What are the famous snacks in Shangqiu?

Shangqiu not only inherits the tradition of Henan cuisine, but also boasts local special snacks. Water-boiled steamed buns in Guide House, spiced fish in Xia Yi Ran's house, and shrimps cooked in vegetarian dishes in Guide are all well-known dishes. Summarized the top ten representative foods. How many have you eaten?

1. Jiaohelu

Jiaohelu

Jiaohelu is a unique traditional snack of Han nationality in Suizhou. The entrance is crispy and not greasy, and it is refreshing and pleasant. Proper consumption has the unique effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, avoiding fire and lowering blood fat. It was once a tribute to the court of Kangxi. It was made of high-quality mung beans and millet by hand grinding into pulp, first processed into rolls, and then evenly cut into pieces and fried. The entrance is crispy and not greasy, and it is refreshing and pleasant. Proper consumption has the unique effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, avoiding fire and lowering blood fat.

2. Water-soaked steamed buns

Water-soaked steamed buns, formerly known as water-soaked steamed buns, originated from a traditional famous spot of Han nationality in Guide House, Shangqiu ancient city, and belong to the Henan cuisine. The finished product is bright in color, thick in the outside, sweet and delicious. Because there is water in the sugar juice, the steamed buns should be put in the water to stir after being fried, so it is called water-induced steamed buns. According to legend, every time Shen Li (a native of Shangqiu, Henan Province) entertained guests in the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to bring home-made steamed buns to the table.

3. Anping stir-fried chicken

Anping stir-fried chicken is produced in Anping Town, Zhecheng County. Stir-fried chicken is a local traditional famous snack of Han nationality, which has been handed down by Dingjia in Anping Town for more than a hundred years. Heat the wok, and the oil is cooked on high fire until it is half-cooked. Push in the chicken strips, stir-fry with low fire, and stir-fry until the chicken wrinkles. Add Chili, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, yellow wine, soy sauce, sugar and monosodium glutamate, ginger, and onion chicken, and add red oil, sesame oil and sesame seeds to the wok.

4. Mutton soup for the benefit of the people

Roasted sesame seed cake and mutton soup

A small ancient city is surrounded by the clear and clear Chenghe River. It has the oldest name "Yuguo", which was renamed Yucheng in later dynasties. In 1953 of the last century, the two counties of Gu and Yu merged, and the new Yucheng County was located in Mamuji, and the original Yucheng was renamed Limin Town. At present, the most famous snack in Limin Town is mutton soup. Mutton soup is sold in every restaurant inside and outside Limin Old Town, and people who eat out always want to drink a bowl of mutton soup all year round, because mutton soup in Limin Town does have a special flavor.

local strong goats are killed now. First, the old soup is boiled with sheep bones and oil. Every morning, it is served at four o'clock in the morning, and 19 traditional ingredients such as angelica dahurica, pepper, clove, third generation, tsaoko, fennel and pepper are added. When the soup is boiled, fresh mutton is added, and the meat is taken out for later use. When eating, cut the mutton into thin slices, put it in a bowl, rinse it with boiling soup for three times, add seasoning, monosodium glutamate, coriander, onion slices, etc., and then rinse it with boiling soup in the pot to make mutton soup, which is characterized by "three cleanings", that is, the upper layer of oil is clear, the middle layer of soup is clear, and the lower layer of meat is clear, and the whole is clear and transparent. Delicious, fragrant and delicious. It's even more delicious with sesame seed cake.

5. Guocun Roast Chicken

Roast Chicken

Guocun Roast Chicken is one of the traditional dishes in Shangqiu (Guocun Town, Shangqiu City), with a history of more than 3 years. The characteristics of this product are: fragrant smell, good color and delicious taste, tender and white meat, complete shape, rotten but not greasy, and long aftertaste. If the chicken is hot, put its legs on the plate and shake it gently, that is, the meat and bones are separated and the meat falls into the plate.

6. Baked shrimps

Baked shrimps

Baked shrimps are fragrant, delicious and good in shape, and have a strong flavor of eastern Henan-heavy color, strong fragrance, thick soup and thorough fire. Tangxiayi is one of the famous snacks of Han nationality in Henan Province. In the late Qing Dynasty, Guan Heqing, an old chef, was good at cooking shrimps with vegetarian dishes every time he entertained ministers with poor drinks. In the Republic of China, chefs Chen Sirong and Chen Siming pushed the cooking technique of serving food further, and promoted it from official cuisine to local cuisine.

Deep-fry the gluten with warm oil and tear it into pieces, then add shrimp, chicken skin, mushrooms, tremella, chicken and duck soup, and simmer the soup with slow fire to collect the juice.

7. Whistle Soup

Whistle Soup

was founded in the early years of the Republic of China, and it was handed down by Fan Jiazu in Dongjie, Ningling County. The main raw material of Shaozi soup is millet. After grinding millet into pulp, it is made by adding fresh chicken soup, sheep oil, vermicelli, fennel, ginger, pepper, monosodium glutamate and salt. When eating, pour the special beef whistle and Chili oil into the bowl, which is delicious, not fishy, not greasy, and has a long aftertaste. It is called "whistle soup" because it should be blown on your mouth when drinking.

8. Spiced fish

Bad fish

According to legend, it was listed as a tribute during the reign of Qing Qianlong. Five-spice bad fish is made of fat and tender crucian carp, a specialty of Xiayi Chenghu Lake, which weighs about 2 grams. The whole fish is preserved, fried and stewed with various seasonings without scales. Its color is golden and reddish, its fragrance is rich and mellow, its bones are crisp and rotten, and its fish is delicious and nutritious. Hot food is not greasy, and cold food is not fishy. It is really a delicious banquet and a good accompaniment.

9. Duzi beef and mutton

Duzi mutton

Duzi mutton is one of the four famous local foods, which originated in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 6 years. It is said that it was once the favorite food of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Its practice is: the mutton and more than 1 kinds of condiments are cooked, wrapped in cloth, pressed with wooden boards and heavy objects, and served after more than 1 hours. Duzi mutton is light red in color, clean in meat, solid in texture, transparent in thickness and delicious in meat, which can be sliced like paper with a knife. It is a delicious dish to entertain guests. Guan's (Jingde) Duzi mutton has been continuously improved on the basis of ancestral technology, and added with valuable Chinese herbal medicines. It has the functions of strengthening the body, nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening the bones and muscles, benefiting the middle qi, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, and has excellent color, fragrance, taste and shape, and has become one of the profound and long-standing essence of China food culture. Guanshi (Jingde) Duozi mutton in Ningling County has been successively rated as "China famous dish" and "Shangqiu famous snack with traditional flavor".

1. Blast furnace sesame seed cake

Blast furnace sesame seed cake is also called hanging furnace sesame seed cake or chicken nest sesame seed cake. Blast furnace sesame seed cake was called Hu cake in ancient times. It is a kind of delicious food that many ethnic people like in our country. It is difficult to explain the origin of Henan blast furnace sesame seed cake. It is precisely because of its delicious taste that it has spread to this day and is still loved by the people in northern and eastern Henan today.

The main material for making blast furnace sesame cakes is flour, and the auxiliary materials are sesame, salt, sugar, spiced powder, sesame paste, honey and so on. The baking of blast furnace sesame seed cake is also very special. Stick the cake on the top of the stove and bake it with charcoal fire below, but it will be cooked in three to five minutes.

Shangqiu's sesame seed cake and sliced beef are the best. Think of it as saliva!

sesame seed cake with meat

The above famous foods are ranked in no particular order.