Qiuxi Town, Zizhong County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province is famous for its "Qiuxi River Catfish". All the guests passing by Qiuxi Town will stop here, visit the ancient town of Qiuxi, enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of Qiuxi River and taste the delicious catfish in Qiuxi River. Every day, people who go to Qiuxi to taste "Qiuxi River Catfish" are busy and endless, forming a unique scenery. TfV
Catfish live in tropical and subtropical rivers, lakes, ponds and ditches. Catfish are distributed in all major water systems in eastern China, among which Qiuxi area in Sichuan is rich in catfish, so the practice of catfish in Sichuan cuisine promotes the authenticity of Qiuxi area. Qiuxi Town lies between Chengdu and Chongqing. There is a local river called Qiuxi River, which is a tributary of the Yangtze River and is rich in catfish. Every local family likes to eat catfish. People in Qiuxi pay attention to taking wild catfish from the river when they eat catfish, and now they also eat and kill them. The difference between wild catfish and cultured catfish is that wild catfish is turquoise, while cultured catfish is black.
The common practice of catfish in Qiuxi is home-cooked silver carp. Generally, catfish about 3 kg are slaughtered and washed, then the fish are cut into strips, seasoned with salt and starch, and then hung up and oiled. Add a proper amount of pickled pepper and ginger to stir-fry, add cooking wine and water, drain the water, and add some celery before taking out the pot. The practice is not complicated, but it pays attention to the temperature. As the saying goes, "more meat makes you old, less meat makes you unfamiliar." The "Qiuxi Catfish" on the table can smell the fragrance of celery and the spicy fragrance of pickled ginger and pepper mixed with a touch of fish, which is very attractive. Catfish meat is tender, and people who are not spicy can taste it, which is suitable for table and wine making.
In addition, boiled catfish, spicy catfish, garlic-roasted catfish and nourishing catfish are very popular, among which boiled catfish is not very spicy, but its meat is delicate and delicious. Braised catfish with spicy garlic, spicy and attractive. If you want a big tonic, you can have a nourishing hot pot with American ginseng, Adenophora adenophora, Codonopsis pilosula, yam, coix seed, jujube and medlar as seasoning, which is nourishing and delicious. In addition, the pepper here is taken from the small lantern pepper in Guizhou. If it is brewed with rock sugar, it will be very sweet and can remove the anger of pepper, so even women who are afraid of acne can boldly taste it.