A goose head is worth thousands of yuan. You think it’s a joke. Chaoshan people tell you that it’s not an exaggeration at all.

A goose head is worth thousands of yuan. You think it is a joke. Chaoshan people tell you that it is not an exaggeration at all. The authentic Chaoshan braised goose uses the best of geese, Chenghai lion head goose. It is The largest goose species in China, it is huge and very ferocious. It is even more powerful than a guard dog. Each one weighs about 7 kilograms, and the larger one weighs 10 kilograms. In the Chaoshan area, not a single goose can get out alive. Business is better. Some shops can consume two to three hundred braised geese a day, and some even more. Chaoshan people’s love for eating geese has reached its peak. The braised goose technicians here are so talented that they are both delicious and unpalatable. After losing money, only the elite will be left, and outsiders will definitely fail if they try to make goose.

The Chaoshan area includes Shantou, Shanwei, Jieyang, and Chaozhou. The Chaoshan braised goose here is really unique. No matter how many delicacies you taste in other places, it cannot replace the hometown braised food in the hearts of Chaoshan people.

There is a very strange kind of goose in Shantou, called the lion-headed goose. It grows rapidly. They are very large and have high-pitched calls. They are large goose species. The largest goose can reach 15 kilograms. If you want to Catching a lion-headed goose with bare hands is not that easy, because it is highly vigilant, runs fast, and is aggressive. It has thick legs and big feet. The most critical thing about the lion-headed goose is the "sarcoma" on its head. "It is soft when pinched, can grow with age, and looks like a lion's head. In Shantou, as early as 1956, the Lion-headed Goose Research Institute was established to be responsible for the protection of lion-headed geese.

Lion-head goose has rich nutritional value and is rich in essential amino acids for the human body. The protein content is higher than that of beef, duck, chicken, and pork. The effect of preventing wind and aging is very beneficial to human health. This kind of geese is only bred in Chaoshan area and is rare in other places. Lion-head geese have formed a complete industrial chain here, with as many as 900,000 geese being bred. There are about 6.5 million commercial geese, with an output value of about 800 million. They can be sold in the fastest 70 days. In addition to selling goose meat, they also sell goose eggs and goose seedlings.

In Shantou, lion head goose is not only favored by farmers, but also consumers have a special liking for it. Chaoshan braised goose is a traditional dish in Chaoshan area. It is fat but not greasy, fragrant and smooth. It is delicious, full in texture and has a long aftertaste. It is rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangdong.

Because of its large size, it is a very honorable thing to put it on the dining table after being made into braised food. In northern dialect, it is a complete "hard dish".

Braised goose requires a lot of spices, including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, lemongrass, garlic, fennel, cardamom, galangal, rock sugar, etc., and as many as a dozen kinds of auxiliary ingredients. When braised, It is also necessary to place the goose head and neck downward, because these two parts are relatively hard, and they need to be closer to the fire to make the stew tender and delicious. There is also a lid on the top to prevent the goose from floating up and being stewed unevenly.

During the brine process, you need to master the heat and be careful and patient. A lion head goose that is 120 days old needs to be brine for one and a half hours, while an old goose that is more than three years old needs to be brine for four hours. more than hours.

The goose meat is tender and juicy, and the taste is not bad at all. A good braised goose is really not cheap. A braised goose of about 8 pounds will cost about 400 yuan, and 10 The price of braised goose weighing a pound is as high as 800-1,000 yuan. This is really not a joke. Sometimes a single old goose head costs more than a thousand yuan.

Goose meat can also be sold separately, including goose meat, goose gras, goose paws, goose head, goose blood, goose wings, goose intestines, and goose gizzards. The most expensive of them is the goose head.

In addition to eating them themselves, people also buy them as gifts. It is very common to buy them for a few hundred yuan each. Some old geese cost more than a thousand yuan. They usually buy them whole because people like to eat them. The daily sales volume of this store can reach one to two hundred, and the business is very impressive. Some people may want to say, is it possible to sell a goose for one thousand yuan? The world is huge and full of wonders. Don’t limit your imagination because of poverty.

After confirming the price, it’s goose meat that I can’t afford!