Minqing Zhacai [Fujian Minqing Specialty]

What is Min Qing Zha Cai? Authentic Fujian Minqing specialty: Minqing pickled vegetables

Content summary:Do you want to know what Minqing pickled vegetables are? This article is a detailed introduction toFujian Minqing specialty - Minqing fermented vegetables. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Minqing fermented vegetables. The full text takes about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Minqing fermented vegetables and their nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Minqing pickled vegetables? How did the history of Minqing pickled vegetables come about? The production method of Minqing fermented vegetables, etc

Basic introduction of Minqing pickled vegetables

Minqing pickled vegetables are a traditional Han Chinese famous dish and one of the traditional specialties of Minqing, Fujian. They are made from locally produced mustard greens, sun dried to 70% dryness, mixed with glutinous rice wine lees and salt, fermented and aged according to traditional techniques, and marinated in wine jars. During Zheng He's voyages to the West in the Ming Dynasty, Minqing pickled vegetables were brought overseas by ship and then continuously exported to various Southeast Asian countries

What are the nutritional values of Minqing lees

In cooking, it is often seen that chefs use distillers' grains in the process of making dishes. With the addition of distillers' grains, the dishes in the pot immediately become fragrant and tempting to drink. This is because Xiangzao has the characteristics of rich aroma, removing fishy smell, enhancing freshness, and increasing appetite, so it is often used as a seasoning to enhance freshness and aroma in cooking and is widely used

How did the history of Minqing pickled vegetables come about

One of the famous pickled vegetables is from Minqing County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. It is one of the three treasures of Minqing and is often served as a guest gift along with the other two treasures, olives and dried tea noodles, in Fuzhou

Near the six capitals of Minqing, Baiyan Mountain is high with dense forests, deep ravines and many caves. Within a radius of three to fifty miles, ancient trees stand tall, providing shade from the sun. There are also many wild animals and monkeys. The crops and vegetable gardens are often destroyed, and people and animals cannot live in peace. In order to prevent and drive away beasts, everyone in rural areas knows how to hunt and catch them. They make their own digging arrows, animal ropes, cat traps, and other traps to lure wild animals. One day, a farmer set up a cat machine in his vegetable garden. He had planned to catch wild cats and rabbits, but he ended up trapping monkeys. The monkey squeaked and ran away when the farmer arrived. The monkey felt a sense of revenge when it saw someone rushing over. That evening, a group of monkeys were recruited to pull out all the radishes and mustard greens in this vegetable garden. Unable to finish eating for a while, it was placed on the top of a cliff to dry. After drying, it was softened with salty and sour tree sap and mud, marinated in chopped bamboo, and sealed tightly with yellow mud on the surface, covered with messy grass. Soon, pickled vegetables in bamboo were discovered by others, and people tasted the unique flavor of "sweet and sour dishes" and praised them endlessly. This matter spread and inspired everyone to create even sweeter and more delicious pickled vegetables: dry fresh and tender mustard greens, rub them soft with distiller's grains and salt, put them in a jar and squeeze them tightly, seal the jar mouth with yellow soil, then flip the jar over and cover it with wood ash. After six months, take it out and it's a fragrant and popular pickled vegetable. Due to its main use of red lees for pickling, it is commonly known as "lees dishes"

Method of making Minqing lees

lees are made by marinating high-quality mustard greens and top-quality red wine lees.