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What are the Chaoshan snacks?

Chaoshan snacks include: duck mother twist, dried bean curd, fried sweet cake, Chaozhou fish dumplings and raw pickled crabs.

1, duck with twist

Duck Mom Twist is one of the special snacks in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, which belongs to Chaozhou cuisine. It is a custom in Chaoshan area to eat mother duck twist on Lantern Festival. Its shape is round or oval, and the stuffing is mung bean, red bean and taro paste, which tastes soft, waxy and smooth and has a special flavor. A bowl of sweet mother duck twist is not only a feeling, but also the inheritance of Chaoshan traditional culture, bearing the homesickness of Chaoshan people at home and abroad.

2, sufu cake

Sufu cake is one of the famous traditional pastry snacks in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. Its making materials are peculiar and varied, and its crust is made of refined flour. Small in shape, it has a unique flavor of southern milk, garlic and wine. It is rich in flavor, fragrant and delicious, sweet but not greasy, and rich in nutrition. It is the leader of cake food.

3. Stir-fry sweet glutinous rice

Fried glutinous rice balls, a special snack in Chaoshan area, are mainly made of Chaoshan rice cake-glutinous rice balls, wrapped in flour and egg liquid, and have a crisp and sweet taste, which is deeply loved by local people.

4. Chaozhou fish dumplings

Chaozhou fish dumplings, a traditional snack in Chaozhou, are characterized by using seafood as raw materials to make dumpling skins, and stuffing such as fish, water chestnut and shrimp as meat stuffing, which can be boiled and fried. The finished product is tender in the mouth, which keeps the original flavor of fish, sweet and delicious, crispy, elastic and delicious. It is a special food with local flavor.

5. Raw pickled crabs

Raw pickled crab is a special processed snack in Chaoshan area. Because the Chaoshan area is near the sea, seafood resources are very rich and fresh. Because Chaoshan people are also very familiar with raw pickled crabs, raw pickled crabs are very delicious and have become a home-cooked dish for Chaoshan people.