How long does it take to make puff pastry in an ordinary pot?

It takes about two hours to make puff pastry in an ordinary pot. Crispy pot is a famous dish of the Han people in Zibo, Shandong Province. It is mostly eaten during the traditional Spring Festival. Legend has it that it was created by a woman named Su Xiaomei in Yanshen Town in the early Qing Dynasty, so the dish is called "Su Guo". Because the dish uses more vinegar and is mainly characterized by crispy meat, fish bones and bones, it was renamed "Crisp Pot Dish".

Dish features: The production process of crispy pot is quite complex, and its taste is also very special, which can be described as delicious! Let’s first talk about its complicated production process. Making crispy pot first requires careful selection of materials, usually dozens of ingredients. The main ingredients include cabbage, lotus root, kelp, ribs, frozen tofu, pig's trotters, chicken, fish, meat, etc. The seasonings include vinegar, sugar, rice wine, soy sauce, onion, ginger, salt, etc.

The arrangement of ingredients for crispy pot is also very particular. Generally, cabbage is used to spread the bottom of the pot, meat, kelp, lotus root, etc. are placed in the middle, and tofu and cabbage are covered on top before covering the pot. When making it, first bring it to a boil over a high fire, and then cook over a slow fire until the bone spurs are crispy. This process may take about 10 hours or more.

Nutritional value of crispy pot:

Generally speaking, crispy pot made in a clay pot is more delicious than crispy pot made in an ordinary iron pot! After the crispy pot has cooled completely from the fire, you can eat it as you like. After it cools down and turns into jelly, the taste will be better, which is evident from its complicated material selection and production process! Its taste is sweet and sour, mellow and smooth, with endless aftertaste! Not only that, there is a wonderful thing about eating it.

During the Spring Festival, a pot of puff pastry is usually served at home for ready consumption. In fact, eating crispy pot is not just a custom of eating, but has gradually become a folk food art and custom culture.