Guilin chili sauce is a protected geographical indication product.
Guilin chili sauce has a history of more than 100 years. It is fresh and slightly spicy, which stimulates the appetite. According to the tastes of different customers, Guilin chili is divided into two types: black bean garlic chili sauce and garlic chili sauce, each with its own characteristics. Guilin chili sauce is not only appetizing, but it is also rich in vitamins A, B, C, G, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and iron.
Guilin chili sauce is popular not only in China but also in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia with its unique flavor. It is known as the "Three Treasures of Guilin" together with Guilin Sanhua Wine and Guilin Fermented Bean Curd. Guilin chili sauce comes in different varieties due to different ingredients. Garlic chili sauce is made with garlic as an ingredient. Then add the dougu to become the dougu chili sauce. Usually, high-quality red peppers, garlic, etc. are minced, mixed with black beans, Sanhua wine and fine salt, etc., sealed and placed in a jar, and it is completed after a few months. Guilin chili soy sauce is fresh and spicy, fragrant and delicious. It can be eaten to enhance the flavor and can also be used as seasoning. The "Guilin Three Treasures" gift box with the trademark "Guilin Three Treasures" integrates three famous and high-quality products of Guilin Sanhua Wine, Guilin Bean Curd, and Guilin Chili Sauce. It is small and unique, easy to carry, and is deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.
Guilin chili sauce is one of Guilin’s specialties and has a history of about a hundred years. The chili sauce produced by Guilin Sauce Factory has been rated as a high-quality product and famous brand product by the autonomous region and Guilin City many times, and is sold well in Southeast Asian countries. Guilin chili sauce has various varieties due to different ingredients, such as garlic chili sauce, black bean garlic chili sauce, etc. Its taste is fresh and spicy, with a sweet aftertaste. It is fresh and fragrant. It is a good condiment and can be eaten alone.
The legend of Guilin chili sauce
In the past, there was no chili sauce in Guilin. If it was out of season, it would be difficult to eat delicious chili peppers. The most that can be found are some dried chili peppers, which are cooked over a fire or ground into powder. Although they can still satisfy some taste, people always find it troublesome. The taste of those chili peppers is far worse than that of fresh chili peppers. How can we have delicious chili peppers all year round?
As the saying goes: "Winter solstice bacon, summer solstice dog." Every winter solstice, every household begins to hang bacon. At that time, a man surnamed Wang had an idea; he thought, if pork is marinated with salt, it will not stink. If it is left for a few months, it will still be fragrant and delicious. Why can't peppers be marinated with salt? The next year, he tried to pickle the whole fresh pepper with salt. After two months, he opened the jar and tasted it. Well, it tasted really good! It's so bright red that the color hasn't changed at all. It's just that the peppers are too big, and some of them haven't been salted yet. Later, Lao Wang used his brain again and chopped fresh chili peppers to pickle them, which would taste even better. However, the only fly in the ointment is that the pickled chili peppers are a bit too spicy for northerners to eat. What to do? Lao Wang thought about it, and suddenly he thought that northerners usually like to eat garlic, so why not mix some garlic into it. Then he immediately chopped a few kilograms of old garlic and put it into the chili. After a while, Lao Wang opened the jar again, hey, it smells so good! People from the next door to the left and right came running over after smelling the aroma. When everyone tasted it, they said, "Pang ping ping, it tastes really good." So Lao Wang generously scooped a bowl for everyone and took it back.
Later, Lao Wang simply sold old garlic and chili peppers. Since it was a unique business, Lao Wang soon made a lot of money and became the boss of chili peppers. With the money in hand, Lao Wang expanded his production and picked up a few old garlic chili peppers in a large tank. However, not long after he put them in the tank, he encountered a southerly wind that lasted for several days. The old garlic chili peppers in the big tank began to water and became thin. Yes, Lao Wang picked some and tasted it, and found that the taste was a bit sour. What should I do? If this continues, we will lose a lot of money. He thought about it, but he never came up with any good solution, which made him unable to eat well, restless in sitting, and unable to sleep well. In just two or three days, he lost a lot of weight. One day, in order to amaze the people, he went to a rice noodle shop to eat rice noodles. At this time, a man dressed as a farmer sat down opposite him and also asked for a bowl of rice noodles. The farmer took two bites, frowned, took out a round dry biscuit from his pocket, and gnawed on the rice noodles. Finally, he simply put half of it into the rice noodle bowl. Then Lao Wang felt strange. Looking at his bowl, he saw red and black mixed together, with a fragrant aroma. The red ones were naturally chili peppers, but what were the black ones? So Lao Wang started chatting with him, and after asking around a lot, he found out that the man was eating bean drum chili pancakes. The black thing is the old moldy bean drum. Because this thing has been stored for a long time, it is very dry and has strong water absorption. When mixed with chili peppers and dried for a while, it becomes a bean drum chili cake. When you go out, think about it. I took it out to eat when I was young, it was very appetizing.
Hearing this, Lao Wang thought, wouldn't it be nice to put this moldy bean drum into those jars of old garlic chili? But then he thought, don't worry, I don't know how it tastes? So he asked: "Old man, do you still have any more? Give me a taste, how about it?" The farmer was also generous and took out another one and handed it to Lao Wang. Boss Wang looked left and right for a while. , he also put the cake in his hands and crushed it, put it in his mouth and chewed it. Well, it tasted good. He then put the cake into the rice noodle bowl, mixed it well and ate it. The taste was very different. It was really full of color, fragrance and flavor. , eating, sweating profusely, and feeling much better. Finally, he grabbed the farmer and asked him to become the head master in the factory.
After some reprocessing, the old garlic chili peppers in several large tanks that were about to go bad became fragrant again. From then on, the old garlic chili peppers mixed with old moldy beans - Guilin's famous chili sauce was born .