Hunan cuisine

Hunan cuisine
Hunan cured ham with pickled yardlong beans
Chinese湖南菜
Xiang cuisine
Chinese湘菜

Hunan cuisine, also known as Xiang cuisine, consists of the cuisines of the Xiang River region, Dongting Lake and western Hunan Province in China. It is one of the Eight Great Traditions of Chinese cuisine and is well known for its hot and spicy flavours,[1] fresh aroma and deep colours. Despite this, only about 20% of the cuisine uses capsicum to produce a strong spicy taste.[2] Common cooking techniques include stewing, frying, pot-roasting, braising and smoking. Due to the high agricultural output of the region, ingredients for Hunan dishes are many and varied.

  1. ^ "A Song of Spice and Fire: The Real Deal with Hunan Cuisine".
  2. ^ 王, 墨泉 (March 2018). 湘菜本色. 湖南人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-5438-9232-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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