Taiwanese cuisineFrom the earliestTaiwanAboriginal diet,NetherlandsandSpainColonial culture, the diet of Minnan and Hakka people during the Qing Dynasty, and the Japanese ruleJapanCooking and the introduction of Western food, and then the National Government of the Republic of China relocated to Taiwan, bringingChina MainlandThe food culture of each province has developed a food culture that combines the north and the south and western food.
Ingredients
The ingredients of Taiwanese cuisine are almost the same asChinaandJapanese foodThe same, so the following are inevitable:
- Meat：Especially beef, pork, and fish are the main and common ones. Because Taiwan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, coupled with the huge freshwater fisheries in the south, three meals and one meal will never lack fish.
- poultry: Such as ducks and chickens are very popular.
- Rice: A typical staple food.
- vegetable: Usually can be divided into steamed, pickled, fried or boiled.
- Sauce：
- soy sauce: Take soybean as the main raw material, add water and salt to make koji and ferment, under the action of various enzymes secreted by various microorganisms, it is a kind of liquid brewed.
- Kumquat sauce: It is more common in Hakka cuisine. It uses ripe kumquat (four season orange) and a sprig of Chaotian pepper as the main ingredients, and then uses sugar, salt and a little rice wine as seasonings.
Dishes
- Hakka Stir-Fry: It is a very popular Hakka cuisine in Taiwan. Traditionally used ingredients include pork belly, dried bean curd, squid, coriander, celery, spring onion and soy sauce. It has evolved into a modern era where food and clothing are not scarce. Some people also add shrimp skin, red pepper, and greens. Chili, green onion, etc. enhance the flavor, the flavor is better than before, and each has its own unique flavor.
- Pineapple Shrimp Balls: One of Taiwan's special dishes. The main ingredients are cornstarch (tapioca starch), sugar, salad dressing, lemon, egg white, salt, grass shrimp, and pineapple.
- Taiwanese Kimchi: Unlike Korean kimchi, Taiwanese kimchi is mainly sweet and sour. The main ingredients are cabbage, carrot slices and red pepper flakes, rice vinegar, sugar and red pepper are the ingredients, and salt, sugar, and glutinous rice vinegar are the basic seasonings. After another day of salting and dehydration, the taste will be better. Crisp.
Drink
Glutinous rice wine
- Tea: It is a daily drink. Is based on tea and water traditionteapotIt is made by heating; among them, Oriental Beauty Tea, Oolong Tea and Tieguanyin are the most famous.
- bubble tea:existSouth TaiwanAlso known asBoba Milk Tea, Is one of the most representative beverages in Taiwan, and it is also spread throughoutEast Asia、Europe、U.Sevenmiddle EastCountries and other places; it is mainly a sweet drink made by adding powder balls (pearls) to milk tea.
- Lei Cha: AkaSanshengtangA kind of refreshment for the Hakka people to entertain distinguished guests. The beating means grinding. The tea, sesame, peanuts and other raw materials are ground into powder in a ceramic beating bowl, and mixed with hot and cold water to mix thoroughly and drink. Lei Cha can satisfy hunger and quench thirst, and can also be drunk as a health drink.
- liquor：
- Sorghum: Mainly produced inKinmen CountyThe wine is a Chinese shochu that uses dry land sorghum and introduces the sweet water of Jinmen Baoyue Shenquan and the clean air and climatic conditions of Jinmen. It is manufactured by inheriting ancient techniques and is famous for its "clearness, transparency, pure texture, and rich aroma."
- Glutinous rice wine: AkaMountain wine, Is a common alcohol for the aborigines of Taiwan.
dessert
Mochi is one of the common snacks in Minnan and Hakka cuisines.
- Mochi: It is one of the most representative foods in Taiwanese rice dishes. It is mainly made of glutinous rice flour, warm water, sugar and oil to make a white sticky substance, and peanut flour, black sesame powder and sugar are used as seasonings.
- Peanut Tofu：It is a traditional Hakka food, commonly found inPingtungNeipu、KaohsiungMino、TainanIn other places, the basic raw materials are peanuts, rice noodles, sweet potato noodles, salt and other ingredients. The peanut tofu is made more like a bowl cake, and the taste is very different between the two.