What are the classic foods you can't miss when you go to Chaoshan?

The delicious food that can't be missed in Chaoshan includes Chaoshan beef hotpot, Chaozhou bittern, rice rolls, glutinous rice with fat intestines, licorice fruit, sweet soup, sugar onion pancakes, zongqiu, hand-hammered beef balls and Chaozhou candied fruit.

1, Chaoshan beef hotpot

Although Chaoshan beef hot pot has spread all over the country, eating Chaoshan local beef hot pot will definitely refresh the cognition of eating goods. The time from slaughter to serving Chaoshan beef is controlled within 4-6 hours, and the meat quality is extremely tender. With the knife work of the local master, the thickness is even, and it is cooked in bone soup for a few seconds. The fresh and sweet beef is only Chaoshan beef.

2. Chaozhou Brine

Different from the brines in other parts of Guangdong, Chaoshan brine has a unique seafood flavor because of the addition of scallops, dried fish, fish sauce and other ingredients to its soup base. Especially the red roast goose in Chaoshan, the special cooking technology brings the top taste, no wonder there is a saying in Chaoshan that "no goose can make a feast".

3. rice rolls

Chaozhou-style rice rolls is different from Cantonese-style rice rolls. In terms of appearance, it has no appearance at all, but its taste is unique in the country. The production method of Chaozhou rice rolls is unique. Rice slurry is poured on the steamer, beef, Flammulina velutipes, lettuce and other fillings are added, and the sauce is also divided. Peanut butter will be poured in Chaozhou, and homemade soy sauce will be poured in other places, which will make rice rolls smoother and keep its lips and teeth fragrant.

4, pig intestines rise glutinous rice

A traditional snack originated from the ancient city of Puning. Glutinous rice is mixed with pork, mushrooms, shrimp and other accessories, filled into clean pig intestines, cooked and sprinkled with brown sugar soy sauce. The glutinous rice soaked in oil is fragrant and glutinous, and the pork intestines are full of toughness, which is an unexpected salty and sweet taste.

5, licorice fruit

Originated in the streets of Chaoshan, licorice juice specially made with ingredients such as licorice is poured on fruits. The sweetness of licorice is mixed with the aroma of fruit itself, and the sweetness is upgraded.

6.sweet soup

There are many kinds of sweet soups in Chaoshan, such as sesame paste and almond tea, which are more beautiful and mellow than desserts in other provinces, as well as Qingxin pills exclusive to Chaoshan.

7, sugar onion pancakes

There is no onion in the sugar onion, so it is named after the shape of white sugar, which is similar to the northern Guandong sugar, but the taste is quite different. The sugar onion invented by Yatan (Futan Village) in Shantou is crispy, melts in the mouth and does not stick to teeth. Pancakes rolled as thin as hair are crispy inside and tough outside, which is very delicious.

8. Zongqiu

There are different ways to make zongzi in different places in China. Malaogong Zongzi is a traditional snack unique to Chaoshan. It is bigger than a fist and rich in fillings, including pork belly, mushrooms, soybeans, sausages, gingko, shrimp skin and so on. Its taste is smooth and fragrant. You can also choose double stuffing, sweet and salty, and taste two flavors at a time.

9.hammer beef balls

Chaoshan beef balls, which are famous all over the country, are only the freshest produced in Chaoshan area. The freshly slaughtered beef ham is hammered by a local master and has a crisp and rich taste. Beef balls are divided into beef balls and beef tendon balls. Beef balls are tender, and beef tendon balls are chewy. Vacuum-packed beef balls are still fresh when they are taken home for cooking.

10, Chaozhou preserved fruit

The familiar "Jiuzhi" is a kind of Chaoshan candied fruit. Candied fruit, which originated in Chaozhou, is made from local melons and fruits in Chaoshan by pickling, boiling or soaking and drying. The most famous three treasures in Chaozhou are old citron, old medicine orange and yellow lobster sauce.