Top 10 Chongqing Delicacies

Chongqing is one of the birthplaces of old Sichuan cuisine. Chongqing cuisine has the characteristics of sour aroma and spicy, especially the word "spicy". Such as Mao Xuewang, spicy noodles, Dengying beef, spicy chicken, etc., are full of strong spicy taste. If you come to Chongqing for tourism, these ten Chongqing delicacies are for you to choose.

1. Spicy Noodles

Spicy noodles are the most common type of snack in restaurants in the streets and alleys of Chongqing. The unique seasoning is its biggest feature. It is a combination of chili oil, pepper noodles, soy sauce, scallions, lard, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, minced ginger and garlic, fried peanuts, etc., add some boiling water and mix well, it is the seasoning of noodles.

• Features: Unique seasoning made from chili oil, pepper noodles, soy sauce, etc.
• Recommendation: Shibati Dengdeng Noodles
• Address: No. 17, Panjiagou, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

2. Mao Xuewang

Mao Xuewang is actually a pot of hodgepodge, mainly including fungus, meat slices, oyster mushrooms, Xuewang (blood tofu), sea cabbage, etc. It is characterized by spicy taste, delicious and cheap. It is said that at the pier of Ciqikou Ancient Town in Shapingba, there was a fat aunt selling chop suey soup on the street. By chance, the fat aunt directly let in fresh pig Xuewang in the chop suey soup. She found that the more the blood was cooked, the more tender it was, and the more fresh the taste was, so the practice was passed down. Everyone who has eaten this dish has raved about it.

• Features: Spicy, a hodgepodge with various ingredients like fungus, meat slices, etc.
• Recommendation: Shengtian Mao Xuewang Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine (Guotai Plaza Store)
• Address: Shop 09, B2 Floor, Guotai Plaza, Zourong Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

3. Chongqing Hot and Sour Powder

Chongqing hot and sour powder is more sour and chewy than Chongqing noodles. Steaming hot and sour powder, red spicy oil hot and spicy appetizer, with sour and appetizing vinegar, this is the essence of hot and sour powder. Add a handful of scallions and some crushed peanuts.

• Features: More sour, chewy, with red spicy oil and sour vinegar, garnished with scallions and crushed peanuts
• Recommendation: Hao You Lai Hot and Sour Powder (Haochi Street Store)
• Address: Inside Haochi Street, Bayi Road, Jiefangbei, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

4. Geleshan Spicy Chicken

Geleshan Spicy Chicken is a famous dish in Chongqing, cooked with chili peppers and chicken nuggets. When eating, the chicken is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, spicy and numb in the middle, fragrant and delicious, and you want to eat another bite, so you can't stop.

• Features: Crispy outside, tender inside, spicy and numb, fragrant and delicious
• Recommendation: Liziba Liangshan Chicken
• Address: 4th Floor, Yingli Grand Mall, Minquan Road 26, Jiefangbei Street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

5. Small Glutinous Rice Balls

The mountain city small glutinous rice balls in Chongqing are also very famous. Mountain city small glutinous rice balls are a characteristic traditional snack in Chongqing. They are famous for being small and exquisite, having thin wrappers and large fillings and being sweet, smooth and glutinous. They are made of lard, powdered sugar, black sesame powder, etc.

• Features: Small and exquisite, thin wrappers and large fillings, sweet, smooth and glutinous
• Recommendation: Sanyangzi (Jiefangbei Store)
• Address: L1 - 6, Miaojie, Luohansi, Jiefangbei, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

6. Chongqing Grilled Fish

Chongqing grilled fish is also one of the major delicacies not to be missed, especially Wanzhou grilled fish and Wushan grilled fish are the most authentic. The large pieces of fish have sucked enough soup, and they quickly use chopsticks to take a bite of delicate, smooth and melted in one sip. There are many flavors, spicy, pickled pepper, green pepper, sauerkraut, etc. The most recommended pickled pepper is the most delicious and least error-prone flavor. There are also many side dishes, including but not limited to lotus root slices, cucumbers, onions, bean skins, potatoes, etc.

• Features: Large pieces of fish absorb enough soup, delicate, smooth, various flavors available, many side dishes
• Recommendation: Kao Jiang Spicy Grilled Fish
• Address: No. 011, LG Floor, Guanyinqiao Grand Mall, Jianbei First Branch Road, Jiangbei District, Chongqing

7. Chongqing Hot Pot

Chongqing hot pot has the taste of spicy, hemp, salty, fresh, fragrant and crispy, and has the characteristics of diverse dishes, unique seasonings, and unrestrained eating methods. Must-order dishes must be duck intestines, duck blood, hairy belly, county liver, tribute dishes, lotus root slices, etc. Find an old hot pot in any residential building and it will be super delicious.

• Features: Spicy, numbing, salty, fresh, fragrant
• Recommendation: Pipayuan Hotpot
• Address: Pipayuan, Jinzhu Village, Nanshan Street, Nan'an District, Chongqing

8. Sauerkraut Fish

Sauerkraut fish is one of the representatives of Chongqing Jianghu cuisine. With grass carp as the main ingredient, and with the unique pickled sauerkraut from Sichuan kimchi, the two collide into a wonderful spark. The fish fillets are flaked as thin as cicada wings. The entrance is extremely smooth and tender, and the sour aroma of sauerkraut is perfectly integrated into the fish soup. Drink a mouthful of soup, hot and sour appetizing, making people unable to resist bowl after bowl.

• Features: spicy, salty, heavy flavor
• Recommendation: Zhangji Xinglong Chongqing Cuisine
• Address: No. 183, Bayi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

9. Glutinous Rice

With glutinous rice as the main ingredient, after cleaning and soaking, it is steamed in a steamer. Then it is quickly placed in a stone mortar and pounded until it is soft and pliable. While it is still hot, the rice paste is made into round shapes of various sizes. Sesame or soybeans are stir-fried and ground into powder, and then mixed with white granulated sugar for consumption. The taste is sweet, glutinous and soft. Making glutinous rice cakes emphasizes being fast, accurate, stable and forceful. Only in this way can the glutinous rice be pounded evenly, firmly and resiliently. In Ciqikou Ancient Town, the traditional method has always been used to make handmade glutinous rice cakes. They are sold freshly made and tourists can also participate in the experience.

• Features: Sweet, glutinous and soft, made through traditional pounding method
• Recommendation: Xu Dingsheng Folk Cuisine
• Address: 3rd Floor, Area B, Shaci Lane, No. 101 - 161 - 167, Shabin Road, Shapingba District, Chongqing

10. Saliva Chicken

Saliva Chicken is a cold dish. The chicken is tender and the skin is smooth. It is cut into evenly sized pieces, drizzled with a unique sauce prepared from chili oil, pepper oil, garlic powder, light soy sauce, etc., and sprinkled with a handful of cooked sesame seeds and scallions. When entering, the tenderness of the chicken and the spicy aroma of the sauce are perfectly integrated, making people salivate, and just looking at it makes people swallow saliva.

• Features: tender, fresh
• Recommendation: Qiujie Sanyangcai
• Address: Basement Floor, Deyi World, Xinhua Road, Jiefangbei Street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing