Authentic Chinese food- the Hunan cuisine

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Authentic Chinese food is not the type of food that you get from your local takeaway restaurant. Authentic Chinese food is provincial, regional and one of those preferred regional cuisines from the Hunan province. It is one of the favorite Cuisines amongst the Asian food Dubai. 

More than 64 million people live in Hunan province of central China where the province has been inclined by all categories of cuisines. The region has enormous areas of agricultural land producing abundant crops as well as being home to one of the largest freshwater lakes in China, which innately has had its own influence on the cuisine.

There are so many types of ingredients to choose from that Hunan chefs can’t just make a simple meal by chucking vegetables and meat into a wok. No, Hunan cuisine comprises of complex flavors and is cooked carefully, to get necessary results to make it absolutely perfect. 

One typical dish that you can choose to do Chinese home delivery Dubai is the Orange beef. It is a beef that is left to marinate overnight in wine, egg whites and white pepper and then deep fried in very hot oil, after which it is drained then fried again until crisp. The beef is then added to the stir fried dried chilies, garlic, ginger, spring onions, fresh chili and orange peel. A sauce mixture of sugar, soy sauce, Chinese white rice vinegar, sesame oil, ground white pepper and chicken stock is then added to the coated beef.

Another important characteristic about Hunan cooking is the liberal use of chilies. Dishes are often cooked with a lot of fresh chilies with seeds in it. So, if you’re planning to taste Hunan cookery for the first time, remember to have yogurt or bread as a side dish accompanied with a dessert. Rice is the prevalent crop in the Hunan province, unlike other Chinese cuisines that use more of wheat. Hunan cuisines features beef, pork, sea food and rice. 

Stewed and steamed meat are typical in Hunan cuisine, which is made with the use of chilies to make it a tasty and healthy meal. Often the meat is smoked and the pork is cured to prepared a delicious dark gravy. Hunan cuisine depends on the season and has various varieties. In summer the climate is very humid and hot and so the spices are used liberally to open pore, to allow sweating. In winters, a dish called lovers hot pot is frequently eaten which is partly mild and partly spicy. 

What ever you eat in the Asian food Dubai- you are bound to love it!

Asad Parkar is a food blogger and love to write about various types of foods.