What's delicious in Yueyang?

Yueyang is rich in natural products, with many special cuisines. If you come here to play, you must not miss it. Yueyang's specialties include Junshan silver needle chicken slices, butterfly crossing the sea, Dongting wild duck slices, shrimp cakes, Dongting whitebait and so on. Let's find out what the specialties are!

Dried duck strips in Dongting Lake is a famous flavor in Dongting Lake area. Dongting Lake is rich in wild ducks, and waxing is a unique local skill. Dongting preserved duck strips are mainly smoked wild ducks, boneless and cut into strips, with seasonings such as cress, ginger, refined salt and sesame oil. The dishes are both soft and hard, with rich flavor.

Junshan Silver Needle Chicken Slices Junshan Silver Needle Chicken Slices are as famous as "Longjing Shrimp" in Hangzhou. "Junshan Silver Needle" is a kind of tea extracted from more than a dozen tea trees in Baihe Temple in Junshan. It tastes sweet and fragrant, and it can refresh you. It has the effect of calming the nerves and strengthening the stomach. It was used as tribute tea from the late Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Junshan silver needle chicken slices are fried with chicken and Junshan silver needle tea. The dishes are white and green, the chicken slices are fresh and tender, the silver needles are fragrant, and the taste is excellent.

Shrimp cake Shrimp cake is a snack with Yueyang flavor in Hunan. It is made of fresh shrimp produced in Dongting Lake mixed with sauce and fried. It has the characteristics of fresh, fragrant, tender, crisp and delicious.

Butterflies crossing the sea Butterflies crossing the river, also known as butterflies floating in the sea, are named after the fish slices look like butterflies after being scalded. Chefs in Yueyang use hot pot instead of the folk seven-star stove. First, they use chicken soup, fish head, fish bones and fish skin as fresh juice and pour it into the hot pot (stainless steel soup pot can also be equipped with a small alcohol stove). When eating, put the fish fillets in the boiling hot pot, fry them, dip them in the seasoning and serve. The cooked fish is tender, the soup is delicious, and it is palatable when it is hot. This dish is very popular with people and has become one of the dishes in "Baling Fish Banquet".

Dongting whitebait Dongting whitebait is not only tender in meat, but also rich in protein, which has the functions of soothing stomach, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. When eating, fresh whitebait is usually fried with cooked lard or cooked with lean meat and eggs, which is a delicious dish. In addition, cooking soup or stir-frying after drying has its own advantages. The "three fresh whitebait" at Yueyang banquet is delicious and famous far and near.

Blue radish, also known as hemp fiber radish, is made of fresh radish with thin skin, tender flesh and smooth skin, supplemented by Chili powder and salt in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. After improvement, the radish is still a whole after being cut several times. Mention it, like an orchid in full bloom, and like the rain gear and hemp fiber of farmers in the past, hence the name. Retains the traditional spicy flavor and has a crisp aftertaste; At the same time, it also helps digestion and increases appetite, and has been selling well in the northern Hunan market.