Nantong specialties and snacks

Nantong is a place that mainly produces quilts. When people come here to travel, besides having fun, they also want to appreciate the local food. Nantong’s delicious snacks include bamboo chicken roasted with taro, Rugao Dongtang, and boiled Langshan chicken. When you go to Nantong, you can try these delicacies. Nantong has many special foods and snacks, which incorporate the local people's culinary wisdom and are a favorite place for many tourists.

Rugao Dongtang

Rugao Dongtang is a delicious Han Chinese snack produced in Rugao, Jiangsu. It is mainly made of refined white flour, white sugar, sesame and maltose, and is made through processes such as material selection, sugar boiling, sugar core making, sugar bone making and molding. To make the core, the sesame seeds are roasted and ground, the skin and kernel are separated, and then roasted until light yellow. The heat and time must be just right so that the food does not burn and the sesame aroma is strong. The process of boiling sugar bones requires ensuring that they have good ductility and can be formed smoothly. The final step is to unfold the sugar bones, evenly distribute the sugar cores, repeatedly fold them, and press and cut them into shape. The finished product is a flat rectangular block, white with a slightly yellowish color, with distinct layers, a spiral texture in cross section, and a phoenix eye-shaped center; it melts easily in the mouth, is crispy and sweet, and has a long aftertaste.

Roasted Bamboo Chicken with Taro

Braised bamboo chicken with taro is a Su cuisine. The color is golden, the bamboo chicken is delicious, it has the fragrance of taro and chestnut, and it is crispy when eaten. People in Nantong roast bamboo chicken with taro, which is a rare and precious game delicacy. It is crispy and has good color and aroma. Taro is a perennial leguminous plant, named for its underground rhizomes which have a light fragrance. Taro fried dried tea is known as the king of vegetarian dishes. In the 19th chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu listed taro as a fruit, which shows how delicious it is and how long it has been eaten. Haimen and Qidong in Nantong area still retain the tradition of growing taro.

Stewed Langshan Chicken

Clear-boiled Langshan Chicken, also known as original braised Langshan Chicken, is a Jiangsu dish. The soup is clear and the bottom is visible, the skin is white and shiny, the flavor is rich, and it has a slight aroma of cured meat. It is an excellent soup and dish. Langshan Chicken is one of the eight standard chicken breeds in the world. Its original name was "Chahe Big Chicken" and "Matang Black Chicken". It was discovered by a British sailor in Nantong in 1872. After being brought back to Britain, it was named "Langshan Chicken". Langshan chicken has mostly black feathers with bright colors, is tall and has long legs, thin skin and fine meat, and is delicious. It is a dual-purpose breed for laying hens and meat. After being exported to foreign countries, Langshan chickens were distributed in various countries and were once included in the world's excellent poultry atlas. Langshan chicken has thin skin and tender meat, so there are many ways to eat it.

Xiting Shortbread

Xiting Crisp Cookies are a famous Han Chinese snack from Xiting, Nantong, Jiangsu. They originated in the early years of Emperor Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty and have a history of a hundred years. Xiting shortbread is made of fine ingredients and is finely crafted. It has a unique style of being sweet, crispy, delicious and tasty. There is a folk song going around: "The Xiting crispy cake has eighteen layers, each layer is so clear that it can shine in the light. It is so sweet and crispy that it makes you love it."

Peach and Sesame Cake

Embedded peach and sesame cake is a famous snack of the Han nationality in Nantong area of ​​Jiangsu Province. It is mainly made of sesame powder, white sugar, fried rice flour and walnut kernels. The color is golden, the taste is fragrant, sweet, loose and crispy, with the fragrance of sesame. It is made with meticulous craftsmanship using ingredients such as sesame powder, white sugar, fried rice noodles and walnut kernels. Two pieces per pound, each piece has about fifty slices, each slice is golden in color, with peaches embedded evenly, fragrant, sweet, loose and crispy. Eaten dry, it is crispy and sweet, with a strong sesame aroma; soaked and eaten, it is fragrant and refreshing without being greasy.

Zhengchang smoked cake

Zhengchang smoked cake is a famous traditional Han pastry in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. It is produced in Zhengchang Town, Tongzhou District, and has a history of nearly 500 years. Zhengchang smoked cake is made with exquisite ingredients and delicate production. It uses high-quality glutinous rice and sesame as the main raw materials, and adds appropriate amounts of white sugar, vegetable oil, osmanthus, pepper salt and other ingredients. It goes through more than twenty working processes and is finally smoked over a low fire. It is light yellow in color, crispy but not burnt, crunchy but not loose. The cake is in the shape of rectangular slices with uniform thickness. A single slice is transparent under natural light and has a fragrant aroma that makes people salivate. The smoked cake is similar to sesame cake, crispy and sweet, with a salty taste. It has a unique flavor and a delicate texture that is far superior to sesame cake.