Hunan is a province of delicious food with many varieties and spicy taste. Hunan cuisine is a very important branch of Chinese cuisine. Because of the soil and water, Hunan has created a unique food culture. This post will introduce you to Hunan’s special snacks.
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1.Changsha Stinky Tofu 长沙臭豆腐
Changsha stinky tofu is a traditional specialty snack in Changsha, Hunan Province, belonging to Hunan cuisine.
Changsha stinky tofu is cooked with stinky tofu and other ingredients. It is dark in color, scorched outside and tender inside, fresh and spicy, crisp but not sticky, tender but not greasy. At the first smell, the stink is strong and attractive.
In June 2021, the production technique of Huogong stinky tofu was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.
2.Changde Beef Rice Flour 常德牛肉粉
The birth of Changde beef noodles can be traced back to the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Later, Hunan people gradually accepted and improved it, making its taste spicy and salty, and adding other spices, so it has the appearance of Changde beef powder today.
Changde is located in the west of Dongting Lake District. The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and irrigation is convenient. Since ancient times, Changde has rich products. Rice is the staple food of local residents.
Changde Rice Noodle is a famous Han style snack in Hunan Province. Changde has a long history of producing rice noodles. As early as the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, Changde had a shop to produce rice noodles, which were thin and long. For a long time, Changde people, regardless of age, like to eat rice noodles; Visitors from other places also enjoy tasting Changde rice noodles.
3.Sugar Oil Cake 糖油粑粑
Sugar Oil Cake is a traditional famous food in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It belongs to Hunan cuisine. Its cost is cheap. Its main raw materials are glutinous rice flour and sugar. However, its manufacturing process is exquisite, and it has a special manufacturing process. Although it can not be elegant, nor can it compete with delicacies of mountains and seas, shark fin and bear’s paw, it is precisely because of its cheap status that it can enter and exit ordinary people’s homes, and is loved by the people. It has become a popular snack.
In Changsha, people who love life and know how to enjoy the fun of eating have a wonderful feeling of eating Sugar Oil Cake, regardless of their beauty, ugliness, status, and age.
Three Sugar Oil Cakes in the morning can fill the day with energy and energy. In the afternoon, three Sugar Oil Cakes have a dental offering to refresh the mind and fill the stomach. The taste and function of Sugar Oil Cakes are wonderful in the eyes of Changsha people.
4.Scraping Bean Jelly 刮凉粉
Scraping Bean Jelly is a famous local snack in Hunan Province. It is made of bean jelly. The main ingredients are soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame oil, onion, etc. According to different regions and personal preferences, it can be supplemented by raw ginger powder, edible vinegar, dry pepper powder (or hot and sour pepper paste). In Hunan, it is mainly popular snacks in spring, summer and autumn.
5.Changsha Flavored Shrimp 长沙口味虾
Changsha Flavored Shrimp is a traditional famous snack in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It belongs to Hunan cuisine. The main ingredients of this dish are crawfish, and the ingredients are dry chili, salt, and pepper. It is cooked over a large fire.
Changsha people love to eat shrimp with flavor, which can only be described by the word “crazy”. Since the appearance of flavored shrimp at the south gate of Changsha in the 1990s, after a long period of more than ten years, it has always been loved by the shrewd Changsha people. It can be said that it has created a miracle of eating shrimp. Compared with restaurants and restaurants, although the store environment for eating shrimp is not very good, and some people even eat it on the street, from famous brand hosts to movie celebrities to ordinary people, they can’t resist the temptation of such a small shrimp, and they must eat it once to become addicted.
6.Jiangyong Yaoshan Camellia Oleifera 江永瑶山油茶
In Jiangyong County, the local Yao people have the habit of drinking oil tea all the year round. The oil tea is antibacterial, cold repellent, moisture repellent and warm. In addition, it has the effect of refreshing and spleen strengthening. Some diners jokingly call it “local coffee” of Yao Township.
The production of oil tea is exquisite. First, put oil, tea leaves and fragrant ginger into the pot, mash them with a curved wooden stick, and then add water to boil the yellow soup. Then pour the soup into a bowl with peanuts, oil rice, rice flowers and other ingredients, so that the crisp and delicious oil tea can be made. It tastes sweet and has a long aftertaste. In the process of tasting, oil tea can also be served with snacks such as glutinous rice cake and zongzi according to personal taste and eating habits.
7.Hunan Salted Duck 湖南酱板鸭
Hunan Salted Duck is a famous specialty of Changde, Hunan. The selected material is the local unique water duck, which is made by soaking more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese medicines, more than 10 kinds of spices, drying, baking and other 15 processes. The finished product has dark red color, crisp skin and meat, rich soy sauce flavor, and long taste.
Hunan pickled salted duck is a kind of delicious food that is popular in the south and north of the Yangtze River recently. The product is moderately fragrant, hot, sweet, hemp, salty, crisp and soft. It has the characteristics of mellow and delicious, complete color and fragrance, low fat and not greasy, endless aftertaste and convenient eating.
8.Sister Tuanzi 姊妹团子
Sister Tuanzi, a local specialty snack in Hunan Province, belongs to Hunan cuisine. When making, it uses superior glutinous rice to grind into fine powder, and then it is wrapped with meat, mushroom, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil and other raw materials and then twisted into a long cone with a pointed top and flat bottom. After steaming, it looks like an exquisite white jade pagoda. The appearance is white and clean, delicate and oily, and delicious.
9.Yongzhou Drinks Snail 永州喝螺
Yongzhou Drinks Snail is a snack in Yongzhou, Hunan Province, belonging to Hunan cuisine. It is processed and cooked with locally produced iron snails, and has the characteristics of crisp and tender, fresh and delicious soup, with strong local flavor.
It is identified that snails are of high nutritional value, which can clear fire and appetizers, benefit vitality, and harmonize the five internal organs. It is also called Yongzhou windy snail.
10.Brain Volume 脑髓卷
Brain Volume is a famous local traditional snack in Changsha, Hunan Province. The stuffing is made of pig fat meat and white sugar wrapped in semi fermented flour and steamed. This product originated in Xiangtan City, and was welcomed by consumers because of its mellow and sweet taste, fine texture and good taste. Later, it was imitated and widely spread in Hunan. Although its name is Brain Volume, it is actually lard, not real brain marrow. It melts in the mouth and leaves fragrance on the teeth and cheeks.