Where does Xuanen bacon belong?

Xuanen bacon is a specialty of Xuanen County, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province. Tujia bacon is made from fresh pork sprinkled with seasoning and fired with firewood or charcoal fire. Before the Spring Festival, local residents will cook bacon on the kang of every household, and bacon is also the main course of Tujia residents in the evening.

Tujia people are interested in feeding pigs in New Year, mainly because they want to have meat to eat in New Year. If you can't finish eating it during the Chinese New Year, Tujia people will make bacon, which is not only convenient for preservation, but also more beautiful in color. Boiled bacon in the pot is fragrant and appetizing, and it is the main course for Tujia people to entertain guests at ordinary times.

The production method of Tujia bacon is:

(1) Divide pork into pieces of three to five Jin (or larger) for convenience of eating, processing and storage;

(2) stir-fry the salt, add the pepper and stir-fry until fragrant, and take out the pot;

(3) Wipe the meat evenly with warm salt, put it into the pot, turn it over every 3-5 days with the bottom skin facing down and the top skin facing up, drain the water after 10, and hang it in the fumigation room;

(4) Use pine and cypress branches and fuelwood, such as walnut shell, peanut shell and orange peel. Smoke and bake until the meat turns brown and red after one month.

Bacon should be kept in a ventilated place and can be kept for two to three years without deterioration. It is called "Bacon", also known as "Tujia Bacon" and "Enshi Bacon". Tujia bacon is brownish yellow in color, solid in meat quality, rich in flavor and unique in flavor.

When eating, take the meat and put it on the fire to scorch the skin, soak the soft skin with warm water, scrape it clean and wash it for later use.

There are many cooking methods for bacon, and different parts are different. Pork ribs and trotters are generally used for stewing and making hot pot. Other parts are generally fried and steamed with _ pepper, garlic seedlings, wild vegetables and millet. The famous bacon dishes are: steamed pork with millet, fried bacon with wide pepper, fried bacon with sugar, fried bacon with bracken, hot pot with hoof and so on.