中国古馔文化之汉代胡辣羹Chinese Ancient Cuisine Culture- Spicy Thick Soup of Han Dynasty

胡辣羹在中国历史悠久，创于距今二千多年前的中国汉朝。在中国汉代有一位大使出使西域，大使叫张骞。他从西域带回了一种胡椒的原材料，胡椒有强烈的芳香和辛辣，可以去腥去膻，增香提鲜的作用。人们发现把胡椒加入羹中，味香，辛味浓，还有开胃的作用，对身体也有一定的益处。由于这种味道是由张骞从西域胡人那得到的胡椒，所以取名“胡辣羹”。胡辣羹用料可以是牛肉（猪里脊肉、羊肉）、粉条、黄花菜、木耳、花生、海带丝、面粉等原料。油、盐、辣椒、胡椒、酱油、葱、香油、米醋、高汤、姜、八角、桂皮等调料制作。胡辣羹口味酸辣，菜的种类丰富，别有一番风味。

Hu Spicy and pepper Thick Soup, created in Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, has a long history in China. There was a ambassador whose name is Zhang Qian was sent on a diplomatic mission to the West in Han Dynasty. He brought a kind of spice called pepper. This kind of pepper has strong tasted and spicy smell, which can used to remove some bad flavour from beef or mutton and give relish to dish. People found that put some pepper in the thick soup can make it taste better, for that it can used to be an appetizer and is good for our health. Due to this kind of dish from the kind of pepper was introduced from Hu people who came from the Western barbarian tribes in ancient China by Zhang Qian, it was named “Hu Spicy and Pepper Thick Soup”.The ingredient of Hu Spicy and Pepper Thick Soup are beef/pork/mutton, bean vermicelli, day lily, agaric, peanut, sliced kelp, flour. The condiment of Hu Spicy and Pepper Thick Soup are oil, salt, chilli, pepper, soy sauce, green onion, sesame oil, rice vinegar, soup-stock, ginger, anise, cinnamon.The flour of Hu Spicy and Pepper Soup is spicy and sour, with various vegetables. People will have special and different feeling when taste it.