Youyang cuisine includes Youyang honey, Youyang coix seed, Youyang rattan tea, Youyang tartary buckwheat tea, Tujia bean curd, bacon on kang, Youyang canned chicken and so on.
1, Youyang honey: Honey is a natural sweet substance that honey collected by bees from flowers of flowering plants is fully brewed in the hive. The smell is fragrant and the taste is pure and sweet.
2. Youyang Coix seed: Coix seed has high nutritional value and is known as "the king of Gramineae in the world". Coix seed can be used as food and tastes similar to rice.
3. Fuyang rattan tea: rattan tea is commonly known as strawberry tea, Tujia tea or Tujia nectar. This tea is green, slightly bitter and sweet.
4. Youyang Tartary Buckwheat Tea: Tartary Buckwheat Tea is a brewed drink made by screening and baking the seeds of Tartary Buckwheat.
5. Tofu made by Tujia people: Tofu making is a traditional dish of Tujia people. According to legend, Yu Yicen, the ambassador of Youyang Xuanwei in Ming Dynasty, used this tofu as the main dish to entertain Wen An, a visiting court minister.
6. Huokang Bacon: Huokang Bacon is a kind of bacon smoked and roasted on the Huokang. This kind of bacon is delicious and easy to store.
7. Youyang Chicken Canned: Take local chicken as raw material, chop it after slaughter, and add aniseed, pepper, nutmeg, ginger, etc. Stew wild mushrooms and sour radishes in a large pot, scoop them into several earthen pots together with the soup, and then simmer the earthen pots by the fire.