When it comes to eating spicy food, you may think of Sichuan spicy food, Hunan spicy food, and Guizhou hot and sour food.
But in fact, spicy food is also Yunnan people’s favorite.
It’s just that Yunnan’s spiciness seems to be more varied, and its characteristics are difficult to summarize in a unified vocabulary. Each place in Yunnan has its own unique understanding and application of spicy food.
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Dehong: The most powerful pepper in China
The most powerful pepper in Yunnan and even China is shabushabu spicy, which comes from the Dehong area.
The reason why it is called shabu shabu spicy is because it only needs to be rinsed in water, otherwise the spiciness of will be difficult for ordinary people to bear.
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It also has an alias called elephant trunk spicy .
It is said that the elephant accidentally touched the chili pepper with its trunk, causing the elephant to run wildly. Its spiciness is twenty to thirty times higher than other peppers, and it is known as the "King of Peppers in the World".
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Wenshan : the hometown of Chinese peppers
If there is no place that can beat Dehong in terms of spiciness, then in terms of the number of peppers, Wenshan is the well-deserved king.
The cultivation of peppers in Wenshan's Qiubei County began in the late Ming Dynasty . It has a history of more than 300 years. In 1999, it won the title of "Hometown of China's Peppers".
Because the peppers produced have higher indexes than the famous Chaoyang spicy, Japan's Sanying spicy, and Henan's fragrant pepper , is recognized as one of the best edible peppers.
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Pu'er Xishuangbanna : Hot and sour style
Pu'er and Xishuangbanna, located in southern Yunnan, are affected by the hot and humid climate. Their spicy medium A little sour.
The most Banna characteristic of the Dai-flavored steamed buns is missing the spicy millet that enhances the flavor.
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and for Pu'er , it can be seen from the street snacks. From pickled chicken feet and cold sour papaya to boiled fish with sour bamboo shoots and pork feet with papaya at banquets, spicy and sour food can be found everywhere.
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Honghe: the hometown of spicy millet
Xiaomi spicy is the most popular pepper in Yunnan, but if you want to say where millet spicy is rich, it must be Honghe Jianshui.
As of 2007, Jianshui County's millet spicy planting area, output, and output value ranked first in the country, becoming the country's largest " millet spicy hometown".
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Lincang: sharp and spicy flavor
Compared with other places, Lincang’s spiciness is straightforward. When you eat it in your mouth, you can even feel a sharp spiciness. It goes right to your heart.
Lincang people often make a kind of condiment when eating. Meng Ding Chaotian pepper Chop up the pepper, shred the ginger, add salt, monosodium glutamate and soy sauce, mix well, and then eat the cooked vegetables as a dip.
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Dali: Seven Spicy Sisters
"Seven sisters and seven flowers bloom in Xiangyun Mountain and Dam, and one flower and one color reflect thousands of homes."
This Dali Xiangyun folk song does not sing about the real seven sisters, but about the "seven spicy sisters". If spicy food is an indispensable delicacy on the dining table of Xiangyun people, these "Seven Sisters" are the treasures of spicy food.
The "Seven Spicy Sisters" are: spicy paste, oil spicy, spicy black bean sauce, spicy sauce, spicy sauce beans, spicy braised tofu, and spicy ginseng.
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Zhaotong: The new soul of spicy food
Zhaotong people’s spicy food is reflected in the form of sauce.
The geographical location close to Sichuan allows Zhaotong Sauce to develop its own flavor on the basis of Sichuan hot sauce.
Whether it is stir-fry or noodles, the spicy Zhaotong sauce can make it taste better.
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Qujing: Like Sichuan food but hotter
Qujing is located at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou provinces. The taste of the dishes is close to Sichuan food, but not exactly the same: is spicier than Sichuan food, but not as spicy as Sichuan food. .
Chili is more delicious than meat. This sentence is more appropriate to describe Zhanyi Spicy Chicken. Spicy millet, dried chili peppers, and glutinous rice cake chili peppers are all thrown into the boiling oil pan. They are spicy and fragrant, and fragrant and spicy.
For those who are not used to spicy food, although the first bite may make you sweat, you will definitely not be able to help but continue eating.
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Kunming: The gentle and spicy
Kunming, located on the edge of Dianchi Lake, does not pursue excitement when it comes to eating spicy food, and can even be called gentle.
This is very similar to the wrinkled and spicy that Kunming people love to eat.
The most "personality" thing about wrinkled peppers is the wrinkled pepper skin, which looks like an old woman in peppers, hence the name.
The spiciness of the wrinkled pepper is moderate. You may not feel it is very spicy when you take the first bite, but after a few more bites, you will feel a slight fever on your forehead, and you will feel thin layers of sweat, but the spiciness will not stay for too long. It passed in a while.
This kind of is not unbearably spicy, but can make people want to stop . Perhaps it is the Kunming people's gentle attitude towards eating spicy food.
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As for which people can eat spicy food the best, it may be destined to be a fruitless debate. After all, there are people who can eat spicy food everywhere, and some who cannot.
The only thing that is certain is that Yunnan people are undoubtedly the most versatile and wild when it comes to eating spicy food. This is probably why the spiciness of Yunnan cannot be summed up in one sentence.
