Shredded pork with pickles is a traditional dish of Han nationality and also a Hakka dish. The production materials are pork belly, plum vegetables, onions, ginger slices and so on.
Usually pork belly is cooked thoroughly in a soup pot, dipped in soy sauce, fried and colored, and then cut into pieces. Then add onion, ginger and other seasonings and stir-fry for a while, then simmer the soup with low heat, put the pork belly in a bowl, spread plum vegetables on the upper layer, and pour the original soup to steam thoroughly. When you take food, buckle the meat on the plate. The cooked meat is rotten and fragrant, salty and slightly sweet, fat but not greasy.
Braised pork with plum vegetables, baked chicken with salt and stuffed tofu are called Hakka three treasures.
Food history:
The specific origin time of braised pork with plum vegetables has not been verified. Mei Cai is a Hakka specialty in Guangdong, which is made of fresh Mei Cai after salting and desalting. Plum cuisine has a long history and is famous at home and abroad. It is one of the three famous dishes in Lingnan, and it is a famous traditional specialty in Lingnan. It is called "Huizhou Tribute" as court food in history.
Fresh plum vegetables used by the people are made by drying, selecting and pickling. Golden color, sweet and refreshing, neither cold nor dry, neither wet nor hot, has the effects of enhancing digestion, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, resolving food stagnation, invigorating stomach, reducing blood lipid and lowering blood pressure. The long history, unique flavor and efficacy, and the spread of nearly a thousand years have created the reputation of "Huizhou Plum Cuisine". There is an ancient poem describing: "Rose buds are ten miles green, and Huizhou is the flower of plum vegetables", and Huizhou was awarded the title of "Hometown of Plum Vegetables in China" by the State Council.