China is rich in tourist attractions including food. Chinese
cuisine is one important constituent part of Chinese culture with a long
history, unique features, numerous styles and exquisite cooking. Chinese dishes
are well-known for color, aroma, taste, meaning and appearance. The following
are the eight most popular dishes among foreigners and Chinese.
Sweet and
Sour Pork (or Chicken)
Sweet and sour pork is a dish in bright orange-red
color, and has a delicious sweet and sour taste. At the very beginning there
was only sweet and sour pork, there have been some developments on this dish to
meet the demands. Now, the pork can be substituted by other ingredients as
customer prefer to, such as chicken, beef or pork ribs.
Gong Bao
Chicken
This is a famous Sichuan-style specialty and popular among
both Chinese and foreigners. Diced
chicken, dried chili, and fried peanuts are the major ingredients. People in
Western countries have created a Western-style gong bao chicken, for which the
diced chicken is covered with cornstarch, and vegetables, sweet and sour sauce
and mashed garlic are added.
Ma Po Tofu
Ma po tofu is one of the most famous dishes in Chuan
Cuisine. “Ma” describes a spicy and hot
taste which comes from pepper powder. The pepper powder is one kind of
condiment usually used by Chuan Cuisine. The milky tofu is enriched with
brownish red ground beef and chopped green onion. It is really a tasty
delicacy.
Wontons
It has been a custom for people to eat wontons on the winter
solstice since the Tang Dynasty (618–907). There are various shapes of wonton
available in China but the most versatile shape of a wonton is simple a right
triangle, similar to Italian tortellini. Wontons can be boiled and served in
soup or sometimes deep-fried. The filling of wontons may be minced pork, diced
shrimp or both.
Dumplings
Dumplings are a traditional food with a long history of more
than 1,800 years that widely popular in China. Dumplings generally consist of
minced meat and finely-chopped vegetables wrapped into a thin and elastic piece
of dough skin. Popular fillings including mince pork, diced shrimp, fish,
ground chicken, beef, and vegetables. They can be cooked by boiling, steaming,
frying or baking. Dumplings also are the symbol of Chinese food, and a
traditional dish eaten during Chinese New Year’s Eve.
Spring
Rolls
Spring rolls are a Cantonese dim sum dish of cylindrical
shape, either sweet or savory. The filling of spring rolls could be vegetables
or meat. The spring roll is frying after fillings are wrapped in spring roll
wrappers until the spring rolls are given their golden yellow color. Then it is
ready to be served.
Chow Mein
The "Chow mein" is the Cantonese pronunciation of
the stir-fried noodles. Generally, this stir-fried dish is made from noodles,
meat (usually chicken, beef, shrimp, or pork), onions and celery. For preparing
chow mein, the noodles need to be cooked in boiling water for a while. After
they becoming cool, then move to the step of stir-frying.
Peking Duck
Peking duck is a well-known duck dish from Beijing which
enjoying world fame, and also considered as one of China’s national dishes.
Peking duck is savored for its thin and crispy skin. The Peking duck is often
cut in slice and eaten with pancakes, sweet bean sauce, or soy with mashed
garlic.
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