30 famous dishes of Hunan cuisine

The most famous Hunan dishes are chopped pepper fish head, braised pork, steamed bacon, Dong chicken, spicy chicken, delicious snake, Xiangxi foreign dishes, Anzu shark's fin, rock sugar Xianglian and red pepper beef breast.

1, fish head with chopped pepper. Fish head with chopped pepper is a traditional dish in Hunan Province, which belongs to Hunan cuisine. According to legend, the origin is related to Huang Zongxian, a scholar in Qing Dynasty. Generally, the head of bighead and chopped pepper are the main ingredients, and steamed with soy sauce, ginger, onion, garlic and other accessories. The dishes are bright red in color, rich in flavor and tender in meat.

2, Shi Mao braised pork. Shi Mao braised pork, also known as Maojia braised pork, is a famous traditional dish and belongs to Hunan cuisine. Shi Mao braised pork is made of pork belly as the main raw material and white sugar cooking wine as the seasoning. After cooking, the color is golden, oily but not greasy.

3. Steamed bacon. Steamed bacon is a local traditional dish in Hunan, which belongs to Hunan cuisine. It is made of preserved meat, preserved chicken, preserved fish, chicken soup and seasoning by steaming in a pot. The method is simple, its wax fragrance is rich, salty and sweet, flexible and not greasy.

4. Donganzi chicken. Dong chicken, also known as Dong chicken and chicken, is a local traditional dish and belongs to Hunan cuisine. It is named after being cooked with hens in Dong 'an County. Dong cuisine has four colors: red, white, green and yellow. The chicken is tender, sour and delicious.

5, spicy chicken. Spicy chicken was founded in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, and it is one of the famous dishes of Hunan cuisine with strong local flavor. Spicy chicken is usually made of chicken as the main material, pepper as the auxiliary material, fried with food, cooked with Shao wine, yellow vinegar, garlic and other seasonings. The cooked chicken is golden in color, tender in the outside and delicious.

6. Delicious snakes. Delicious snake, a Hunan dish with Wang Jin snake as the main raw material, originated from Dacheng Bridge in Ningxiang.

7. The outer slope of Xiangxi. The crooked dishes in western Hunan are delicious. Waicai grassland is a common local home-cooked dish in Xiangxi, and its raw materials are selected from various wild vegetables in Xiangxi.

8. Group shark fin. Anzu shark's fin, also known as braised shark's fin, is a local traditional dish in Hunan and belongs to Hunan cuisine. This dish is light yellow in color, bright and shiny in juice, soft, waxy and smooth, fresh and salty.

9, rock sugar Xianglian. Rock sugar Xianglian is a traditional beet in Hunan Province, which belongs to Hunan cuisine. Since the Western Han Dynasty, this dish has been a tribute to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, so Xiang Lian is also called Gong Lian. Xianglian is mainly produced in Dongting Lake area, and Xiangtan is a famous producing area. Huashi and Zhonglupu have the most output and the best quality in the city. Among them, the white lotus is round and white, and the powder is glutinous and fragrant, ranking first in the country.

10, red pepper preserved beef. Beef jerky with red pepper is a Hunan dish made of bacon, pepper and other materials. Beef is flexible and spicy, and it is a famous product in Hunan cuisine.