Baishiyi Pressed Salted Duck 白市驿板鸭
Nanshan Quanshui Chicken 南山泉水鸡
Maoxuewang 毛血旺
It is a dish of boiled blood curd, spices and other additives with spicy sauce. The main ingredients of Maoxuewang include raw pig’s blood or duck’s blood, meat of pigs’ heads, bone, pea, etc. Basic cooking process: cook bone and pea soup first; then boil and slice the meat. Cooking of chili Maoxuewang: heat chili and broad-bean source in oil, then mix them with bone and pea soup, boil the slices in the soup. Onions, tomatoes, chili and Chinese prickly ash are added to make it more delicious. To cook clear soup Maoxuewang, neither heat chili in oil, nor add any Chinese prickly ash. The dish tastes fresh and tender. Of course, every restaurant has its secret method to make the flavor unique.
Qianzhang 千张
The so-called Qianzhang is the skim of soya bean milk. In order to create this delicacy several steps must be followed carefully. First soybeans must be soak in well water, grounded, strained, boiled, restrained several times and spread over gauze until delicate snow-white Qianzhang is formed. Although the process is very tedious, it is definitely a tasty treat. Some people cut Qianzhang into slivers and toss it in sesame oil, garlic and chili oil. Some bake and fry it with bacon. It tastes soft and has a pleasant aftertaste leaving you wanting more after the first taste.
Spiced Salted Peanuts 椒盐花生
Spiced salted peanuts go well with many drinks including beer, wine, liquor, tea and much more. The cooking method is to firstly soak peanuts in salt water; then dry them in the sun; at last roast them giving them a unique flavor. Since the weather in Chongqing is humid, the people here are fond of spicy food.
Youting Braised Carp 邮亭鲫鱼
Youting is the name of Youting Town, which is 80 km away from Chongqing City. The city is famous for its succulent way of cooking carps leaving you wanting more. If you are fond of fish, you can have a try. Tongzi Jiyu Restaurant (长滨洞子鲫鱼), also called Zeng’s Fish Restaurant (曾氏鱼庄) is noted for this dish.
Zeng’s Fish Restaurant 曾氏鱼庄
This is a famous restaurant among the local young people, which locates at a shelter. The average price is about RMB35 per person.
Add: Changbin Lu, Yuzhong District, Chongqing渝中区长滨路
Tel: 023-63919753
Baishiyi Pressed Salted Duck 白市驿板鸭
The Baishiyi pressed salted duck is one of the famous specialty food. This recent savory culinary innovation (early 19th century) has evolved to into a traditional formula adored by many travelers. .
Chongqing Baishiyi Pressed Salted Duck Food Co., Ltd.
Add：No. 92 Baixin Jie, Baishiyi Town, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing
Tel：023-65703333
Website: http://www.baishiyi.com/en/index.asp
Nanshan Quanshui Chicken 南山泉水鸡
The snack street in Nanshan is known for its delicious Quanshui chicken. Zhulou Quanshui Chicken Restaurant specializes in this succulent dish made of free-range native chicken.
Add: Nanshan Quanshui Chicken Street, Nan’an District, Chongqing
Tel: 023-62462433
Website: http://www.zlqsj.com (Chinese)
Chongqing Hotpot 重庆火锅
Hotpot is the most famous and favorite dish in Chongqing. Chongqing local people consider the hotpot a local specialty, which is noted for its peppery and hot taste, scalding yet fresh and tender. Nowadays, as a matter of fact, Chongqing hotpot is famous and popular all over the country.
Chongqing hotpot was first eaten by poor boatmen of the Yangtze River in Chongqing area and then spread westwards to the rest of Sichuan Province. Now it is a very popular local flavor and can be found at every corner of the city.
People gather around a small pot filled with flavorful and nutritious soup base. The pot may be boiled by various means, such as charcoal, electric or gas. You have a choice of spicy, pure or combo for the soup. There are a great variety of hotpots, including Yuanyang (Double Tastes) hotpot, four tastes hotpot, fish head hotpot, tonic hotpot, entire sheep hotpot, etc. Chongqing hotpot is characterized by its spiciness, but to suit customers of different preference, salty, sweet or sour flavors of hotpot are available. As long as you can stand the spiciness, you are advised to try the spiciest one to ensure an authentic experience.
Thin sliced raw variety meat, fish, various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables are the main ingredients for this cuisine. All of these are boiled in the soup, and then you can dip them in a little bowl of special sauce.
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