Beijing Cuisine
Introduction
Beijing cuisine is a cooking style in Beijing, China. It is also formally known as Mandarin cuisine. Beijing cuisine has the reputation for being China's most refined cuisine.
Influenced by other cuisines
Since Beijing has been the Chinese capital city for centuries, its cuisine has been influenced by traditions from all over China, but the cuisine that has exerted the greatest influence on Beijing cuisine is the cuisine of the eastern coastal province of Shandong.
Influence to other cuisines
Beijing cuisine has itself, in turn, also greatly influenced other Chinese cuisines, particularly the cuisine of Liaoning , the Chinese imperial cuisine, and the Chinese aristocrat cuisine.
Forms
Foods that originated in Beijing are often snacks rather than full courses, and they are typically sold by little shops or street vendors.
Cooking methods
1) Barbecuing
2) Deep-boiling
3) Roasting
4) Smoking
5) Braising
Ingredients
For Gourmet Dishes -
Garlic, ginger, leeks, pork, spring onions, bean sauce, different spices, chilies, vegetables(usually the Northern white cabbage), duck, pork, chicken, seafood, beef, and lamb
For Condiment -
Dark soy sauce, sesame paste, sesame oil, scallions, fermented tofu
Examples of Beijing Cuisine
This dish is sliced to thin, crispy pieces of meat in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks are bred specially for the dish, which after 65 days are slaughtered and seasoned before it is roasted in a closed oven or a hung oven. The meat is often eaten with pancakes, spring onions or hoi sin sauce.
Hot and sour soup is a Chinese soup claimed variously by Mandarin cuisines as a traditional dish. The Chinese hot and sour soup can be both vegetarian and meat-based, and often contains ingredients such as day lily buds, wood ear fungus, bamboo shoots, and tofu. It is typically spicy, with red peppers or white pepper, and sour, with vinegar.
Hot pot refers to several Chinese varieties of steamboat stew. It consists of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. The cooked food is usually eaten with a sauce. In many areas, hot pot meals are often eaten in the winter.
Common dumpling meat fillings include pork, mutton, beef, chicken, fish , and shrimp which are usually mixed with chopped vegetables. Popular vegetable fillings include cabbage, scallion, and Chinese chives. Dumplings are eaten with a soy sauce-based dipping sauce that may include vinegar, garlic, ginger, rice wine, hot sauce, and sesame oil.