Huaiyang cuisine
EveretteEmmerich
There is a private dish that is very popular among visitors,"Stewed Three Fresh Crab Meal and Lion's Head". Friends all feel that the taste is wonderful, so I specially introduce it to my dear friends online. <br />Lion's head is one of the most popular Yangzhou dishes. Lion's head is called big illegal meat in Yangzhou dialect, and it is called big meatballs or Sixi meatballs in northern dialect. The pork rib meat is chopped into pomegranate grains and made into meatballs. After being stewed over low heat, the fat on the surface of the meatballs is generally melted but not completely melted. The lean meat appears relatively convex, giving people a feeling of rough hair. Because the meatballs are large and rough on the surface, they are called "lion's head". <br />Yangzhou Lion Head has three cooking methods: clear stewed, clear steaming, and braising. As for the derivative varieties, there are many, including clear stewed lion head with crab powder, grilled lion head with river mussel, grilled lion head with chicken, grilled lion head with green vegetables, and grilled lion head with bamboo shoots. Other dishes are unique delicacies. <br />The crab meat lion head I made today is a dish I made for my family at a Spring Festival family banquet several years ago based on the crab meat lion head and supplemented with three delicacies as auxiliary ingredients. At that time, this dish was very popular with my family, so I specially used it as an alternative to reserved private dish. Its taste was more delicious than the authentic stewed crab meal and lion's head. Generally, I rarely make it on important festivals.