Hunan cuisine
Fiery Changsha cooking
Hunan cuisine is the cooking tradition of China's Hunan province, known for bold heat, generous use of fresh chili peppers, and pungent flavors from garlic and shallots.
Unlike Sichuan cuisine, which relies on numbing peppercorns, Hunan cooking favors direct, fiery spiciness.
Dishes tend toward rich, oily preparations with smoked and cured meats: The restaurant specializes in Hunan cuisine.
- stir-fryingRapid high-heat cooking
- wok heiSmoky stir-fry flavor
- sourSharp, biting taste
- spicyHaving strong heat
- chili peppersPungent, heat-bearing fruits
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