Where does Zhaotong sauce belong?

Zhaotong sauce is a local product of Zhaotong city and a favorite condiment for urban and rural people. This sauce has the characteristics of spicy and delicious Yunnan and Sichuan flavors. Brown, fresh and shiny, as a condiment, it is suitable for both meat and meat. Seasoning with meat and vegetables can reduce the greasy sense of foundation; Dipped in mussel meat, it has the feeling of meat fragrance. Therefore, it is not only a seasoning for cooking, but also a side dish for serving, which can harmonize the taste and increase the appetite. Zhaotong sauce is made of superior soybeans and peppers as main raw materials, and pepper, star anise, fennel, tsaoko, sesame and salt as auxiliary materials. After several processes, it can be made in 100 days. The production time is generally chosen in the "99" winter of the scientific season. The mineral water in Dalongdong, the northern suburb of Zhaotong City, is carefully mixed and fermented repeatedly, and it is subjected to biochemical decomposition for many times, so as to fully preserve amino acids, reducing sugars, lactic acid and other nutrients. Zhaotong sauce processed by this technology is not only delicious, but also beneficial to human health. It is not only delicious, but also suitable for people of all ages in Xian Yi. (Zhaotong)

It is essential for Zhaotong people to visit relatives and friends and give the township party a local instrument. What did you bring? Zhaotong sauce, of course. People who don't know will worry that the instruments in this place are too meager, but what really makes Zhaotong villagers really accept and feel happy is this thing. Nostalgia is an important factor, but Zhaotong sauce is really a wonderful "stunner".

Zhaotong sauce is brown, fresh and shiny, full of flavor, spicy and delicious, slightly sweet. Used as seasoning, it can dilute its greasy when added to meat dishes; When coated on Tamlai, you can get the feeling of meat fragrance; Eat alone, harmonize the taste, increase appetite and have a long aftertaste. The historical origin of Zhaotong sauce is difficult to trace back. Some people think that Zhaotong residents are mostly immigrants from various provinces, and these immigrants have brought the technology of making pickles from their hometown, learning from each other's strengths and constantly improving the formula and technology; Thanks to Zhaotong's unique raw materials, climate, water quality and other conditions, Zhaotong sauce, a unique local product, was formed.

The production method of Zhaotong sauce is not complicated, but the materials are exquisite and the fermentation time is long.

The first step is to make bean noodles. Select the best soybeans, stir-fry them with slow fire until crisp, grind them into fine flour, and sieve them for later use. The second process is to make "sauce noodles". Add spring water to the bean powder, stir well, and knead the bean powder into a block after wetting. Folk production of "sauce noodles" pays attention to "three tightness, three looseness, three tightness and three looseness" when mixing noodles, mainly to make the kneaded noodles uniform and dense. The "sauce noodles" of adult snakes are put into a bamboo basket padded with straw, covered with straw and stored for fermentation. During this period, the dough in the bamboo basket should be regularly adjusted up, down, left and right to make the face snake fully and evenly fermented. When you can see yellow, white and moldy clothes in a pimple, take them out of the bamboo basket, break them into small pieces, dry them in the sun, and then grind them into fine flour. The third production process is commonly known as "sauce".

Add a proper amount of salt, pepper, pepper, star anise, wormwood, tsaoko, sesame and other spices to the ground, mix them evenly, put them in a clay pot, then add spring water, fully stir them and leave them in the open air. The earthen basin can only be covered with pointed bamboo, which is waterproof and breathable. Stir every other day or three days and leave it for 100 days to become the finished product. Every winter, every household basks in "sauce noodles" and "sauce", which has become a part of Zhaotong folk custom and a striking landscape in Zhaotong urban and rural areas.

Zhaotong sauce made by the people is extremely exquisite in ingredients. Soybean and pepper bases must be produced locally. Well salt produced in Zigong is used as salt, "Jinhe pepper" is used as pepper, and water is not used for Dalongdong spring in Zhaotong. It's a little mysterious Authentic and pure flavor Zhaotong sauce can only be produced in Zhaotong, which obviously has a special relationship with climate and water quality. During the Republic of China, foreign businessmen hired Zhaotong master to make Zhaotong sauce. The basic materials are the same and the technology is the same, but the color, fragrance and taste of the finished product are far from those made locally in Zhaotong. Some Zhaotong people living in other places have tried to bring Zhaotong's "sauce noodles" to other places to complete the last process of "sauce", and the results are not satisfactory. "Born in Huainan is orange, born in Huaibei is orange. Leaves are similar to disciples, but they taste different. Why? The soil and water are different. "

With the development of society, it is difficult for Zhaotong sauce to stick to the defense line of traditional production technology. In order to meet the needs of consumers and adapt to the changes in the domestic market, Zhaotong Wanhe Sauce Garden Factory, a time-honored brand, adopted a new production technology on the basis of traditional technology, and the batch-produced Zhaotong sauce fully met the standards issued by the Ministry and won the titles of high-quality products and famous products for many times. And developed a variety of derived sauces, such as fresh meat sauce, oil sauce, Chili sauce, Toona sinensis sauce, sweet clover sauce, ham sauce and so on. , unchanged for a long time; Convenient to carry, delicious and prosperous.