What are the specialties of Hefei?

The food in Hefei has taken over the strengths of all places, and the major food streets make you linger, and the food on the streets is full of praise. As a symbol of Hefei culture, food attracts tourists from all over the country. Below I will introduce some of the most distinctive foods in Hefei, and the foodies will get it quickly!

Caocao chicken

Cao Cao Chicken is a traditional dish in Hefei, Anhui Province, which was founded in the Three Kingdoms period. This dish is slaughtered, shaped, fried with honey, stewed with ingredients until crisp and rotten, and the meat and bones are separated. The finished product is ruddy in color, rich in fragrance, crisp and shiny in skin and beautiful in shape. Shake your legs and lose meat when eating. The bones are crisp and rotten, delicious and full of aftertaste. Therefore, with its unique flavor, it has been well received by Chinese and foreign diners who come to Hefei for tourism, and once left a message praising: "A must."

Bagongshan tofu

Break the tofu into pieces, boil it in a cold water pot, and drain it. Slice bamboo shoots, starch and water to make paste. Cook the tofu and fry it in 50% hot oil until golden brown. Stir-fry shrimps, bamboo shoots and fungus in 50% hot oil, add tofu, seasoning and water, and add starch paste and stir-fry a few times. Stir-fry green beans and mushrooms, add seasoning and chicken soup, boil and thicken, add shrimps and stir-fry, and put them into bird's nest.

Shrimp noodles

Shrimp noodle is a traditional snack of Han nationality with strong Jiangnan flavor, which belongs to Anhui cuisine. It used to be the most unforgettable "luxury" for local people in Wuhu, Anhui Province, and it can only be eaten when they are sick or have a birthday. Now, it has become the "parity enjoyment" of ordinary people. It is made from the seeds of Yangtze shrimp, mixed with various seasonings, made into paste soup, and then kneaded with a knife by hand and boiled. Noodles are tough and delicious, with high nutritional value.

Sanhe zongzi

Sanhe Zongzi, also known as Lujiang Dawan Zongzi, is a traditional snack of Han nationality in Hefei, Anhui Province, which is distributed in Lujiang County, Feixi County and some urban areas of Hefei City. Jiaozi, which uses this kind of indica rice flour as stuffing, is very famous. It is called "Sanhe Zongzi".

Yipin yudai pancake

Jade belt cake is a specialty of Anhui Han pastry, with exquisite workmanship and high quality. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a jade belt cake was used as a tribute. After tasting it, Emperor Qianlong praised it greatly, making it a "jade belt". Since then, it has become famous.

Li hongzhang zasui

Sliced sea cucumber, fish maw, squid, magnolia slice, yuba, cooked ham; Steamed pork belly, chicken and scallop with onion and ginger slices and Shaoxing wine, sliced; Shred cooked chicken and cooked ham; Stir-fry the fish until it tastes delicious, stick dried Bess on it and steam it; Add scallop balls, various raw materials and seasonings to the chicken soup, stew it to taste, steam it in a bowl for 5 minutes, thicken the original soup and pour it on the chowder.

Phoenix tail three goals

Sanqiu with phoenix flavor is a traditional snack of Anhui Han nationality. Its main ingredient is tofu, but it is named Fengwei Sanqiu because of its shape and delicious color.

Luyang baozi stuffed with juicy pork

Special snacks in Hefei, Anhui. It is characterized by strict stuffing making and oil temperature control. Pay attention to freshness, tenderness and fragrance when making stuffing. The stuffing must be three points fat and seven points thin, and the stuffing should be frozen with skin. The soup should be fresh and tender. Tangyuan, zongzi and dried bean curd cakes should be filled with dried bean curd, which is soft and tender.

Mushroom Chicken jiaozi

Anhui's famous Han snacks. This snack is fragrant with mushrooms, thin in jiaozi, tender in stuffing, fresh in chicken soup and unique in pepper flavor. Clean pork, grind it into paste, add water, monosodium glutamate, Jiang Mo and refined salt, stir into stuffing, add refined salt and sliced mushrooms into chicken soup and boil for later use. Add edible alkali and water to the flour and mix well. Knead thoroughly and roll into thin dough. Fold it and cut it into small dough. Spread the stuffing pericardium on the small surface to make wonton in the shape of a cat's ear, cook it in a boiling water pot, put the seasoned chicken soup in a bowl, scoop the wonton in, and sprinkle with cooked shredded chicken and pepper.

Pepper snapper with flower tail

Baogong fish is a famous dish in Anhui, which belongs to cold dishes. This dish is red in color, red in sauce, crisp in bones and rotten in meat, which melts in the mouth and tastes crisp and fragrant.