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SuanCai Yu or Sauerkraut fish or Sichuan Fish with Pickled Mustard Greens is a dish from Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Popularized in the 1990s, Suancai Yu is one of Sichuan’s most well-known cuisines. It is characterized by its unique flavor of sour and spicy tastes.
Claims of history
There are multiple versions regarding the origin of Suan Cai Yu.
Claim 1:
Suan Cai Yu began on a fishing boat in Jiangjin, Chongqing. According to legend, the fisherman will catch big fish to sell money, often selling the leftover small fish to riverside farmers for sauerkraut to eat. The fisherman will then cook sauerkraut and fresh fish in a pot. Then they found this way of making the fish fresh and delicious. Sauerkraut fish were popular in the early 90's in both large and small restaurants. Sauerkraut fish is one of the pioneers of the beginning of Chongqing cuisine.[1]
Claim 2:
It was founded in Chongqing City, Jiangjin County, Jinfu Township, Zhou Yu food store.
Claim 3:
Some claimed that it originated from a fish restaurant located in Bishan County, Chongqing Municipality; this store is located in the tunnel on both sides of the highway and is surrounded by bodies of water with fresh fish, so they introduced a lot of fish cuisines, one of the fish was Suan Cai Yu.[1]
Claim 4:
Still in Chongqing, a fishing old man will put fish that he got into the pot with pickled vegetables to cook together.
Claim 5:
According to folklore in Sichuan, at the beginning of winter, the local people would pickle vegetables and store them in large jars. This way, they can use them whenever they want. However, these pickled vegetables are not eaten directly; instead, they are used to make soups with chicken, duck, fish, or meat. This was claimed to be the origin of Suan Cai Yu.[1]
Honor:
On September 10, 2018, Suancai Fish, one of Chongqing's top ten classic dishes, was listed at the 2018 First Event to Introduce "Chinese Cuisine" to the World, a large-scale exchange conference for classic provincial and regional dishes and famous banquets held in Zhengzhou, Henan.[2]
Recipe:
Grass carp, sauerkraut, fungus, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, ginger, garlic, dried chilies, coriander, millet spicy, salt, monosodium glutamate, thirteen spices, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, aged vinegar.[3]
References
- ^ a b c ""小葱日食记"——川菜之首：酸菜鱼". zhuanlan.zhihu.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ ""中国菜"首次向世界发布：含34个菜系340道经典名菜_澎湃号·政务_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "百度安全验证". wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.