1. Sauces: Many dishes in Yunnan use sauces as seasonings, such as the salty, fresh, spicy and fragrant Zhaotong sauce, which is somewhat similar to Guangdong’s XO sauce. It can be used with roasted pork and stir-fry dishes. The taste is very fragrant. In addition, Yuxi’s specialty sweet soy sauce is an essential seasoning for making cold rice noodles. In addition, there are various kinds of assorted sauces, sweet noodle sauce, bean paste, Tangchi’s old sauce, etc., which are all common seasonings in Yunnan cuisine.
2. Dipping in water: Another major feature of Yunnan cuisine is dipping in water. This is somewhat similar to Chaozhou cuisine in Guangdong. Different dishes should be eaten with different dipping waters. For example, when eating bee pupae and bamboo worms, you need to eat them with salt and pepper for dipping in water. When you eat tofu in a copper pot, you need to eat spicy paste. When you eat Yunnan spring rolls, you need fermented bean curd. "Nanmi" hot sauce is a specialty of the Dai people for dipping into water. It needs to be paired with many dishes. Previous point. It is precisely because of these "dips in water" that the taste of Yunnan cuisine is even richer.
3. Pickles: Pickles may sound a bit strange at first. In fact, many "pickles" in Yunnan can be eaten alone, but they are also an important part of cooking seasonings, and there are famous local "pickles" in different places. ", such as Midu's pickled vegetables, Jiangchuan's radish fermented rice, Yimen's fermented black beans, Shilin's fermented bean curd, etc. Among them, pickled pickled vegetables and fermented bean curd are essential seasonings in many Yunnan dishes.
4. Dajiujia: Dajiujia is one of the famous foods in Yunnan. It is actually fried bait cubes. The bait block is made of rice and is unique to Yunnan. According to ancient records, food made from wheat was generally called "cake" in ancient times, and food made from rice was called "bait". Yunnan is the birthplace of ancient humans and has a long history of rice cultivation. At the end of the lunar calendar, every household would select the best rice, wash it, soak it, steam it, pound it in a fork until it is as fine as mud, and wipe the chopping board with beeswax. The food that is then kneaded into rectangular, oval, oblate and other shapes and used as gifts is called "bait feed". Over time, the common people nicknamed it "bait cake". Fried bait cubes were originally an ordinary snack, but they became famous because of an allusion. According to legend, Wu Sangui invaded Kunming in the late Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yunli, the emperor of Gui Dynasty, fled to western Yunnan in panic. Fleeing to Tengchong, it was getting late. He stayed in the village, and the owner cooked a plate of bait to satisfy his hunger. The emperor in trouble was originally a weakling in the palace, and after months of traveling long distances and experiencing a difficult life, eating this food today was like eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. He then said, "It is really a rescuer." From then on, Tengchong's reputation as bait was Yuanyang, known as "the great rescuer". The red, green, white and yellow colors complement each other, the bait pieces are fine and waxy and smooth, fresh and sweet, oily but not greasy, making it popular among people.
5. Dry roasted shredded potato: "Eating potatoes will bring forth children" is a saying of Yunnan people. This shows its delicious taste and popularity. Zhaotong's potato is the most famous, and there are many ways to eat it, and the recipes are easy to learn. Common recipes include dim sum, fried potato cakes, fried potato shreds, braised potato, old milk potato, cold potato, pickled cabbage and potato soup, potato braised rice, etc. . Dry roasted shredded potatoes is the most common and famous Yunnan potato dish. Although it is similar to dry-roasted shredded potatoes, the final product is stir-fried shredded potatoes into a thin round cake. Although it looks like It's simple, but it actually takes a lot of effort to make. It usually needs to be fried first and then baked. It takes about 5 minutes to bake the shredded potatoes into pancakes. It tastes crunchy and very delicious.