How to make Ya'an pepper fish?

Ingredients: a large catfish (or Guizhou fish), green pepper (a large amount), ginger, garlic, green onion, pepper, tomato, cooking wine, salt, chicken essence, white sugar, cooking oil, appropriate amount of water (Bone soup is best)

Seasoning for dipping: minced coriander, minced pepper, minced patchouli, minced spicy black bean

Preparation steps:

1. Remove the internal organs of the catfish (or Guizhou fish), rinse it repeatedly, chop it into small pieces, add a little salt, marinate with cooking wine and ginger slices for about half an hour, rinse it with water and set aside (this step is very important, because the catfish ( or Guizhou fish) has a strong fishy smell and a lot of mucus, so it can be well removed and cleaned).

2. Heat an appropriate amount of oil in a wok and pour 2/3 of the vine pepper into it to bring out the numbing aroma.

3. Pour in ginger slices, garlic slices, green onion segments, and pepper segments and stir-fry until fragrant.

4. Add enough water to submerge all the fish pieces (bone soup is more delicious), bring to a boil over high heat, pour in the remaining vine pepper, turn to low heat to bring out the fragrance of the vine pepper, add salt, Season with chicken essence and a little sugar.

5. First add the fish head and cook for a while, then add the fish piece by piece and cook until cooked.

Ya'an's top ten specialties

1. Ya'an fish

It is one of Ya'an's famous specialties. It is a unique species in the mountainous areas of the Central Asian plateau, also known as "Bing Cave" fish". It is produced in the Zhougong River of Qingyi River (Ya'an section), so it is called Yayu. The fish is shaped like a carp and has scales as thin as a trout. It has a fat body and tender meat. The fish in casserole is a famous local dish. According to legend, the Qing Dynasty paid tribute to Cixi, and the Empress Dowager praised it as "the meat of a dragon and a phoenix."

2. Mengshan Tea

Mengshan tea has long been famous for its tribute since the Tang Dynasty. Fairy tea and tribute tea have been my country's famous tea treasures throughout the ages. There are many varieties of Mengshan tea, each with its own characteristics. Famous brand teas such as Huangya, Shihua, Ganlu, Manyye, Silverleaf and Yuye Changchun have entered the international market and are very popular. "Emei Peak" famous tea is produced in Fengming Township, Ya'an. In 1985, it won the gold medal at this high-quality food selection expo. From then on, the fragrance of "Emei Peak" tea spread overseas.

3. Mengding Mountain Tea

Geographic scope: Mengdingshan Town, Mingshan County, Sichuan Province and other 20 towns, as well as Bifengxia Town and Longxi Township in Mengshan, Yucheng District, Ya'an 2 towns. Specific quality raw materials are collected from single buds in early spring before the vernal equinox in Mengding Mountain District, Mingshan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, the hometown of fairy tea. Due to the three characteristics of the tea area, there are many rains, fogs and clouds. In this unique natural environment, the tea trees grow luxuriantly, and the tea buds are fresh and tender. They are refined with historical and traditional handcrafts, thus forming the unique quality of this top-quality Mengding yellow bud. The tea buds are even in shape, flat and straight. , the color is yellow and moist, with all the hair exposed; the soup is yellow, bright and translucent, sweet and fragrant, sweet and refreshing; the whole buds at the bottom of the leaves are tender yellow. The cultural allusion "Shangshu" says that "Cai Meng, the one who traveled to the plains, is also in Mengshan. In Yazhou, all Shu tea comes from here." Tea trees were planted in Mengding as early as the Ganlu period of the Western Han Dynasty (53 BC). Wu Lizhen, a county man, personally planted seven tea trees. "The seed of Lingming is planted among the five peaks. It is no taller than a foot, neither born nor destroyed. It is very unusual." This is the earliest written record of artificial tea cultivation in my country.

4. Asbestos loquat

Asbestos loquat is a famous specialty of Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. It has large fruit, strong and sweet taste, soft and juicy flesh, and high edible rate. , with quality characteristics such as early production, late maturity (harvested and marketed from April to July), and resistance to storage and transportation. It is the top grade of loquats in my country. Shimian County is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, at the southernmost tip of Ya'an City. It borders Hanyuan County and Ganluo County to the east, Yuexi County and Mianning County to the south, Jiulong County and Kangding County to the west, and Luding County to the north. It is 365 kilometers away from the provincial capital Chengdu and 210 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Ya'an. Asbestos loquat has large fruit, strong and sweet taste, soft and juicy flesh, high edible rate, early production, late maturity (harvest and market from April to July), and resistance to storage and transportation. It is the top-grade loquat in my country. . There are still 16,349 rare and ancient wild loquat trees in Xinmian Town, Xieluo Township, Anshun Township, Yingzheng Township and other towns in Shimian County, Sichuan Province.

5. Yucheng kiwifruit

Yucheng kiwifruit is a specialty of Yucheng District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. There are three main varieties of kiwifruit in Yucheng District: Haiwater, Hongyang and Jinyan. They have the characteristics of large fruits, high uniformity, tender and juicy, rich aroma, and suitable sweet and sour flavor. Yucheng is named for its abundant rainfall. It is surrounded by green mountains, crisscrossed by rivers, densely covered with streams, fertile soil, rich in heat, and abundant rain. In the morning and evening, clouds and mist surround the place, surrounded by green bamboos and green shirts. It is a veritable "natural oxygen bar" ". The annual average temperature is 16.2°C, the annual frost-free period is 304 days, the annual effective accumulated temperature is 5071.5°C, the annual precipitation is 1732mm, the annual average sunshine hours are 1039 hours, and the annual average relative air humidity is 79%. The climate environment is very pleasant. Yucheng kiwifruit seedlings are all introduced and grafted from wild kiwifruit in the local mountains and forests, and the seedlings are unique.

6. Hanyuan Jar Meat

Hanyuan Jar Meat is currently under the administrative jurisdiction of Hanyuan County, Sichuan Province. "Hanyuan County People's Government Regarding the Protection Area of ??Hanyuan Jar Meat Geographical Indication Products Letter", Hanfu Letter (2012) No. 104 Sichuan Daduhe Food Co., Ltd. Enterprise Standard: Q/21110000-1.002-2010 "Hanyuan Jar Meat" 1. Varieties of local black pigs and their relationship with Landrace, York, Du Locke and other hybrids.

2. Feeding conditions 1. Breeding environment and feed conditions: (1) Breeding environment: The altitude within the production area is more than 1200m, the average annual temperature is 17.7℃, the average annual rainfall is 755.7mm, there is drought in winter and spring but no severe cold, there is rain in summer and autumn but no extreme heat, and the air is dry; with river water and stream water as the main source of drinking water. (2) Feed conditions: Local wild vegetables, grain bran, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, etc. are the main feeds, and are fed after being cooked at high temperature.

7. Asbestos Yellow Fruit Mandarin

Asbestos Yellow Fruit Mandarin is a famous specialty of Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. This product is obovate in shape, with multiple flat bases and grooves. The fruit surface is orange-yellow, shiny, oil-soaked, the peel is thin, easy to peel off, the center column is large, basically seedless, the flesh is crisp and tender, juicy, sweet and sour, with a slight aroma.

8. Tianquanchuan Achyranthes

Achyranthes is one of the traditional authentic medicinal materials, and its resources are only distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces. Sichuan is the main producing area of ??Achyranthes bidentata, so the Achyranthes bidentata produced is called "Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata". Tianquan is the main producing area of ??Sichuan Achyranthes bidentata. The production and sales of Tianquan Achyranthes bidentata were recorded as early as the "Tianquanzhou Chronicle" in the eighth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. Tianquan Achyranthes is thick, moist in texture, rich in oil and not easy to break. Its cross-section is chrysanthemum-shaped, with a sweet taste and no numbing smell. It is the top grade of Achyranthes bidentata. According to modern biomedical research, Tianquan Achyranthes contains the same chemical ingredients of insect metamorphosis as Huainan Achyranthes, such as ecdysone, amarone, achyranone and other active ingredients. It has always had a high reputation.

9. Mengding Manna

Mengshan tea has long been famous as a tribute since the Tang Dynasty. Fairy tea and tribute tea have been my country's famous tea treasures throughout the ages. There are many varieties of Mengshan tea, each with its own characteristics. There are mainly five traditional famous teas, including Manlu, Huangya, Lithops, Wanchun Silver Leaf, and Jade Leaf Changchun, as well as special-grade green tea, all levels of roasted green tea, fried green tea, various jasmine teas, Tuocha tea, and South Roadside Tea. In 1980, the famous tea "Mengshan Chunlu" was created. In 1985, traditional Yahuang, White Rabbit, Yuanzhi, Yuqianchun and other products were restored. In Sanskrit, nectar means "remembering the ancestors"; secondly, the tea soup is like nectar. Manna tea is picked tenderly, made with exquisite workmanship, beautiful in appearance and excellent in quality. Its quality characteristics: tightly rolled and many millimeters, light green and oily, tender leaves and buds are strong, the buds and leaves are pure and whole, the soup is yellow and slightly green, clear and bright, fragrant and refreshing, and the taste is mellow and sweet.

10. Tea hidden in Mengding Mountain

In March in Ya'an, the tea gardens bloom with new green, conveying the breath of spring, and the tea from Mengding Mountain competes for beauty. But Tibetan tea, another wonder of the Ya'an tea industry, is kept in boudoirs and few people know about it. The reporter took advantage of the Fourth Mengdingshan International Tea Culture and Tourism Festival to visit many places and uncovered the mystery of the history of Ya'an Tibetan tea and the Tea Horse Road. Tibetan tea is divided into two categories: Yunnan Pu'er tea and Sichuan Kangzhuan tea. Kangzhuan tea was produced in Ya'an. Ya'an was the capital of Xikang Province at that time, so it took the word "Kang" from Xikang. The tea leaves are shaped like bricks, so it was named Kangzhuan tea. Mengdingshan City is the place with the earliest history of tea production in the world, establishing Ya'an's important historical position as the earliest tea production. Ya'an has the earliest history of supplying tea to Tibetan areas and has the longest duration. Until now, 90% of the tea in Tibet still comes from Ya'an. . Because Tibetan tea has health functions such as anti-radiation, digesting fat, preventing hypoxia, and anti-altitude, it is praised by the Tibetan people as the tea of ??life that they depend on for survival. There is a popular saying that "it is better to live without food for three days than to live without tea for one day." proverb.