Danfeng Specialties

Many people may not have been to Danfeng and are relatively unfamiliar with this place, so they lack knowledge about Danfeng's cuisine. Danfeng’s braised pork with brown sauce and steamed pork with alfalfa powder are very famous. You can learn how to make these two foods and try to make them at home. Danfeng’s braised pork and steamed pork have a relatively tender texture, and the fattiness of the pork belly is well controlled, so we won’t feel sick of eating too much.

Danfeng [Shangzhi Braised Pork with Kneaded Pork] is located in Danfeng County on the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains. Shangzhi Braised Pork with Kneaded Pork is a traditional famous dish of the hometown. It is cooked with the local wild vegetable Shangzhi and fresh pork. It is famous for its crispy and delicious taste and non-greasy taste. Shangzhi Braised Pork is not only delicious, but also very easy to make. Despite years of evolution, it is still the favorite of many foodies!

[Danfeng Wine] Danfeng Wine is a shining name card of Danfeng. It is a sweet and delicious wine that is not only well-known but also has a long history. Anciman comes from a wine-making family, and his ancestors made wine for the Italian royal family and aristocracy. Ansiman is famous locally for his superb brewing skills. The wine he brews is extremely mellow and tastes great, and is highly praised. However, Ansiman has always longed for the ancient and mysterious country in the East - China. In the early 20th century, Anseman came to China as a missionary and traveled all over the country. When An Ximan traveled to the Danfeng Longju Ancient Village, he saw the combination of north and south, beautiful mountains and clear waters, and was reluctant to leave. Seeing that longan grapes were produced in abundance in this area, he tried to use his ancestral skills to make wine in Danfeng.

[Steamed pork with alfalfa flour] Steamed pork with alfalfa flour is a famous Han snack in Danfeng. It is glutinous and fragrant, crispy and refreshing, with some fat and some lean, red and white, tender but not mushy, the rice flour is oily and the five-spice flavor is rich. When you eat it, you can smell the aroma of alfalfa, which is mixed with the aroma of meat, creating a unique flavor.

The method of making Danfeng alfalfa steamed pork is simple and easy to learn: select the best three-layer pork ribs with five belly, slice them after braising, and lay them neatly on the bottom of the bowl with the back of the meat facing down; wash the dried alfalfa, boil it until soft, cut it into sections, stir-fry the wheat flour, add appropriate amount of sugar, salt, five-spice powder and other seasonings, mix well, and spread it on the meat; steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes and then turn it upside down on a plate. A plate of alfalfa steamed pork with delicious aroma is ready, with neatly arranged, golden and shiny meat slices on the top and alfalfa like a soft mat on the bottom. The room is filled with fragrance, making people salivate!

[Danfeng Jiaotuan] is to stir corn flour evenly in a boiling pot, sprinkle flour while stirring, the key is stirring. When stirring, you need to use force and control the strength well. Stir it one step at a time, stir in large circles along the inner edge of the pot, and also stir it to the bottom steadily and evenly. Then the number of times of stirring is very important. "To make a good stir, stir it seventy-two times" is the minimum number. There are also seventy-seven stirs counterclockwise and seventy-seven stirs clockwise, which is close to one hundred. What about three hundred and sixty stirs for a large pot? Use a spoon to serve the cooked stir-fried dough in a bowl and pour hot soup on it. Sauerkraut can be eaten cold in summer. Sour and delicious lady.

Of course, as a senior foodie in Danfeng, how can we not mention Danfeng beef tendon noodles? Although it is not considered elegant and cannot be served in hotels with many fine dishes, it does not affect its status in our hearts. There are also oil noodles in Shangzhen, steamed buns with mutton offal in the courtyard of the Supply and Marketing Mall, gourd heads on Lingyuan Road, Hejia steamed buns opposite the New Century Hotel, and dough wrappers on the side of the national highway on Shangmao Street, etc. These are all the places that we foodies are most familiar with!