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Shanghai Classic Specialties

Shanghai classic specialties include Eight Treasures Duck, Crystal Shrimp, Shanghai White Chicken, Mackerel Bald Lung, and Oil Blasted Shrimp.

1, Eight Treasures Duck

Eight Treasures Duck is a traditional Shanghai specialty. The production of eight treasures duck need to open the back of the duck, draw off the trachea and esophagus, but also dig out the internal organs, the stomach hollow, and then in the duck stomach filled with ham, asparagus, dried scallops and other more than ten kinds of ingredients, and then steamed with a steamer and become a dish looks like the color of the red and smells of the aroma of the duck, eat duck crispy and delicious.

2, crystal shrimp

Crystal shrimp is a Shanghai specialties, has been named "Shanghai's first dish". Crystal shrimp looks simple, not too much seasoning, but the production of the fire control requirements are very high, fire or long time shrimp eat up old.

To keep the shrimp cooked through the premise but also to maintain the most tender state, which is an authentic Shanghai crystal shrimp. The dish not only looks crystal clear, but also tastes soft and crunchy, like a pearl.

3, Shanghai white chicken

White chicken is a very famous Shanghai specialties, especially in small Shaoxing's white chicken is more outstanding, as long as the white chicken in Shanghai, everyone knows small Shaoxing. Authentic Shanghai white chicken is the use of high-quality three yellow chicken, after boiled, dried, cut into pieces and other procedures carefully made, looks yellow skin and white meat, eat up tender and delicious.

4, mackerel bald lung

Mackerel bald lung is Shanghai's local traditional dishes. From the name of the dish many people think it is the lungs of the mackerel, but not, this dish is with the liver of the mackerel, plus asparagus, broad beans and other ingredients together with the roasted, eat up the fat but not greasy, fresh and tender.

5, oil popping shrimp

Oil popping shrimp is a Shanghai specialties, in Shanghai's major restaurants can be seen, but also a lot of Shanghainese people down the restaurant must be ordered a dish. The production of oil explosion shrimp need to choose the best small river shrimp, and then first canola oil fried, fried and then with dried chili peppers and green onions and ginger and other seasonings together with the burnt and become. Eat up the shrimp meat outside the crispy, tender, fragrant, fresh and delicious.