China's Top Famous Cuisine - Shanghai
Shanghai cuisine is one of the main local flavor dishes in China. Benbang cuisine, another name for Shanghai cuisine, is an important genre of traditional food culture in the Jiangnan region. The so-called gang, that is, local. It is characterized by thick oily red sauce, moderate saltiness, original taste, and mellow and delicious taste. Commonly used cooking methods are braised, simmered, and sugar-based. Later, in order to adapt to the light and refreshing taste of Shanghai people, the dishes gradually changed from the original heavy oil red sauce to light and refreshing. The cooking method of this dish is good at using sugar and has a unique Jiangnan flavor.
1. Eight Treasure Duck
Babao duck is a traditional and famous dish in Shanghai, which belongs to Shanghai cuisine and Jiangsu cuisine. However, it is the best cooked in the old hotel of Shanghai City God Temple, so it is praised by gourmets as the best at the table and is well-known both at home and abroad. Eight Treasure Duck is made of bone-in duck with open back, stuffed with ingredients, buckled in a large bowl, sealed with cellophane and steamed, the duck is plump and plump, and the original juice is outstanding. Green beans, the whole house is fragrant.
2. Crystal Shrimp
Crystal Shrimp is a traditional famous dish belonging to Shanghai cuisine. It was once rated as "the first dish in Shanghai". The fragrance is overflowing, crystal clear. The main ingredients are shrimp and eggs. Stir-fried shrimp without any ingredients, a plate full of shrimp, bright and translucent, and soft and crispy. In the 1940s, famous chefs from Jing'an Hotel in Shanghai introduced "fried shrimps" from Cantonese and Fujian cuisine, and carried out reforms and innovations in cooking techniques. In addition, the selection of ingredients was excellent, the production was strict, and the flavor was unique. The "Crystal Shrimp" was on the table, and the fragrance was overflowing, crystal clear, and the game was like a pearl. No wonder, Jing'an Hotel eats more than ten tons of shrimp every year.
3. White chopped chicken
White chopped chicken is a famous traditional dish in Shanghai. "Speaking of white chopped chicken, we must count Xiao Shaoxing", which has become the mantra of many Shanghainese. Because "Little Shaoxing" is the famous "Three Yellow Chicken" produced in the Pudong area of Shanghai, it has good quality and delicious taste, and has won the favor of customers. "Little Shaoxing" has also become a famous store in Shanghai, and Bai Zhan chicken is a famous dish in Shanghai. The shape is beautiful, the skin is yellow and the flesh is white, the fat is tender and delicious, the taste is very delicious and very delicious.
4. Braised hoof
Braised hoof is a well-known traditional dish in Shanghai. It belongs to Shanghai cuisine. The braised hoof is well-cooked. The skin is smooth and shiny, and it looks tightly attached. In fact, it goes in with a poke with chopsticks. Connect the oily meat below, and then connect some fat and lean meat, which melts in your mouth and is not greasy. In 2018, the braised hoof was included in the Shanghai list of the "World Release 'Chinese Cuisine' Event and National Provincial Regional Classic Famous Cuisine" sponsored by the China Cuisine Association, and was rated as the "Chinese Cuisine" Top Ten Classic Famous Cuisines in Shanghai.
5. Steamed anchovies
Steamed anchovies is a traditional famous dish in Shanghai. It belongs to Shanghai cuisine. This dish is one of the three flavors in the south of the Yangtze River. The steamed shad in net oil was selected into the Shanghai list in the "World Release 'Chinese Cuisine' Activity and National Provincial Regional Classic Famous Dishes" hosted by the China Cuisine Association, and was rated as the "Chinese Cuisine" Top Ten Classic Famous Dishes in Shanghai.
6. Fried shrimp
Fried shrimp is a famous dish in Shanghai. It belongs to Shanghai's local cuisine. Usually, small and medium-sized shrimp are selected and fried in a high-heat rapeseed oil pan. After cooking, the shrimp is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The shrimp shell is red and crunchy, and it is easy to leave. In 2018, Fried Shrimp was listed in the Shanghai List of the "World Release 'Chinese Cuisine' Activity and National Provincial Regional Classic Famous Dishes" hosted by the China Cuisine Association, and was rated as the "Chinese Cuisine" Top Ten Classic Famous Dishes in Shanghai.
7. Casserole with glutinous fish head
TheCasserole with glutinous fish head is a famous dish in Shanghai. It is a relatively popular dish in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It is a delicacy carefully cooked with oily silver carp head, bamboo shoots and other ingredients. Its nutritional value is extremely high, the fish is tender and delicious.
8. Vegetarian Crab Powder
Vegetarian crab powder is a local traditional food in the Shanghai area, which belongs to the Shanghai cuisine. After this dish is cooked, the aroma of "crab" overflows, the color is like jade, and the color, aroma, taste, shape and quality are comparable to "crab powder", which is almost real.
9. Shanghai Sweet and Sour Short Ribs
Shanghai Sweet and Sour Short Ribs is a home-cooked dish that Shanghai people are most familiar with, and it is also a famous dish in Shanghai. Every time I go to a restaurant to eat Benbang dishes, there must be a cold dish called sweet and sour short ribs on the table, which is sweet and sour, and tastes great.
10. Shanghai smoked fish
Shanghai smoked fish is a traditional and famous dish with full color, aroma and taste, belonging to Shanghai cuisine. This dish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and tastes salty and delicious. Before the Chinese New Year, every family in Jiangnan has to prepare a lot of cooked vegetables, either make them by themselves, or buy them from outside, and a large plate of smoked fish is indispensable. Although smoked fish has the word smoked in its name, it is not actually smoked, but is marinated in soy sauce, then fried, and then dipped in marinade to taste.
