Top Ten Special Foods in Yichang

The top ten specialties of Yichang include Tujia lattice, Kang potato, Sanyou fairy chicken, fried bacon with pressed Guangzhou pepper, Baisha fatty fish, cold shrimp, red oil noodles, radish dumplings, and Dingding cake , oily and crispy.

1. Tujia lattice cooking

Tujia lattice cooking is a special dish of Tujia people in Yichang. It is also called Tujia steamed pork. Tujia folks are entertaining guests when killing New Year pigs. During the Spring Festival, fresh pork, old pumpkins, radishes, potatoes, etc. are mixed with cornmeal, steamed in a large steamer, and then carried to the dining table to entertain neighbors, relatives, and friends. It is called "carrying grids" and is known as "the first major dish of Tujia people." In this way, neighbors, relatives and friends are entertained, each table is served with some side dishes, and Tujia's special "Baogu Shao" is poured. It is very lively while eating and talking about family affairs.

2. Kang potato

"Kang" is the local dialect and is a cooking method other than frying, stewing and deep-frying. Scrape and wash the potato skin, boil it in water for a while, pick it up, put it in a pot, add vegetable oil or lacquer oil, wait until the skin is brown, add salt, minced garlic and chili powder, mix well, you can also adjust it according to taste Add auxiliary vegetables such as Houttuynia cordata. The inside of the potatoes is soft and tender, and it tastes great when eaten hot! Golden in appearance, crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside, every bite is so fragrant that you can't stop eating it.

3. Sanyou Immortal Chicken

Sanyou Immortal Chicken is a traditional dish in Yichang City, Hubei Province. It uses fat and tender chickens as raw materials. After being slaughtered and cleaned, the whole chicken is placed The sand pot is marinated with a variety of seasonings, then stocked with spices, rock sugar and other seasonings are added and brought to a boil, then the chicken is cooked over low heat until the juice is thick and the chicken is cooked. Bright color, fragrant and authentic.

4. Stir-fried bacon with pressed peppers

Plain peppers are a very common Tujia dish in Yichang. It is made from bright red chili sauce and corn flour (cornmeal) as the main raw materials. It can be called the "Taiwan Balm" in the food industry. It has various combinations that you can't think of. Stir-fried sausage with pressed cantaloupe pepper, scrambled eggs with pressed cantaloupe pepper, stir-fried potato slices with pressed cantonese pepper, and the most delicious thing is stir-fried bacon with pressed cantonese pepper. The combination of the squeezed peppercorns and the bacon is a must-have, fragrant and delicious.

5. Baisha Fatty Fish

Baisha Fatty Fish is a traditional specialty dish in Yichang. Baisha Fatty Fish is also known as Baisha Catfish, because of the cooking method of Baisha Fatty Fish. There is no difference between making other fish soups. The key lies in what kind of fish you choose. The catfish in Yichang area has delicious meat and large size. Over time, people gradually call the "catfish" in Yichang "fat fish".

6. Cold shrimp

Cold shrimp is not a shrimp, but a very common snack in Yichang. It is smooth, glutinous and refreshing, soft and sweet. It is made by cooking rice pulp and pouring it into a basin of cold water with a slotted spoon. It is named because its head is big and its tail is thin and resembles a shrimp. Then put brown sugar water. You can drink cold shrimp on its own, but some people also like to eat cold shrimp with red oil noodles. The low price makes cold shrimp a popular summer treat on the streets of Yichang.

7. Red oil noodles

Red oil noodles are one of Yichang’s special snacks because their soup is rich and spicy, bright red in color, and smooth. It is tough and tastes salty and spicy, hence the name red oil noodles. The ingredients include noodles, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, oily chili pepper, chopped green onion, etc. Due to its low price and unique taste, it has become a unique delicacy on the tables of local citizens.

8. Radish dumplings

Radish dumplings are one of the traditional snacks in Yichang. Although radish dumplings are also called dumplings, they are fried foods. Because the finished product looks like a big dumpling, they are called It's called radish dumplings. Radish dumplings are made by cutting radishes into shreds and mixing them with chili powder, pepper powder, garlic sprouts, refined salt and other seasonings. When frying, first put the base batter in a special crescent-shaped iron spoon, and then add the mixed shredded radish as filling. , cover with starch, put in oil pan and fry until golden brown. It is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, spicy but not pungent, and tastes fresh and delicious.

9. Dingding cake

Dingding cake is one of the specialties of Yichang. Dingding cake is made of rice flour, glutinous rice flour, and brown sugar powder, and is placed in a special small wooden grid. Inside, add a little bit of brown sugar and osmanthus, put it in the mouth of a bottle of boiling water and use the thick steam. It only takes two or three minutes to make small round white cakes. They are soft and waxy, with a sweet fragrance. . Because of its affordable price and sweet taste, it is deeply loved by people.

10. Crispy oil

Crispy oil is one of Yichang’s special snacks and is also a fried food. To make crispy rice, you will first steam the glutinous rice into glutinous rice, then add sugar, sesame filling, etc. to it to make a rib-like shape, then put it in the pan and fry it until golden brown, then you can take it out.

When the oil is crispy and fried to the right temperature, it will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. When you take a bite, it will be rich in content and feel great. Usually at home, a plate is fried and crispy before cooking, and it is considered an appetizer.