Eating in China - Ziyang Changhong Catfish

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The thousand year old Tuo River flows through the city, half river fishing fire and half river poetry. "In the long river of Chinese cuisine, every dish is a living fossil of regional culture, and Ziyang's" Changhong Catfish "is a taste legend that blends historical smoke and earthly flavors together.

The native catfish in the Tuojiang River basin is born with the "river fresh gene" - big head and wide mouth, fine meat without mud smell, and fat belly, which is the perfect carrier of Sichuan cuisine. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Master Chang Hong returned to his hometown and saw fishermen cooking fish with river water. He then incorporated the palace seasoning method into folk fireworks, and from then on, "Chang Hong catfish" became a "river fresh feast" for Ziyang people to entertain distinguished guests.

Watching Sichuan cuisine use their skills: First, use rapeseed oil to stimulate the spicy soul of Erjingtiao, then soak ginger and pepper to create a sour aroma. When the soup turns red and bright like amber, fresh catfish will "swim" into this boiling world. When the sauce is harvested over high heat, sprinkle a handful of local green Sichuan peppercorns. The numbing aroma is wrapped in the fat fragrance and fried in the kitchen, making you drunk before eating. The fish meat is so tender that it can be sipped on the tip of the tongue, and the gum on the belly of the fish hangs with red oil, swaying tremblingly in the porcelain plate. When I take a chopstick and put it in my mouth, it is spicy with a hint of freshness, fresh with a hint of fragrance, reminding me of the essence of Chinese cuisine, which is "never tired of fine food and never tired of fine dishes".

The Milky Way of Tuojiang fishermen's net, Changhong catfish has already surpassed the scope of a single dish. It is a testament to the wisdom of adapting Chinese cuisine to local conditions, a cultural inheritance of the concept of "medicine and food sharing the same origin", and a heartfelt dialogue between the local soil and the craftsmanship of generations. When spicy food jumps on our taste buds with the ancient Sichuan River chant, what we taste is the fresh and hot fireworks of Chinese civilization.

翻译：四川大学 Alee

Translation: Alee from Sichuan University

审核：雁江区委宣传部 张尹

Reviewed by: Zhang Yin from the Propaganda Department of Yanjiang District Committee