The top ten signature dishes of Anhui cuisine include squid, Sanhe Crispy Duck, Li Hongzhang's Chowder, Fuliji Roast Chicken, Fried Shrimp Shreds, Wuwei Smoked Duck, Hu's First-Class Hotpot, Huizhou Steamed Chicken, and Huizhou Hairy Tofu , Wenzheng mountain bamboo shoots.
1. Baogong Fish
Baogong Fish, formerly known as Hongsu Bao River Crucian Carp, is a special traditional dish in Hefei City, Anhui Province and belongs to the cold dish category. It is named after a black-backed crucian carp found in the Bao River. When people see it, they think of the selfless Bao Zheng.
2. Sanhe Crispy Duck
Sanhe Crispy Duck is a traditional specialty dish in Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei, Anhui. It uses bare duck as the main ingredient, shiitake mushrooms as the auxiliary ingredients, green onions, ginger slices, soy sauce, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, star anise, and cinnamon for seasoning. This dish skillfully controls the heat, the soup is clear, the skin is fragrant, and the meat is crispy.
3. Li Hongzhang's chowder
Li Hongzhang's chowder uses chicken as the main ingredient, and is cooked with auxiliary ingredients such as sea cucumber, oily fish maw, and squid. This dish is made by simmering a variety of raw materials, so it is multi-flavored, mellow but not greasy, salty and delicious.
4. Fuliji Roast Chicken
Fuliji Roast Chicken is a special traditional dish in Yongqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province. It is named after it originates in Fuli Town. . A Chinese geographical indication product, it is also a famous historical dish in China. It is also known as China's four famous chickens along with Dezhou Braised Chicken, Henan Daokou Roasted Chicken, and Jinzhou Goubangzi Smoked Chicken.
5. Stir-fried shredded shrimp
Stir-fried shrimp is a traditional dish with full color, flavor and flavor, belonging to Shandong cuisine. Fried shrimps use fried shrimps as the main ingredient. Wash the shrimps, remove the black lines, control the moisture, grind them into a paste with a knife, add refined salt, egg white, starch and paste, spread evenly on a porcelain plate with a small amount of lard, with a thickness of 2.5 mm. It is advisable to steam it in a basket for 3 minutes, take it out, let it cool, peel it off and cut it into shreds.
Cut ham, mushrooms, cakes, spinach hearts, winter bamboo shoots, and fungus into thin strips. Mix refined salt with rice wine and 30 grams of clear soup to make a soup. Add cooked lard to the wok and heat over medium heat until it is 40% hot. Add the shrimp shreds to the pot and when the shrimp threads float, take them out and drain the oil. Leave oil in the wok, add the shredded shrimps and ingredients into the wok, pour in the correct soup, toss quickly a few times, and serve.
6. Wuwei smoked duck
Wuwei salted duck is a traditional delicacy in Wuwei City, Wuhu City, Anhui Province. It belongs to the Anhui cuisine. It was founded in the Qing Dynasty and is based on Chaohu shelduck. The raw materials are mixed with about 30 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine and seasonings such as star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, cloves, and fennel, which are smoked and then marinated.
7. Hu's Yipin Hotpot
Hu's Yipin Hotpot is a traditional famous dish in Jixi, Anhui. It belongs to the Anhui cuisine. In the countryside in the north of Jixi Mountains, it is served every four o'clock and eight festivals, weddings, etc. During funerals and celebrations, it is fashionable to eat hotpot, which is Hu's first-grade hotpot in Jixi. Its unique flavor can be proved by folk songs. This shows the unique taste of Yipinguo.
8. Huizhou Steamed Chicken
Huizhou Steamed Chicken is a traditional delicacy during the Spring Festival in Huizhou. The main ingredient is hen, and the seasonings include soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, etc. The main ingredients of this dish are It is made by steaming the ingredients over high heat.
9. Huizhou Hairy Tofu
Huizhou Hairy Tofu is also called moldy tofu. It is a traditional famous dish in Huizhou. It is a moldy product with inches of white hair on the surface. The main method is to cut the tofu into pieces, ferment it to make it grow a few inches of white hair, then fry it in oil until it is slightly browned on both sides, and then braise it.
10. Wenzheng Mountain Bamboo Shoots
Wenzheng Mountain Bamboo Shoots are a traditional famous dish in Huizhou, Anhui Province. They are stewed with bamboo shoots produced in Wenzheng Mountain in She County. In the traditional cooking method, bacon and bamboo shoots are usually stewed together, so it is also called wax fragrant bamboo shoots. Later, sausages, mushrooms, etc. were added to the dish to enhance the flavor, so it was called Liangxiang Wenzhengshan Bamboo Shoots.