As a big food country, almost every province of China has a handful of delicious snacks that make people feel excited and drool. The delicious food of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou must be familiar to everyone. Today, I'd like to give you an inventory of the unique food of Henan Province. If you have the opportunity to travel there, you can make a reference.
[Kaifeng: pouring soup bag]
There are many steamed buns in small cages, each of which tastes different. Kaifeng xiaolongbao has a history of one hundred years, with unique flavor. It is one of the famous Kaifeng foods, and was also the imperial food of the Northern Song Dynasty. Different from the refreshing and light taste of Shanghai Xiaolong, Kaifeng Xiaolong soup has a stronger flavor, salty and delicious meat, and chewy white porcelain skin. Its content is exquisite and unique. Meat stuffing and fresh soup live together in the same room. Eating it, it integrates the three aspects of noodles, meat and soup in northern China, which is a kind of integrated charm.
Anyang: bowl of crisp meat
Anyang must find a place to taste the authentic bowl of crisp meat. The selection is in the upper part of the pig, because the meat here is tender, fat and thin. The pickled and fried meat slices are spread on the bottom of the bowl, covered with potatoes and lotus roots, and then steamed over high fire. The freshness of the gravy is well integrated with the freshness of the potatoes and lotus roots. Finally, turn the first bowl over with a basin that can hold soup, that is, potatoes or lotus are coupled to the bottom of the bowl, and the top is crisp meat, dotted with a layer of vegetables and boiling juice. The fragrant bowl crisp meat is made. This dish is characterized by crispy, tender, smooth, refreshing, fat but not greasy. Friends who don't like chili will like it.
[Mall: tube fresh fish, stewed chicken]
Near Xinyang, Henan Province, the mall is one of the oldest counties in China, with a large area of natural primeval forest parks and hot springs. The local steamed Black Pork, sweet scented osmanthus dumplings, suxianshi duck egg and dried tofu are well-known. What's more, the famous dish in the mall & lsquo; tube fresh fish & quot. At the beginning of winter, the fresh fish from Nianyushan reservoir should be scraped to remove the scales and dirt, washed and drained, cut into pieces, mixed with appropriate amount of salt, put into the fresh bamboo tube, sealed and pickled, and then taken out for consumption after more than a month. The meat is fresh and tender, with a slight smell of Sufu in the bamboo fragrance. Can do soup hot pot, or stew, quite outstanding.
Because the local natural resources are well protected, the mountain area is rich in all kinds of fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms, if you travel to the local, you must go to liuxiaoao farmhouse to taste 'stewed local chicken'. The choice is home-made local chicken, which only feeds grains and insects, and does not eat any feed. The stewed soup is very delicious, and the chicken is smooth, tender and sweet, which is absolutely unforgettable.
[Zhoukou: Xiaoyao Zhenhu spicy soup]
When it comes to Henan snacks, we can't help talking about Hula soup. When we talk about Hula soup, we can't help talking about Xiaoyao town. This famous Chinese food is a delicious snack based on Shaolin Temple's Xingjiu soup and Wudang Mountain's Xiaoshi tea. More than 30 kinds of natural Chinese herbal medicines are used to prepare the soup in proportion, and pepper, pepper and bone soup are added. It can not only reduce the bitter taste of tea, but also remove the spicy taste of soup. It can sober up and refresh the spirit, appetizer and invigorate the spleen. It is said that the history can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty. Although it's a genuine Chinese snack, it has a unique flavor when used with French stick.
Xinxiang: Braised mutton
Many people may say that every family can make stewed mutton. What are the characteristics? In fact, the difference between the so-called snacks lies in whether they are authentic or not. The small but not negligible taste difference can only be realized if you really taste them in the local area.
Xinxiang's braised mutton is very particular from material selection to practice. It should not only keep the meat fresh and tender, but also can't bring the smell of mutton. In cold winter, if you eat a bowl of steaming red braised mutton, you will feel warm all over. It can also resist the cold, increase digestion, protect the stomach wall, repair the gastric mucosa, and resist aging.
Zhengzhou: Stewed noodles
Zhengzhou noodles is one of the representative works of Henan pasta. Many people are familiar with Xiaoji three delicacies noodles and Heji mutton noodles. The history of stewed noodles is also very long, which can be traced back to the Han and Wei dynasties.
The flavor of noodles lies in soup. The soup is made of small goat meat and leg bone. Add dangshen, Danggui, Huangqi, Baizhi, medlar and other traditional Chinese medicine to boil for a day. It not only removes the smell of mutton, but also reduces the fire of mutton. It is very nourishing. Ladle on a few spoons of soup, put the fresh noodles and a little sweet potato powder directly into the soup to cook. The noodles are as smooth as lily petals, smooth outside and tough inside, and the taste of the soup is fine, penetrating into the noodles, and the smell is delicious. Add a few pieces of mutton, with medlar, day lily, agaric, quail eggs, etc. When serving on the table with coriander, chili oil, sugar garlic and other small dishes, the taste is more fresh. Bite off the noodles one by one, drink the soup and slice the mutton. It's full of color, fragrance and taste.
[Luoyang: no turning soup]
Luoyang people also call it "jiufumen Bufan soup". It has a history of more than 120 years. It is a special folk snack with sour, spicy, salty, refreshing and appetizing flavor.
The method of making it is to make pancakes from luoyangbufan, then add golden needle, vermicelli, leek, kelp, coriander, dried shrimps, agaric, laver, etc., add seasonings such as refined salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, vinegar, etc., add high soup, put pancakes on top, boil water in the pot, but the pancakes don't turn over. This is the delicious "Bufan soup".