Hunan cuisine: Here are 5 famous Hunan dishes that you must try

Hunan cuisine is also recognized as Xiang cuisine. unique spicy flavour of cuisine's food is part of eight culinary cuisines of China. Hunan dishes mostly contain large amounts of chilli peppers and garlic. Hunan cuisine is also slowly gaining prominence in Indian food culture. Compiled here is a list of top 5 Hunan dishes that are a must try.

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Top 5 dishes to try in Hunan cuisine

Steamed fish head with chopped chilli pepper

Steamed fish head with chopped chilli pepper is one of most famous Hunan dishes. It contains use of chopped chilli peppers as a condiment. origin of dish reportedly dates to Qing dynasty. meal usually tastes salty and spicy. You can eat it by dipping  fish headpiece in chopped chilli peppers. 

Stinky tofu

One cant stand smell of stinky tofu street food. amazing thing, however, is that moment you taste it you cant stop eating it. Hunan Changsha-style of stinky tofu has a less spicy smell. It is black in colour as a result of ingredients used in brine solution during fermentation of tofu. It is deep-fried and served with a hot delicious sauce. tofu pieces are supposed to be crispy on outside and tender on inside. One can also serve it with pickled veggies which will add some additional layer of flavour.

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Dongan chicken

Dongan chicken is originally vinegar chicken. main ingredients contain small pieces of chicken, chilli peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, white rice vinegar, ginger and scallions. One can add more ingredients if y wish to. It is signature dish of people of Hunan. cooking process begins by parboiling chicken first for a couple of minutes before you begin to stew it with salt vinegar and wine.

Mao’s braised pork

Mao’s braised pork is yet ar common delicacy in Hunan region. First, pork is cut into cube dices n braised in sauce with some sugar and red pepper. It has a unique taste that is slightly spicy, salty and sweet yet t oily. meal has got its name from Mao’s family. 

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Steamed Yolkless egg with mushroom

steamed yolkless egg is one most auntic Hunan meals of Changsha tradition. It has reportedly been a traditional meal for over 100 years in Hunan. chefs extract yolk n leave egg white within shells. n chicken is added to eggshell and mixed with egg white before sealing it again and n food is steamed. dish is delicate and fresh.

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