Characteristics of Hunan cuisine
1. Wide selection of materials
Birds in the air, animals on the ground, fish in the water and game in the mountains are all excellent raw materials for Hunan cuisine. As for all kinds of fruits, seasonal vegetables and local products, they are inexhaustible dietary resources.
2. It's rich in flavor
The reason why Hunan cuisine can stand on its own feet in the domestic cooking altar forest and is unique is inseparable from its rich varieties and tastes. According to statistics, there are more than 800 kinds of local dishes and famous dishes with different tastes in Hunan. There are many kinds and complete categories. As far as dishes are concerned, there are not only folk dishes with local flavor, economical and convenient popular dishes, but also affordable and practical banquet dishes with elegant style, as well as home-cooked dishes with casual taste and medicinal dishes for treating diseases and strengthening the body.
3. Fine knife work and beautiful shape.
There are as many as 16 basic knife methods in Hunan cuisine. In the long-term practice, chefs are skilled, vary from material to material, and can use it in detail, evolve and merge, and cut into pieces with ease. Let the dishes become diverse. Peel the whole chicken and it won't leak. The melon cup is "full of treasures" and its shape is realistic, which often makes people applaud and marvel. Good at carving, with both form and spirit, lifelike. Elegant taste and profound artistic conception give people cultural edification and artistic enjoyment.
It is famous for its sour and spicy taste.
Hunan cuisine has always attached importance to the collocation of raw materials and paid attention to the taste of raw materials in seasoning. The seasoning technology varies with the texture of raw materials, and the tastes penetrate and blend together to achieve the purpose of removing fishy smell, enhancing freshness and enriching taste. Because of its geographical location, the climate in Hunan is mild and humid. Hunan cuisine is famous for its sour and spicy, mainly spicy, appetizing and refreshing. It is deeply loved by people and has become a unique local diet custom.
5. Various techniques, especially simmering.
Because of its strong flavor, it is mostly simmered, and other cooking methods such as frying, frying, steaming and waxing are also commonly used in Hunan cuisine. Relatively speaking, Hunan cuisine is better at stewing meat, almost reaching the point of perfection. Stew can be divided into red stew and white stew in color change, and clear soup stew, thick soup stew and milk soup stew in seasoning. Many stewed dishes have become famous dishes in Hunan cuisine.
Classic dishes:
1, Xiangxi crooked vegetables
Waiwai cuisine in western Hunan is one of the famous dishes with Hunan characteristics. The raw materials of weeds in western Hunan are purslane, diced radish, leafy vegetables, native dishes in western Hunan and minced meat. Purslane, diced radish, leafy vegetables and Xiangxi native vegetables are washed, dried and pickled, and then fried with minced meat and pepper. The taste of Waiwo cuisine in western Hunan is fragrant, spicy, salty, sour, crisp and sweet, which is very delicious. It is one of Hunan people's favorite meals.
manufacturing process
Ingredients: Waiwo vegetable, pork belly, corn starch, cooking wine, pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate, salt, chives, garlic, millet spicy, green pepper.
1. Wash pork belly, chop it into minced meat, add salt, pepper, soy sauce and corn starch, and stir and marinate for 10 minute. Chop millet, green pepper, garlic and chives.
2. Heat oil in a wok, add minced garlic, stir fry, pour minced meat, add proper amount of cooking wine to remove fishy smell, and then add soy sauce, soy sauce, salt, oyster sauce, sugar and monosodium glutamate to taste. Stir-fry the meat until it changes color, then add pepper and continue to stir fry. Finally, add cress and stir-fry for about 1 minute, sprinkle with chopped green onion and serve.
2. Fish head with chopped pepper
Fish head with chopped pepper is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan. Fish head with chopped pepper is silver carp, which is the most suitable fish head with chopped pepper because of its big size. Fish head chopped pepper is a chopped pepper made by local people in Hunan. Fish head with chopped pepper is a steamed dish.
Production process:
Ingredients: fish head, chopped pepper, white wine, pepper, cooking wine, steamed fish sauce, cooking oil, salt, ginger and onion.
1. Clean the fish head, cut it from the middle of the lip, sprinkle cooking wine, pepper and salt on the fish head, rub it evenly, marinate for about 20 minutes, pour the white wine into the chopped pepper and stir it evenly for later use.
2. Sprinkle a little oil on the head surface of pickled fish and wipe it evenly. Spread the sliced ginger and onion on the bottom of the big plate, put the fish head on it, and then spread the chopped pepper on the fish head.
3. Boil the water in a steamer, add the fish head, steam it for about 10 minute, take out the steamed fish head, pour in the steamed fish soy sauce, and heat it with appropriate amount of oil.
3, hair cow blinds
Mao Niu Bai Ye Curtain is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan, and it is also a traditional dish in Hunan. Wash the fresh beef venetian blinds with clear water, cut them into filaments, pour cooking oil into the pot, fry the beef venetian blinds with hot oil, add spices such as pepper, vinegar and salt, stir fry quickly and then put them on the plate. Venetian blinds beef with hair is as fine as hair, and its taste is salty, fragrant, spicy and sour.
manufacturing process
Ingredients: beef venetian blinds, winter bamboo shoots, dried chili shreds, sesame oil, white vinegar, salt and raw flour.
1. Clean beef venetian blinds, put it on a chopping board and cut it into filaments. Cut winter bamboo shoots into filaments, soak them in clear water respectively, and then mix them with salt, wet starch water and sesame oil to make juice for later use.
2. Boil the water, add cooking wine and white vinegar, then add shredded beef leaves, blanch and drain for later use, and put shredded winter bamboo shoots into a wok for later use.
3. Heat oil in a pot, add shredded chili and shredded winter bamboo shoots, stir-fry, add salt, add shredded beef blinds and stir-fry evenly, and finally pour the juice and stir-fry evenly.
4. spicy chicken
Spicy chicken is also one of the famous dishes in Hunan. The appearance of spicy chicken is booming and tastes spicy and delicious. The chicken is tender and delicious, very delicious. Spicy chicken is made of chicken, without eggs, pepper and pepper.
manufacturing process
Ingredients: Broiler, red pepper, garlic, starch, cooking oil, cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, sesame oil, vinegar and soy sauce.
1. Wash the broiler, chop it into small pieces, add salt and soy sauce, size it with wet starch, stir well and marinate for 20 minutes. Then use soy sauce, salt, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, water and wet starch to make juice for later use.
2. Pour the oil into the pot and heat it to 70% heat. Put the diced chicken into the pot, break it and take it out. Continue to raise the oil temperature to 70%, add the diced chicken and fry it again until it is golden yellow. Take out and control the oil.
3. Leave the bottom oil in the pot, heat it, add the red pepper, stir-fry the pepper flavor, pour in the fried diced chicken, then pour in the prepared juice, stir-fry quickly for a few times, and serve.
5, Shi Mao braised pork
Shi Mao braised pork is one of the top ten classic dishes in Hunan. Shi Mao braised pork looks rosy and beautiful, and tastes delicious: fragrant, salty and slightly sweet. Braised pork melts in the mouth, which is soft and delicious. Shi Mao braised pork is the most popular meat in Hunan.
manufacturing process
Ingredients: Pork belly with skin, yellow wine, rock sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, oil, soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, dried pepper, pepper, garlic and ginger slices.
1. Wash the pork belly, put it in a cold water pot, blanch it with yellow wine, then change the knife for later use, pour a little oil into the pot, add rock sugar, stir-fry it into bordeaux, and pour appropriate amount of boiling water for later use.
2. Heat the oil in the pan, add star anise, cinnamon, dried Chili, pepper and garlic, stir-fry until fragrant, then filter out, add pork belly, stir-fry to get oil, color the surface, add hot water with sugar color and meat, add soy sauce and salt, cook for 20 minutes on high fire, then turn to low heat and cook slowly for 40 minutes until the soup becomes thick.
3. When the soup becomes slightly thick, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, salt and monosodium glutamate to taste. Finally, the soup can be completely hung on the surface of the meat, and then it can be cooked.
What is the significance of Hunan cuisine?
Promoting the standardization of Hunan cuisine will solve the problem of "Hunan products leaving Hunan", promote the large-scale operation of Hunan cuisine, and have a far-reaching impact on building the aircraft carrier of Hunan cuisine enterprises and Hunan cuisine going abroad and integrating into the "Belt and Road" national strategy. ?
It is understood that Hunan cuisine is divided into four categories: popular Hunan cuisine, classic Hunan cuisine, local Hunan cuisine and snack Hunan cuisine, among which Chili fried meat? , chopped pepper fish head? Shi Mao braised pork and other Hunan dishes widely circulated in the market are listed as popular Hunan dishes. Classic Hunan cuisine is the essence of modern Hunan cuisine, which was very popular in the past, but it is rarely circulated in the market because of the complicated production procedures. Local Hunan cuisine is a rural or urban banquet dish with cooking methods, raw material characteristics, cooking utensils or cultural characteristics, and it is the bud of modern Hunan cuisine.
That's some knowledge and representative dishes about Hunan cuisine. China has a profound culture, especially rich food culture. It's better to cook some delicious Hunan dishes in the kitchen during the holiday at home!