Zhengding Eight Bowls [Hebei Zhengding Specialty]

What are the Eight Bowls of Zhengding? Authentic Hebei Zhengding specialty: Zhengding Eight Bowls

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Introduction to the Eight Great Bowls of Zhengding

The Eight Great Bowls of Zhengding consist of four meat dishes and four vegetable dishes, totaling eight dishes. The four meat dishes are pork elbow, crispy meat, pork belly, and square meat, while the four vegetable dishes are radish, seaweed, vermicelli, and tofu. The eight dishes that are paired with meat and vegetables are served in large bowls. Nowadays, whenever there is a grand event or celebration in the family, a major festival, or a reception of distinguished guests, the final dish is undoubtedly the Eight Bowls, which is a way of hospitality and a traditional folk custom

What are the product features of Zhengding Eight Large Bowls

Eight bowls of dishes, well made, carefully selected, economical, fat but not greasy, suitable for all ages, with excellent color, aroma, taste, and shape, and significant northern cuisine characteristics. The combination of meat and vegetables is rich in nutrients

Method for making the Eight Great Bowls in Zhengding

Button the elbows: Take one elbow in front of the pig, boil the elbow until it is fully cooked and remove it. Wipe the skin clean with a towel, apply sweet sauce, and deep fry it until it bubbles. Remove it from the pot, then use a knife to set the bowl. Use scallions, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and other ingredients to stir fry until fragrant. Add broth, then add salt, monosodium glutamate, white sugar, and chicken powder to the bowl. Steam for one and a half hours

Yam meat: Cut the yam into slices and deep fry until golden brown. Remove and slice the pork belly, then place one slice of meat and one slice of yam in a bowl. Add brown sugar, white sugar, salt, cooking wine, and steam Sichuan pepper water for 40 minutes

Rice noodles meat: fried pork slices, put the fried glutinous rice on the pork, fix the bowl after being covered with glutinous rice, pour the soup, salt, monosodium glutamate and cooking wine into the fixed bowl and steam for 30 minutes

Tendons: Slice the pork belly into a bowl, pour in the broth and sauce, steam for 40 minutes. The eight large bowls of meat dishes in Zhengding are all cooked and steamed using unique techniques, following strict procedures and processes

Sour and Spicy Radish: Cut the radish into strips, stir fry with chili pepper, add MSG, chicken powder, rice vinegar, and pour into a bowl. Steam for 15 minutes

Steaming kelp: After the kelp is cooked, cut it into strips and use lard, Sichuan peppercorns, and large ingredients to stir fry in a pot. Add seasonings and broth, and steam for another 10 minutes

Steamed vermicelli: Soak the vermicelli in water, then stir fry with Sichuan peppercorns, soybean paste, scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant. Add sweet bean sauce, broth, salt, monosodium glutamate, white sugar, and chicken powder. Place in a bowl and steam over high heat for 10 minutes

Steamed Tofu: Cut the tofu into triangular pieces and deep fry until golden brown before removing. Steam the prepared soup for 15 minutes

Awards and honors for the Zhengding Eight Bowls

The representative "Song Ji Eight Bowls" production technique of the Zhengding Eight Bowls has been listed as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage protection projects in Hebei Province