Have you tried this Fujian specialty snack? The real "meat wrapped in meat", is the skin also made of meat?

For people in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, the meat swallow, that is, the Taiping swallow, is very familiar to them. Every Chinese New Year holiday, especially family reunion, there will be a bowl of meat swallowing soup at the dinner table. For Fuzhou people, the value of meat swallows is basically equivalent to that of people in the northern region looking at jiaozi.

But meat swallows are also very common ingredients. Meat swallows can be seen in the breakfast room at the entrance of the community, on the shelves of shopping malls, and on the old lady's side of the farmer's market. It is enough to prove that Fuzhou people have regarded meat swallows as a part of their lives.

Many tourists will try a bowl of meat swallow when they come to Fuzhou. As one of Fuzhou's special cuisines, Yan Rou will make many people feel familiar, but it is a little strange. The reason is that the structure of meat swallow is similar to that of Nanjing Flat Food, Sichuan Wonton and Wonton Noodles, but it will have different feelings after eating.

The reason for the different taste types is the skin of the meat swallow. Flat food, old hemp wonton soup, Wonton Noodles skin are basically made of powder, and meat swallow skin is made of lean pork. In other words, the meat swallow is trapped in the meat, and the skin is also meat, which is the real "meat strip".

For the skin of meat swallows, choose the first-class pig hind legs and lean pork and beat them with a mallet. Think about Karen Mok's role in The Gourmet, where a hammer pees beef balls and the skin of a meat swallow is hammered into pork paste. Later, sweet potato powder and tapioca starch were added for shaping, and then cut into small triangles as thin as rocks to make the meat swallow the skin.

Because the meat swallow skin should be made of whole meat, there are many lazy artifacts, that is, buy back the meat swallow skin, cut it into shreds and cook it as noodles. When meat swallows are boiled in water, the water will smell delicious, not to mention the skin of beef swallows cooked in pig bone soup. It's so delicious!

The stuffing in the meat swallow is to make raw pork into pork paste and then make it into skin. However, every household handles it differently. The most classic way is to hammer fish, lean meat and shrimp into pork paste, then add chopped water chestnut and raw eggs, and then pour in seasonings such as rice wine and chicken essence.

Exactly the same means that the filling must be mashed. Because the pounded pork paste is thousands of times more delicate than chopped or chopped pork, the meat swallow made is petite and exquisite. After blanching, the small meat swallow is crystal clear, just like the instant bird's nest, shining with luster.

There are many ways to eat meat swallows. The common way to eat meat swallows is to make soup. Coupled with keel soup's cooking, the aroma of raw pork will float ten miles, and neighbors can smell the aroma of meat swallows. The hot meat throat soup is served with shallots, and the heat flow arouses the fragrance of shallots. When a bowl of soup is swallowed, the whole body warms up.

You can also use meat swallows as ingredients for cooking noodles. When cooking noodles or noodles, add a little meat swallow or meat swallow skin, and the vegetarian noodles will become more and more fragrant, more fragrant and more fresh. Or put the meat swallow on the white rice and cook it together, so that the meat swallow has the fragrance of white rice, and the white rice also has the umami flavor of the meat swallow, which is very delicious.

If you have been to Sanfangqixiang in Fuzhou, you can first hear the regular sound of "piling", and then you can see an old master at the entrance of the Rouyan shop on the street, with a hammer in both hands, hammering down on the slate. The old master makes handmade meat swallows.

Because it is troublesome to make meat swallow, which requires energy, physical strength and experience, and a bowl of meat swallow can't sell much money, few people like to make this steaming bowl of meat swallow soup. If you still have a chance to go to Fuzhou, don't miss this Fujian specialty snack.