Which dish must be on your family's New Year's Eve dinner table?

New Year's Eve dinner is the most important family meal of the year, symbolizing beauty and reunion. In Anhui, the New Year's Eve dinner is also the same, the table must have Huizhou a pot, stewed pigeon, square wax fish, knife board incense, celery fried meat, glutinous rice balls, egg dumplings. These dishes are not only delicious, but also have important meanings.

Yi Pin Nabe is a traditional dish in Huizhou Cuisine, which is also known as Reunion Nabe, and is a must-prepare dish for family reunions. The process of making Huizhou Yipin Nabe is very complicated, using a wide range of ingredients, and requires a lot of collaboration to complete. The ingredients are cooked individually in broth, then layered in a large iron pot and cooked again in broth to complete the process.

Stewed pigeon is also a must-have dish for New Year's Eve dinner, and stewed pigeon at Chinese New Year means spreading wings and flying high. This dish is easy to make by putting pigeon, ginseng and wolfberries into a casserole dish.

Fanglai fish is a famous dish from Anhui province, which is made with Mandarin fish and shrimp. Mandarin fish has the meaning of wealth and prosperity, while shrimp has the meaning of good luck in the house. This is why the fish is one of the highlights of the New Year's Eve dishes. Mandarin fish itself is also very delicate and tender, and shrimp is extremely high in protein, making it perfect for the whole family.

Knife Board Xiang is an essential dish for the New Year's Eve dinner. After months of curing the bacon and sausage, it is cooked in steam and fully put into the salty aroma of cured meat. For the New Year's Eve dinner added a strong local flavor.

Egg dumplings are an essential dish for Anhui New Year's Eve dinner. The golden-colored egg dumplings are similar in appearance to Yuanbao, which is a symbol of good fortune and smooth sailing in the coming year. The key to making egg dumplings is the combination of fillings.

The celery in Celery Stir Fry symbolizes hard work and courage, hoping that the whole family can work hard in the coming year and gain a good and prosperous life. The children will also work hard to achieve the desired results in their studies.

The New Year's pills are a symbol of reunion, the New Year's Eve dinner steamed pills is of course essential, the filling coated with starch and steamed over high heat, not only the appearance of beautiful, but also nutritious and not greasy, very suitable for the elderly and children.

The next installment of this series will introduce the must-have Cantonese New Year's Eve dinner.