What are the masterpieces of Yu cuisine? What is the representative dish of Yu cuisine? How to make

Yu cuisine is a part of Chinese culinary culture, and it is also the result of a historical process of Central Plains culinary culture since Yangshao culture. The Central Plains culinary culture has long been in the mainstream of Chinese culinary culture, and the painted pottery of Yangshao, the Dading of Yin Shang, the food system of the Zhou Dynasty court in Luoyang, and the prosperity and classics of the Bianjing food market in the Northern Song Dynasty have written the civilization of Central Plains cooking, and are also the main historical process of the formation and development of Chinese culinary culture. Zhengzhou, Anyang, Luoyang, Kaifeng, these ancient capitals and historical and cultural cities are all important milestones in the history of Chinese cuisine.

As a representative of the culinary civilization of the Central Plains, although Yu cuisine became a local gang of Chinese cooking after the Southern Song Dynasty, because it is located in Kyushu, it has always adhered to the basic tradition of Chinese cooking: neutrality and harmony. "Middle" means that Yu cuisine is not east, west, south, or north, but lives in the east, west, north and south; Not too sweet, not too salty, not too spicy, not too sour, but between sweet, salty, sour and spicy, seek its peace, seek its light.

"Harmony" refers to the dissolution of the east, west, north and south as a whole, for the unification, the dissolution of sweet, salty, sour and spicy for a tripod and seek a taste, and seek a harmony. Harmony is the foundation of the culinary culture of the Central Plains and the foundation of Chinese civilization. From the Chinese cooking saint Shang Minister Yi Yin (Kaifeng people) 3600 years ago to create the five flavors of harmony so far, Yu cuisine borrowed the geographical advantages of Zhongzhou, to get the four seasons of the day, to reconcile Ding Nai, encapsulate the five flavors, with dozens of techniques to concoct thousands of dishes, its varieties and technology to the south and north to influence all over China, delicious and popular.

Today's Yu cuisine does not lose its tradition, especially innovation. It selects materials from all directions, uniquely rises, is meticulously made, is very good at using soup, and reconciles the five flavors, and the degree is moderate. Regardless of dry, fresh, old and tender, frying and cooking with a blind color, fragrance, shape, utensils, with a harmony and delight diners.

Therefore, Yu cuisine is not fashionable, not impetuous, not gorgeous for a while, but mellow and peaceful for thousands of years. From the Shang and Zhou courts, the three soups, Wuyan, and Zhou Bazhen, the banquets and vegetarian banquets in the east and west cities of Sui and Tang Luoyang, and the beautiful and beautiful palaces of the Bianjing court in the Northern Song Dynasty; For thousands of years, Henan's famous dishes can be described as starry and brocade everywhere. The ancient rhyme of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the legacy of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the swan song of Bianjing are still strongly expressed in many famous products.

Barbecue ribs, lamb, fat duck, stir-fried and fried stewed sweet and sour Yellow River carp baked noodles, peony swallow vegetables, white grilled wide belly, fried purple crispy meat, pot sticker tofu, jade fish shreds, boiled yellow incense tube, Dongpo meat, cassia pocket, hibiscus sea cucumber, juice lobscale shrimp, three fresh iron pot baked eggs, fried herring head and tail; Bucket chicken with unique taste, the world's first xiaolongpu soup bun, sweet and pleasant flowering buns, crispy egg scones on the outside and tender on the inside, as well as ramen, Zhuang buns, local buns, vegetable boxes, steamed dumplings, pot stickers, fried buns, braised noodles, stewed cakes, splash sugar cakes and other dazzling snacks, can fully let you appreciate the breadth and depth of the Central Plains culinary civilization. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the present day, the Kaifeng Gulou Night Market is still full of people at night, especially the legacy of the year.

The representative dishes of Yu cuisine are roasted noodles with carp, fried herring head and tail, and fried crispy pork. Carp baked noodles is a historical dish of Yu cuisine, it is very simple in the production process, the carp needs to be dry fried, and then the soy sauce, vinegar and oil are fully cooked, with the process of stirring, until bubbles emerge, and it is poured into the fish body, which can better protect the taste of carp baked noodles.

Bucket chicken. Kaifeng is a famous historical and cultural city, the cultural accumulation is very profound, the bucket chicken is Kaifeng's special snack, but also the famous dish of Kaifeng's specialty, the bucket chicken is selected from about two years of high-quality hens, simmered with a century-old soup. The characteristics of bucket chicken are fresh and crispy, golden in color, fat but not greasy.

The main cooking process of bucket chicken is boiling.

Yu cuisine is a representative dishHenan-style Yellow River big carp, carp baked noodles, Bianjing roast duck, fried eight pieces, green onion roasted sea cucumber, etc., among which the Henan-style Yellow River big carp dish is loved by the majority of diners.

Henan-style Yellow River carp is a classic traditional dish in Henan, namely the general name of the three famous dishes of braised Yellow River carp, steamed Yellow River carp, sweet and sour soft Yellow River carp, the Yellow River carp of Henan is selected as raw material, and it is made by three cooking methods of braised eggplant, steamed, sweet and sour soft boiling.

Since ancient times, the Yellow River carp has been the most delicious in the Central Plains, praised by many literati and ink writers, and is a well-known specialty food at home and abroad, and the Qing Dynasty is a royal tribute, and it is also the main food for receiving foreign guests. The most classic method of Henan-style Yellow River carp is braised and sweet and sour soft, and as a classic dish of Henan cuisine, the braised Yellow River carp has been on the state banquet many times, and the first banquet of the founding of the country at the beginning of the new Chinese service tour has this dish.

A classic dish

Sweet and sour soft boiled fish baked noodles, referred to as carp baked noodles, is a traditional specialty dish in Kaifeng City, Henan Province, which is prepared by two famous dishes: sweet and sour boiled fish and baked noodles. This dish is based on carp, especially the Yellow River carp as the old judgment of the top grade raw materials, after the initial processing, with a slope knife to break the two sides of the fish into a ridge pattern, into the hot oil pan to fry thoroughly.

Carp baked noodles have been famous as early as the Song Dynasty, and it is a pity not to taste the sweet and sour soft fish noodles when you come to Kaifeng. Carp baked noodles were selected into the world release of Chinese cuisine activities sponsored by the China Cuisine Association, and the list of Henan list of classic dishes in the national provincial region, and was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes of Chinese cuisine in Henan.