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[hunan Cuisine] Fish Head with Chopped Pepper
by MY633
Favorite
Difficulty
Normal
Time
1h
Serving
2
The basic features are bright red, strong flavor, and tender meat.
The taste of the dish is waxy and soft, fat but not greasy, salty and slightly spicy.
It is said that during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Zongxian passed through a small village in Hunan. Borrowing a farmer’s house, the farmer’s son caught a river fish from the pond. The hostess put salt in the fish and boiled the soup, then chopped up the pepper and steamed it with the fish head. Huang Zongxian found it very delicious. After returning home, he asked the chef at home to make improvements, so he has today's "Chop Chili Fish Head".
Chili is not a native species that is native to China. It is native to tropical regions of Central and South America and is the most important condiment for Indians. Pepper was introduced to Europe in 1493. At the end of the 16th century, pepper was introduced to China as an ornamental flower, but it has not yet been used in food. In Gao Lian's "Eight Notes on Zunsheng" (1591) in the Ming Dynasty, there is the earliest record of pepper in China, "The pepper is clustered with white flowers, and the fruit resembles a bald pen head. It tastes spicy and red in color, and it is very impressive." There are two ways for pepper to be introduced into China. One is to enter South China through the Strait of Malacca, where it takes root and sprouts in Yunnan-Guizhou and Liangguang; the other is to take the ancient golden silk road, enter Gansu and Shaanxi from West Asia, and cultivate in the northwest. The northwestern people eat chili, although it is not as fierce as the current Sichuanese, it is also an indispensable food. Guizhou and its neighboring areas were the first to eat hot peppers in China. During the reign of Kangxi, pepper was used in Guizhou as "soil seedlings used to replace salt" and took on the task of replacing table salt. During the Qianlong reign, Guizhou, Zhenxiong in Yunnan and Chenzhou Prefecture in Hunan began to consume a large amount of chili.
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The taste of the dish is waxy and soft, fat but not greasy, salty and slightly spicy.
It is said that during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Zongxian passed through a small village in Hunan. Borrowing a farmer’s house, the farmer’s son caught a river fish from the pond. The hostess put salt in the fish and boiled the soup, then chopped up the pepper and steamed it with the fish head. Huang Zongxian found it very delicious. After returning home, he asked the chef at home to make improvements, so he has today's "Chop Chili Fish Head".
Chili is not a native species that is native to China. It is native to tropical regions of Central and South America and is the most important condiment for Indians. Pepper was introduced to Europe in 1493. At the end of the 16th century, pepper was introduced to China as an ornamental flower, but it has not yet been used in food. In Gao Lian's "Eight Notes on Zunsheng" (1591) in the Ming Dynasty, there is the earliest record of pepper in China, "The pepper is clustered with white flowers, and the fruit resembles a bald pen head. It tastes spicy and red in color, and it is very impressive." There are two ways for pepper to be introduced into China. One is to enter South China through the Strait of Malacca, where it takes root and sprouts in Yunnan-Guizhou and Liangguang; the other is to take the ancient golden silk road, enter Gansu and Shaanxi from West Asia, and cultivate in the northwest. The northwestern people eat chili, although it is not as fierce as the current Sichuanese, it is also an indispensable food. Guizhou and its neighboring areas were the first to eat hot peppers in China. During the reign of Kangxi, pepper was used in Guizhou as "soil seedlings used to replace salt" and took on the task of replacing table salt. During the Qianlong reign, Guizhou, Zhenxiong in Yunnan and Chenzhou Prefecture in Hunan began to consume a large amount of chili.
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