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Best Fujian Foods
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Oyster omelette originated in the city of Chaozhou (Teochew) and the region of Fujian in China. It is a signature dish of the Hokkien people - Chinese diaspora in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The dish consists of small oysters added to a mixture of potato starch and egg batter.
Depending on the region, cooks will sometimes add a dash of spicy chili sauce mixed with lime juice to intensify the taste of the whole dish. The city of Tainan in Taiwan is even unofficially called the snack city, especially because it offers one of the best oyster omelettes in the region - unsurprisingly so, because its coastal location ensures that it is never in lack of fresh oysters.
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Hújiāo bǐng is a street food delicacy that is believed to have originated in Fuzhou, Fujian. This filling snack consists of a bun that is stuffed with sliced scallions and minced or finely chopped meat, preferably marinated fatty pork cuts.
The buns are usually sprinkled with sesame seeds before they are baked in clay ovens. Apart from China, pepper buns are also popular in Taiwan where they are traditionally sold by street vendors of Fujian descent.
Pepper steak is a classic Chinese-American dish consisting of sliced strips of steak that are seasoned with a hefty dose of freshly ground pepper. The dish is believed to have origins in the Chinese province of Fujian, where pork was originally used instead of beef.
Today, the beef is usually prepared with bell peppers and sliced onions, and it can be served either as an appetizer or as a main course, often with a side of rice or noodles. The dish has been prepared in the United States since the 1940s, with the main difference being that it is more heavily seasoned than the traditional Chinese version.
Popiah is a traditional roll, wrapped and filled with a variety of ingredients. Often compared to the more famous spring rolls, the main difference is that popiah is never deep-fried. The crepe-like wrappers for popiah are delicate and light, but easily foldable to hold all the ingredients together.
The fillings are extremely versatile, but usually have four essential components: the main fillings, garnishes, spices, and sauces. The main fillings vary from meat and seafood to vegetables, while thinly sliced condiments most commonly include cucumbers, Chinese sausages, or eggs.
Hokkien fried rice is a popular Chinese rice dish originating from the province of Fujian. In order to prepare it, rice and eggs are first stir-fried together, then topped with a thick gravy made with poultry, dried mushrooms, seafood, and vegetables.
It is recommended to fry the ingredients over high heat, because if the wok isn’t hot enough, you will end up with watery fried rice.
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Min chiang kueh is a traditional pancake that's consumed in China and Singapore, with similar version in Malaysia (apam balik). These thick pancakes are filled with a combination of crushed peanuts and sugar. The batter is usually prepared with a combination of plain and rice flour, coconut milk, eggs, sugar, yeast, baking soda, and a pinch of salt.
Once prepared, the pancake is topped with peanuts and sugar, then folded in half and served. Other fillings are also available, such as red bean paste and shredded coconut. The pancake is served for breakfast, always piping hot, and it can be found at most hawker centers.
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Lychee pork or lizhi rou is a traditional dish originating from Fujian. There are two versions of the dish – one has the pork pieces curled up and stained red, resembling lychees, and the other one contains the lychee fruit. The second version is more common, and it's usually made with a combination of pork, lychees, soy sauce, rice vinegar, rice wine, vegetable oil, cornflour, scallions, and salt.
The pork is tenderized, cut into cubes, dredged in cornflour, and deep-fried in hot oil until golden brown. The lychee juice is mixed with soy sauce, water, rice wine, vinegar, and salt. The scallions are fried in oil and mixed with the lychee sauce mixture, pork, and lychees.
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Ginger duck is a nourishing duck soup infused with strong flavors of ginger and rice wine. It is believed that the dish originated in the Chinese province of Fujian, but today it is mainly associated with Taiwan, where it has become an incredibly popular dish.
In Taiwan, this hot pot classic is usually cooked tableside in large clay pots, and primarily enjoyed as a communal dish shared among a group of people. The essential component of the dish is the pungent rice wine broth, made with duck meat left on the bone.
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Red glutinous rice wine chicken (also known as hong zao ji) is a traditional Fuzhou dish made with chopped chicken that is first soaked in a mixture of Fujian red wine lees and light soy sauce, and then braised in red glutinous rice wine along with ginger slices, dried day lilies, shiitake mushrooms, sesame oil, water, and salt.
The cooked chicken and the gravy are placed into a bowl, garnished with coriander leaves, flavored with a small amount of Shaoxing wine, and typically served with warm white jasmine rice or mee sua, a type of Chinese hand-pulled noodles. This dish is a common meal for many Foochow and Hakka families.
The unusually named Buddha jumps over the wall is a Chinese specialty with origins in the province of Fujian, and the dish was originally made in the Qing Dynasty period. The cooking process for this decadent soup is very complicated as it takes about three days to prepare it, and the recipe calls for upwards of 30 ingredients such as shark fin, chicken, duck, tripe, tendons, ham, gizzards, abalone, sea cucumber, pigeon eggs, mushrooms, scallops, bamboo shoots... and the list goes on.
Raw ingredients are cooked into separate, different dishes in order to develop their unique flavors. The dishes are then layered in a clay jar with soup and wine. Lotus leaf is used to seal the jar, and the jar is finally placed on the fire to be heated.
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