Yangshuo Pickled Vegetables

Yangshuo Pickled Vegetables

　　Yangshuo pickled vegetables are a specialty of Guilin, Guangxi. The stuffed dishes of Yangshuo are distinctive in flavor and come in a wide variety. These stuffed dishes are not only a tradition for the people of Yangshuo but also reflect their culinary preferences. Especially at various banquets in the rural areas of Yangshuo, it's almost impossible to have a feast without stuffed dishes. They dare to stuff just about anything — and anything can be stuffed. Indeed, the people of Yangshuo have a special fondness for stuffed dishes. Moreover, as tourism develops, Yangshuo stuffed dishes are gaining fame far and wide. Both domestic and international guests absolutely love these dishes, elevating these purely folk delicacies to fine dining status. Many of them, such as snail-stuffed vegetables, pomelo peel-stuffed rolls, chili-stuffed rolls, and eggplant-stuffed rolls, have made their way onto the menus of major hotels and restaurants.

　　The fillings for Yangshuo stuffed dishes include pork, beef, fish, chicken, and more, usually seasoned with aromatic condiments to enhance the flavor. The choice of ingredients used as "stuffing vessels" is even more diverse and colorful. For example, there are fish-stuffed rolls, fried tofu-stuffed rolls, fresh tofu-stuffed rolls, mushroom-stuffed rolls, shiitake-stuffed rolls, pine mushroom-stuffed rolls, taro-stuffed rolls, arrowhead-stuffed rolls, zucchini-stuffed rolls, winter melon-stuffed rolls, leg melon-stuffed rolls, bottle gourd-stuffed rolls, cucumber-stuffed rolls, loofah-stuffed rolls, bitter melon-stuffed rolls, eggplant-stuffed rolls, chili-stuffed rolls, bamboo shoot-stuffed rolls, bean sprout-stuffed rolls, garlic stem-stuffed rolls, snail-stuffed rolls, egg-stuffed rolls, pomelo peel-stuffed rolls, lotus root-stuffed rolls, fish maw-stuffed rolls, pumpkin flower-stuffed rolls, egg wraps, four-leaf vegetable wraps, Chinese cabbage leaf wraps, mustard green wraps, blanched vegetable leaf wraps, and Chinese broccoli leaf wraps, among others. When you visit Yangshuo, you must try the stuffed dishes — and sample several varieties — to appreciate the essence of Yangshuo’s stuffed dish culinary culture.