Xuchang CuisineIntroduction of Xuchang Cuisine

1. Huashi Mutton Soup

Huashi Mutton Soup originated in Huashi Township, Yuzhou County, Xuchang City, and is known far and wide. Huashi Mutton Soup is made with local mutton as the main ingredient and refined with enoki mushrooms, Yuzhou vermicelli, Xishan fungus, high-quality green onions and a variety of seasonings. Its broth is rich in ingredients, thick and flavorful, attracting guests from all over with its unique flavor, fat but not greasy texture, and the exclamation of admiration after eating, making it a famous local food with a long history in Yuzhou. The best staple food for lamb soup is baklava, and Huashi baklava is famous for its large sesame seeds and soft, crispy flavor.

2, potato flour

Potato flour first originated in the court of the Ming Dynasty, after the death of the Ming Dynasty into the folk. Because of the unique flavor to win the praise of the world, passed down to this day, become a generation of Chinese famous food. Legend has it that the Ming imperial chef will be the potato selection powder, ingredients thickening, Yukiang and noodles, boiling water leakage strip, cold bath drying system, so as to make. The soup used for potato noodles collects the essence of bone broth, with nearly dozens of unique Chinese medicines and natural spices, utilizing a secret process. There are two ways to eat potato flour, one is to mix with boiling water, with sugar, salt and honey; the second is to use the pot to fry into pancakes, slices, can be eaten under the hot pot with chicken or pig's feet stew, but also with back to the pot of pork mixed stir-fry.

3, braised noodles

Braised noodles is a meat, vegetables, soup, vegetables, rice and both the traditional snacks of Henan, high-quality high-strength flour as raw materials, supplemented by soup and a variety of vegetables, similar to the wide noodles, to the taste of the delicious, soup good gluten, affordable, nutritious, well-known in the Central Plains, throughout the country. There are various types of braised noodles with mutton, three fresh braised noodles, five fresh braised noodles and so on, which is one of the three snacks in Henan. The essence of braised noodles lies in the soup, which is boiled for more than five hours with the finest tender mutton and mutton bones, and the soup is white and bright, just like cow's milk.

4. Yuzhou Stewed Pork

Yuzhou Stewed Pork, also known as Stewed Pork and Potato Pork, is a common snack in Yuzhou County, Xuchang. To make "casserole", the local specialties of Yuzhou vermicelli and sweet potato flour gravy, egg white, water, chopped green onion, minced ginger, cooking wine, small-ground sesame oil, refined salt and other seasonings are mixed well, piled into a disk shape into a steamer, and steamed over high heat, hence the name "casserole". Yuzhou casserole can be eaten in a variety of ways, including roasted, stewed, boiled, fried, deep-fried, and cold. Commonly, it is stir-fried, braised and sautéed.

5, mung bean paste

Mung bean paste is not only Xuchang's specialties, but also a popular snack throughout Henan. Mung beans after boiling, like a paste, soup base is crisp, rich flavor, and eat with fritters, the taste is even more unique. Mung bean paste is Henan people can not do without a large breakfast food, mung bean paste and sandwiched between a burnt doughnut can be said to be a delicacy on earth.