Chapter 24 Chengdu Mashed Potatoes

Chengdu people have always been known for their delicacy, nutrition and quality in cooking food.I have roamed around Sichuan many times, and I have eaten very delicate delicacies, including duck tongue, rabbit waist, etc. After eating, I am full of emotions. In May 2008, I visited Zhu Xiaojian in Chengdu. His friend Kang Zhuang invited me to have dinner at Deyilou. I was very moved by a very Sichuan-style delicacy—mashed potatoes. I missed my recent years in the Northwest, I have traveled to many places in the southwest.Whether it is the northwest where I have traveled, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, potatoes are the staple food of the local people, and they are made into various delicious foods; or the southwest where I have traveled, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, and Sichuan , Potatoes are the main food in the local area, and they are made into very distinctive delicacies and served on the table, which are deeply loved by the people.

In the summer of 2010, I traveled to Kunming, and I was very happy to eat authentic Kunming potato delicacies such as potato rice, crispy potatoes, and potato shredded pancakes. In 2009, I went on a business trip to Chongqing, and I saw mashed potato sellers in the streets and alleys. A large pan was full of potatoes, making a sizzling sound, and the aroma of the potatoes spread, and the passers-by on the road were salivating. , many gluttonous girls, carrying a bowl of mashed potatoes while eating and shopping, taking mashed potatoes as a snack or dinner.I went to have supper, and mashed potatoes are also the protagonist of the supper stand.

People in Sichuan love to eat potatoes, and they come in many shapes and forms.I have traveled around half of Sichuan Province and eaten countless potato delicacies.In rural Sichuan, every household is drying potato chips and potato lumps.The dried potato slices are fried and eaten until golden brown, sprinkled with sugar or salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper noodles, and chili noodles. It tastes special.The most common way for farmers is to eat potato stew, and potatoes are used as a side dish of meat, and even potatoes are used in braised pork. After potatoes entered cities like Chengdu, they changed the way of eating them in rural areas, embarked on the road of Sichuan cuisine, and began to change endlessly and be finely processed.I know that there are dozens of varieties such as fried potatoes, potato shredded cakes, potatoes dipped in bean paste, potatoes reheated, and mashed potatoes, which have become a wonderful work in the Sichuan cuisine army.

I have been to Yibin County, Sichuan, and there is a town called Gaochang, where the soil and climate are very suitable for growing potatoes, and the yield is extremely high. In the early 1990s, the potato planting area in Gaochang Town was nearly 10,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 10,000 tons of fresh potatoes, which were sold directly to Chongqing and Chengdu.Now, there is a paradise for potato cultivation, and potatoes are everywhere in the mountains and plains. Mashed Potatoes is a famous traditional dish in Chengdu, with simple ingredients and delicate preparation, it is very popular among diners.I have traveled around half of China, and I seldom eat such delicious potato food as Chengdu Mashed Potatoes.I am a potato lover, and I have a soft spot for potatoes. I have eaten a lot of potato foods, and I also like some fresh potato foods to satisfy my taste.

To make mashed potatoes, the main ingredient is potatoes.After the fresh potatoes are washed, the skins are scraped off in a dustpan, and as long as they are steamed in a pan, steamed thoroughly, and ground into a puree, the raw material processing is completed.Mashed potatoes mainly pay attention to fineness, and no coarse particles are allowed.Many restaurants use machines to grind. The real mashed potatoes must be ground by hand. The longer the grinding time, the waxy and sticky texture will appear. It tastes delicate and sticky, and it can also avoid the taste and nutrition of potatoes themselves. drain.

Potatoes are rich in protein, better than soybeans, and close to animal protein.It produces lower calories, and eating more can lose weight.It also has the functions of harmonizing the stomach, regulating the middle, invigorating the spleen, and replenishing qi. It has therapeutic effects on gastric ulcer, habitual constipation, hot cough and skin eczema. Mashed potatoes need to be added with diced chicken, diced ham, green peas, diced carrots, and minced ginger as seasonings, supplemented by seasoning such as salt, chicken broth, and cooking wine.These ingredients have strict requirements in the production process. First, the chicken, green peas, and carrots should be cooked; secondly, the chicken, ham, carrots, and ginger should be cut into fine powder or small granules, and cut into dices the size of green peas; Then boil it with mashed potatoes and chicken soup until the mashed potatoes are sticky and sticky.When you eat it, all kinds of flavors are melted in it, and it feels like glutinous rice balls.

Chengdu’s mashed potatoes, the strongest taste is the addition of Fuling sauerkraut, which has a slightly sour taste when eaten, plus the grainy texture of diced ham, green peas, and diced carrots. It is soft and hard, delicate and rough. When eating, you will carefully search for and taste the taste of mashed potatoes, and identify the origin of various flavors, which adds to the fun. Some parents in Chengdu make mashed potatoes for their babies, add pork and pork liver to it, and mash the pork and pork liver into a puree, which tastes soft, fragrant and nutritious.