Anhui special food

Anhui specialties include Huainan beef soup, snakehead, Huangshan sesame seed cake, Sanhe zongzi and Wuwei salted duck.

1, Huainan beef soup

Huainan beef soup is a special snack in Huainan City, Anhui Province, which belongs to Anhui cuisine. This dish is a famous snack in northern Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong and Anhui. The main ingredients are beef soup, beef, bean skin, vermicelli, coriander and so on. , processed by traditional technology. It tastes refreshing and mellow, and it tastes great with sesame cakes.

2. Stinky mandarin fish

Stinky mandarin fish, also known as stinky mandarin fish, is a traditional dish in Huizhou, Anhui Province. There is a unique taste that looks stinky, but it is not smelly. Soak bougainvillea and pickled mandarin fish in a pot until golden, remove and drain the oil, add onion, ginger and garlic to taste fresh, and then add Huizhou bamboo shoots, cooking wine, sugar, pork, pepper and Chili sauce to sublimate the fragrance. Cooked mandarin fish smells bad, but it tastes particularly delicious.

3. Huangshan sesame seed cake

Huangshan sesame seed cake is a characteristic traditional snack in Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Usually, flour, sesame, salt and vegetable oil are used as raw materials to make leather. With fat meat and dried plums as stuffing, it is made by soaking noodles, making skin, stuffing and baking. Huangshan sesame seed cake is also called rescue sesame seed cake. According to legend, in 1357, Zhu Yuanzhang took refuge in a farmer's house in Huizhou, and he was hungry, so the owner took out biscuits to satisfy his hunger. When he proclaimed himself emperor the following year, he did not forget the farmer's saving his life, and said, "If you have made meritorious deeds in saving the driver, you will be awarded the sesame seed cake for saving the driver." .

4. Sanhe Zongzi

Sanhe Zongzi is a traditional snack in Sanhe Ancient Town, Feixi County, Hefei City, Anhui Province. Its dumpling skin is made of indica rice flour, stuffed with pork belly and seasoning, wrapped in jiaozi shape and fried. Its appearance is golden in color, the stuffing is delicious, the skin is slightly crisp and the taste is worth remembering.

5. Wuwei salted duck

Wuwei salted duck is a traditional special food in Wuwei City, Wuhu City, Anhui Province. It was founded in the Qing Dynasty. Chaohu duck is mixed with fennel, pepper, clove and star anise, which are first smoked and then pickled. The taste is mellow and delicious, and the meat is tender. It is the best choice for braised pork lovers.