大学期间写的一篇关于川菜的报告，仅供欣赏。

  SICHUAN CUISINE

(川菜)

 Good morning everyone.I’m glad to be here to make a introduction about SiChuan Cuisine.Our teacher has mentioned that there are 8 cuisines in China.SiChuan Cuisine is also among them.So today I will have a deep introduction about SiChuan Cuisine.I hope you will know more about it.And I will divide into 4 parts to introduce SiChuan Cuisine.Hope you will enjoy it.As we all know Chuan Cuisine, originating from Sichuan Province in southwestern China, is the most widely served cuisine in China. The dishes of Chuan Cuisine are famous for their hot-spicy taste and the flavor of Sichuan pepper that are rare in other regional cuisines.

     So at first,let’s see the flavors of Chuan Cuisine — hot and spicy.We should know a variety of seasonings are used in Chuan Cuisine, and each dish can be cooked differently. Therefore Chuan Cuisine enjoys a reputation for variety.Just as the saying goes it's 'one dish with one flavor and one hundred dishes with one hundred flavors'.And the most common flavors of Chuan Cuisine are hot and spicy, “the five fragrances” , other mixed spices, chili and Sichuan pepper and sweet and sour.

     Next,let’s come to the seasonings of Chuan Cuisine.The dry red chili peppers is one of the most common Sichuan Cuisine seasonings.And some of the most common seasonings that contribute to the hot and spicy flavor include Sichuan pepper, black pepper, chili, broad bean chili paste, shallots, ginger, and garlic.Of cause the ingredients also used range widely, including poultry, pork, beef, fish, vegetables, and tofi.
     The third part,let’s see it’s cooking methods.The methods of cooking Chuan Cuisine vary according to the texture required, including stir frying, steaming and braising, baking, and the most widely used method — fast-frying. Therefore Chuan Cuisine has good combinations of flavors and often has thick gravy.
     Last part,I will introduce the most famous Sichuan Dishes,and I will introduce them one by one.Chuan Cuisine mainly features pungent, hot, and fragrant home-grown dishes. The most typical Chuan dishes are mapo tofi, kungpao chicken, fiqi fei pian, and hotpot.
     So the first one is Mapo tofi. Mapo tofi is bean curd served in a chili-and-bean-based sauce, which is usually a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, and often topped with minced meat, usually pork or beef. Seasonings include water chestnuts, onions, other vegetables, or wood ear fingus. The taste of mapo tofi can be described as numbing, spicy-hot, fresh, tender and soft, aromatic and flaky. So you can see Mapo tofi is easy to find outside of China.
     Next one,Spicy Diced Chicken ,we call it Kung Pao Chicken.Kung Pao chicken is from the Wade-Giles Romanization, but the Chinese name is 'Palace Defender chicken cubes'.It is cooked by frying diced chicken, dry red pepper and golden peanuts.Kung Pao chicken is more popular among Westerners than mapo tofi, and is usually less spicy, or not at all spicy, when served abroad, or far from Sichuan.
     The third one is fiqi Fei Pian .It also named 'Husband and Wife Lung Slices'.fiqi Fei Pian is made of thinly sliced beef, or bovine lung or tongue seasoned with chili oil. There is a romantic story of the origin of this famous Sichuan dish. Guo Zhaohua and his wife sold their vinegar-ized beef slices by trundling a small cart along the street. Their beef slices were very delicious, and no one could resist the charming smell in that street. People liked the food made by this couple very much, so they gave it the name Husband and Wife Lung Slices in honor of the couple.
     The last one,I think many of us like it.That is Sichuan Hot Pot.Sichuan Hot Pot, like most of the cuisine in that humid and populous province, is very spicy. The broth is flavored with chili peppers and other pungent herbs and spices. The main ingredients include hot pepper, Chinese crystal sugar and wine. Other usual meats also used in the dish,such as slices of kidney, chicken breast, beef tripe, spring onion, mushrooms, duck, and sea cucumber.So when winter is coming,it’s a good idea to enjoy the Hot Pot.

     Ok,that’s all my today’s introduction about SiChuan Cuisine .By the way,I want to tell something about the best places to eat authentic Chuan Cuisine.Although Chuan Cuisine is famous in China and abroad, and served at every corner of the world,we should know the most authentic Sichuan food is still to be found at its hometowns: Chengdu and Chongqing.So if you have an opportunity to SiChuan,don’t forget to visit Chengdu and Chongqing.You will enjoy a lot of authentic Sichuan food in there.That’s all,thank you for your listening.