Chongzhou specialty snacks

Chongzhou is a region in Sichuan Province. When people talk about Sichuan, they will think of Sichuan’s specialty foods. Chongzhou is no exception and has many traditional specialty snacks. For example, there may be Tangma cakes, Chongming loquat tea or traditional pastry frozen cakes, etc. Because of these special snacks, many people will travel to Chongzhou for a period of time just to taste these delicacies in person. The following is a detailed introduction to Chongzhou's specialty snacks.

Chongzhou snacks include: Tang Ma Bing, Shi Guanyin pressed duck, frozen cake, etc.

1. The production area of ​​Tang Ma Bing is the current administrative area of ​​Jiezi Town, Chongzhou City, Sichuan Province. Jie Zi Tang Ma Bing is a famous Han snack in Jie Zi Ancient Town, Chongzhou City, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. This product was listed as one of the four famous snacks in Shuzhou in the 1940s because of its precise cooking, yellow but not burnt, crispy skin and crumbly center, and sweet and crumbly taste.

2. Shi Guanyin Pressed Duck is a traditional Han Chinese delicacy in Chengdu, Sichuan. It has a golden skin, mellow and delicious flavor, is dry but not hard, oily but not greasy, sandy but not cottony, moist and tender, with a long and chewy taste and unique flavor. It is very suitable as a side dish for wine. This delicacy is not available everywhere, but in the Shu area of ​​central Sichuan. Because its craftsmanship is highly confidential, it is not visible outside. When Chengdu people want to eat it, most of them have to ask relatives and friends or go to Chongzhou to enjoy it. This is enough to show its extraordinary charm.

3. Frozen cake, a specialty pastry of the Han nationality, was created by Jiang Zhongyu, a chef from Huaiyuan Town during the Republic of China period and is known as Jiang Sanmaizi Frozen Cake. Its production process is traditional and unique. First, soak the rice and grind it into a slurry. Then, steam the glutinous rice that has been blanched in boiling water. Then, mix the two together and put them into a jar to ferment. Finally, add lard and brown sugar. The finished product is white with a slight yellowish color, moist, soft and elastic; it is loose and crumbly, oily but not greasy, and sweet and slightly sour.

4. Chongyang Wine

Sichuan Chongyang Wine Industry is located in the beautiful and fertile western Sichuan plain, in the hinterland of the Land of Abundance - Chongzhou City. The place is picturesque with mountains and clear water, backed by the secluded Qingcheng Mountain and facing the clear water of Wenjing.

5. Chongming Qing Loquat Tea

Chongqing loquat tea is a specialty of Chongzhou City (formerly known as Chongqing County), Sichuan Province, and a Chinese geographical indication product. Chongqing loquat tea is a precious and rare tea tree variety resource in China. It is named after its leaves that resemble loquat leaves. It is a tea tree group variety formed through long-term natural evolution and cultivation.

6. Jie Zi Lao Hao Tang Sesame Cake

Jie Zi Lao Hao Tang Sesame Cake is made from high-quality flour, white sugar, rock sugar, vegetable oil, sesame seeds and other ingredients. After a special process of making the skin, core, oil and pastry, it is made into a round shape, then covered with peeled sesame seeds and baked.

7. Chongzhou Oxtail Bamboo Shoots

Oxtail shoots grow in areas with an altitude of 800-1500 meters. They are a type of bamboo shoots. They are young and tender developing buds that grow from the rhizomes of bamboo. Once they grow out of the ground, they are cut down and eaten as a vegetable.