What are the eight major cuisines

The eight major Chinese cuisines are: Lu Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, Cantonese Cuisine, Su Cuisine, Zhejiang Cuisine, Fujian Cuisine, Hunan Cuisine and Hui Cuisine.

1, Lu Cuisine.

Lu is short for Shandong, mainly to Jinan, Jiaodong and Kongfu three central flavors composed of a cuisine. Representative dishes are, clear soup bird's nest, milk soup bushel of vegetables, green onion roasted sea cucumber, sweet and sour Yellow River carp, nine-turned large intestine, pot roasted elbow and so on.

2, Cantonese cuisine.

Yue is the abbreviation of Guangdong, mainly represented by dishes from Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang. The representative dishes are, white cut chicken, roast suckling pig, roast goose, salt bureau chicken, barbecued pork, old-flame soup and so on.

3, Su cuisine.

Su cuisine, also known as Huaiyang cuisine, mainly centered on Huai'an and Yangzhou, Huaiyang regional cuisine, shaped in Huai'an, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Representative dishes include stewed lion's head with crabmeat, big boiled dried silk, three sets of duck, squirrel and cinnamon fish, Yangzhou lion's head, Yangzhou fried rice and so on.

4, Sichuan cuisine.

Sichuan cuisine is divided into the upper river gang and the lower river gang, the upper river gang is mainly represented by Chengdu, the lower river gang is represented by Chongqing, Sichuan cuisine is generally taken, seasoning variations, a variety of dishes, the taste of fresh and mellow thick and heavy, to make good use of spicy seasoning is known, and with its unique cooking methods and rich central flavor. Representative dishes are, boiled beef, husband and wife lung slices, Mapo tofu, lampshade beef, spit chicken, Sichuan hot pot, spicy fish and so on.

5, Fujian cuisine.

Min cuisine, Fuzhou cuisine as the foundation, and then blend the east of Min, Minnan, Minxi, Minbei, Putian central flavor and composition, mainly Quanzhou cuisine, Xiamen cuisine, Zhangzhou cuisine as a representative, the integration of Minnan cuisine. The representative table has, brine shrimp, drunken pork ribs, Buddha jumped over the wall, lychee meat, trigger finger scallops, Youxi Bu duck, fried bad eel, etc..

6, Hunan cuisine.

Xiang cuisine is based on the Xiangjiang River Basin, Dongting Lake District and the western Hunan mountainous areas of the three central flavors, due to the manufacture of sophisticated, universal materials, taste variations, color and lustre on the oil heavy color, taste focus on hot and sour, fresh, soft and tender, in the manufacture of the central features, so a school of its own. Representative dishes are, Dong'an chicken, goldfish play lotus, Yongzhou blood duck, preserved meat and steam, sister dumplings, Ningxiang taste snake, Yueyang ginger spicy snake, chopped pepper fish head number.

7, Hui cuisine.

Hui cuisine is the short form of Anhui cuisine, not equal to Anhui cuisine, not including northern Anhui region, mainly refers to the Huizhou region, Anhui Province, south of the region in the name of Anhui cuisine, "Hui" word is from Huizhou, from the foothills of Mount Huangshan under the Shexian County, that is, the ancient Huizhou. Later, the town of Tunxi on the banks of the Xin'an River became the name of Qihong, Tun green. Hui cuisine in the cooking method is best at burning, stewing, steaming, and explosion, stir-fry dishes less, heavy oil, heavy color, heavy fire power. Representative dishes are, ham stewed turtle, braised civet, pickled fresh Mandarin fish, tiger skin hair tofu, Huizhou round, Huangshan pigeon stew.

8, Zhejiang cuisine.

Zhejiang cuisine is mainly composed of Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, three branches of the central flavor of the cuisine, the selection of materials to try to fine, special, fresh, tender, cooking is good at stir-frying, deep-frying, braising, simmering, steaming, burning, seafood and river food cooking with a unique side, so self-contained, unique flavor. Representatives of the dishes are, shelter taro folder, called chicken, West Lake vinegar fish, deep-fried bells, South Milk Bamboo Shoots chicken, Brasenia schrebergeri soup and so on.