What are the characteristics of Enshi cuisine?

Tujia oil tea soup is a snack similar to tea soup. It is fragrant, crisp, smooth, fresh, beautiful, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a traditional flavor food that Tujia people love. It is made by frying a proper amount of tea leaves until they are sallow, adding water into the pot, adding natural condiments such as ginger, onion, garlic and pepper, scooping them into a bowl when the water boils, and frying (or frying) them in advance. The key to the production of camellia oleifera soup is the quality of tea and the temperature of frying tea. The choice of seasonings and "soaked products" can be based on the taste of guests.

2. Slag of Zhang Guan

Slag-making is to wash soybeans, swell them with water, grind them into pulp on a stone mill, cook them on a fire, and then add fresh radish leaves to cook them, so as to form a pot of milky white and green slag. Enshi, there are many ways to eat slag, and Zhang Guan slag is a typical way to make slag hot pot. Zhang Guan residue is a series of residue chafing dishes, such as fresh meat residue, chicken residue and egg residue. They are made by boiling slag and slightly drying salt water, and then adding fresh soup of pork, chicken and eggs.

3 Tujia bacon

Tujia people are interested in feeding pigs in New Year, mainly because they want to have meat to eat in New Year. If you can't finish eating it during the Chinese New Year, Tujia people will make bacon, which is not only convenient for preservation, but also more beautiful in color. Boiled bacon in the pot is fragrant and appetizing, and it is the main course for Tujia people to entertain guests at ordinary times. The inedible pork is marinated in a pot with various seasonings, turned once every 3-5 days, drained after 10, and hung in a smoking room (smoked with pine and cypress branches and firewood materials such as walnut shells, peanut shells and orange peels). Until a month later, the meat turns brown). )

4 Poplar dried bean curd

Dried white bean curd is named after it is produced in Baiyang Village, Baiyangba Town, Lichuan City. Mainly using local high-quality soybeans, Longdongwan spring water and several natural spices, it is processed by more than ten unique processes such as washing, soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling, wiping, squeezing, roasting, marinating and sealing. In the whole production process of dried poplar bean curd, its particularity is that gypsum and any other chemicals are not used, and the secret lies in the local spring water and traditional technology. It is a must for tofu making industry. Golden color, delicious and long, mellow and delicate texture, whether eaten raw or stir-fried, spiced or spicy, has a refreshing aftertaste.

5 shefan

Social dinner is a kind of food for Tujia, Miao and Dong minorities in China. The production method of commune rice is as follows: fresh and tender commune Artemisia annua (Artemisia annua, Artemisia annua) in the field, stream and hillside is picked home, washed and chopped, rubbed with bitter water, baked, mixed with wild garlic (scallion), glutinous rice, dried bean curd, dried bacon and other auxiliary materials (some glutinous rice can be mixed, but glutinous rice needs to be cooked half-cooked before being mixed with glutinous rice), steamed or stewed. Delicious, fragrant, soft and delicious, suitable for all ages.

6 jiao

Guang Tai pepper, also known as Guang Tai pepper, is made from Enshi local red pepper and corn flour. Stems of bright red peppers are removed, washed, drained, chopped into fine foam with a straw cutter, mixed with salt, and then mixed with corn flour (some are also mixed with spices such as pepper and orange peel). Put it in a clean jar, cover it with vegetable leaves, then clamp it with bamboo pieces, then pour it upside down in a basin, add water (called pouring ascites) for about 3 weeks, and take it out to cook.

7 fresh rice

Gexianmi is commonly known as Xianmi, ceramium, Shuimu fungus and Tianmu fungus. It is an aquatic algae plant, belonging to a kind of blue-green algae. It is single-celled, rootless, leafless, dark green, beady and pure wild, and it is a veritable pure natural green food. According to legend, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong, a alchemist, a medical scientist and a Taoist theorist, lived in seclusion in the south, and occasionally gained the function of strengthening the body during the famine years. Later, Ge Hong went to Korea to present it to the emperor. The weak prince became ill after eating, but he was strong. In order to thank Ge Hong for his contribution, the emperor named Ge Xianmi "Xianmi", which has been called since then. Gexianmi is rich in nutrition and is a good banquet, containing 15 kinds of amino acids and vitamins. Compendium of Materia Medica praised Gexianmi as "the best food for fat".

8 top ginger

Named after the shape of a phoenix head, it is also called "Laifeng Ginger", which is a stable and excellent local ginger variety selected by laifeng county people for a long time. Its ginger handle is like a finger, its tip is bright red and purplish, and its tuber is white. Fengtou ginger is crisp and tender, rich in selenium and juicy, moderate in spicy taste, delicious and appetizing, unique in flavor and rich and lasting in flavor, which is unique among ginger varieties in China.

Eichhornia crassipes is rich in vitamins, amino acids, protein, zinone, phenols, alcohols and trace elements such as iron, zinc, calcium and selenium necessary for human body. In addition to being an essential food, it also has the functions of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, eliminating cold and dampness, accelerating blood circulation, delaying aging and preventing cancer.

9 Fubaoshan Water Shield

Fubaoshan water shield is also called horseshoe, nettle and sunflower. It is a higher perennial aquatic plant with oval leaves, green front, dark red back and slender petiole. Fubaoshan Water Shield is said to be a treasure in the water given by the ancient sacred mountain. Since the Jin dynasty, it has been a tribute to the palace and a delicious banquet in the palace. It can be cooked, fried and cold, especially mixed with fish, cooked chicken, ham and sausage to make soup. Fresh and delicious, sticky and refreshing, with good color, fragrance, taste and shape. Modern medical research shows that water shield not only has dietotherapy effect on inhibiting digestive system cancer, but also has good effects on inhibiting atherosclerosis, resisting cerebral thrombosis, diuresis, detumescence, invigorating stomach, beauty and skin care. It is a rare green health food, which is favored by consumers.

10 Nianrou

The meat of 2008 is pork tenderloin, mainly fat meat, cut into rectangles, each piece is about three inches long and weighs two to half a catty. Add salt, pepper and other seasonings, steam with glutinous rice or millet, and then arrange the fat meat in a big bowl like a stone. Amber meat and white glutinous rice (or golden millet) complement each other, which is the main course of Tujia Spring Festival feast. Pure color, crystal soft; Appropriate fat and thin, oily but not greasy; Suitable for both men and women, suitable for children; Guests can not only enjoy their food, but also observe folk customs!