shredded: Newly created Ou dish, made of black fish back meat cut into thin strips, with red and green bell pepper shreds, yellow egg skin shreds, brown shiitake mushroom shreds and other stir-fry. This dish is rich in color like a splendid embroidery, the fish strips are continuous and symmetrical, and its taste is very delicious.
Pop cuttlefish flower: There is a series of cuttlefish dishes in Ou cuisine, and pop cuttlefish flower is one of the masterpieces. This is a famous dish of Ou cuisine with equal emphasis on knife work and stove work, which is crisp and tender and refreshing, and the shape is very beautiful.
"The people take food as heaven". Wenzhou people have created thousands of years of civilization history at the same time, but also created a splendid food culture.
Ou cuisine is the main part of Wenzhou's gastronomic culture. As an independent genre of Zhejiang cuisine, it has obvious local characteristics: it is mainly seafood dishes, and the taste is fresh and smooth, light but not thin. Cooking pays attention to "two light and one heavy", that is, light oil, light and heavy knife work, focusing on the exquisite and beautiful shape of the dish.
As a kind of food culture, Ou cuisine not only expresses the hospitality of Wenzhou people, but also reflects the customs and etiquette of Wenzhou folk. Different banquets, Ou cuisine has different forms of ceremonial expression, such as New Year's wine, the first dish on the cake is fried rice cake, if it is a birthday feast, the first dish must be "longevity noodles", wedding banquet, the bride's table on the cold plate must be placed into a dragon and phoenix plate. No matter what type of feast, it is generally necessary to put on four cold cuts (now some have changed to six or eight small plates, and the variety of flowers is more abundant), and when the guests arrive, they will serve the main course, one dish, eat one, and then go to the ground. The last dish must be sweets, symbolizing the sweetness of life ahead.
Ou cuisine is extremely rich, here is only to introduce friends to a few representative delicacies.
This is a traditional folk dish in Wenzhou, which has been said to have a history of more than 100 years, until today, every New Year's Festival, relatives and friends gather, often with this dish to entertain guests. Fresh fish, dipped in starch, hammered into thin slices, and cooked with shredded chicken breasts, shredded ham, and shredded shiitake mushrooms. The soup is clear and mellow, tender and smooth, with harmonious color and unique style.
Splendid fish shredded is made by special first-class cook Jin Cifan. Cut into thin strips of blackfish back, stir-fried with red and green bell pepper shreds, yellow egg skin shreds, brown shiitake mushroom shreds, this dish is gorgeous and harmonious, the taste is smooth and tender, and it is deeply praised by gourmets.
Garlic fish skin is made of shark skin as the main ingredient, added garlic braised, with rich garlic flavor, soft fish skin, strong flavor of the characteristics, is one of the hot dishes in Ou cuisine that is highly respected by the public. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", shark skin "scrapes away sand, cuts it into fish, for food delicious, eating this beneficial to people", has the function of "relieving the poison of fish, killing insects, and increasing fatigue".
Pop cuttlefish flower This is a knife-wielding, hot and famous dish. First cut the cuttlefish into countless horizontal and vertical virtual knives, and then cut into a prismatic or rectangular shape, after heating, it is naturally curled into a wheat ear, the shape is very beautiful, and the marinade is tight when it is fried, crisp and tender. Without a deep foundation in cooking, it is difficult to play its characteristics.
Double-flavored cockroach is the customary name of Wenzhou folk for local green crabs. The meat is tender and beautiful, it is a live cockle in the crab, which is composed of two cooking techniques of steaming and dry frying, with a lively form and bright colors, a dish with two flavors, meat such as cream, delicious and abnormal, supplemented by rice vinegar to accompany food.
Fish lips in chicken sauce Fish lips are the top of seafood, also known as fish heads, which are dried products of the heads of ploughshares sharks in sharks. The fish lips are first made in water, and after being fishy several times by water and soup, they are cooked with old chicken juice. This dish is soft and sticky, the juice is rich and mellow, and it is a nutritious dish for banquets.
Fried clam barrel Clams are a specialty of Wenzhou Haitu, and the clams are particularly tender. The clams are first shelled, and the clams and ginger shallots are rolled together in egg frying to form a cylindrical shape, then fried with a paste and dipped in spicy soy sauce, which is particularly delicious to eat.
Orange fish brain, also known as fish brain bone, made of shark cartilage, this dish is crystal clear, silky texture, is the best dish in seafood. Orange fish brain is cooked with fish brain and honey orange to form a soup, with yellow and white contrast, smooth and sweet, slightly sour and delicious characteristics, is one of the main sweets in Ou cuisine
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