Barbecue is one of the earliest cooked food methods mastered by our human ancestors. Barbecue is one of the fun and easy to master picnic methods when we participate in field activities. Barbecue can directly roast food by using the thermal radiation of firewood, charcoal, coal or other energy sources. Barbecue methods are not only applicable to animal raw materials such as meat, poultry and fish, but also applicable to plant raw materials, rice, noodles and other raw materials. Barbecue can be divided into the following types:
1. Open baking
It is a method that the raw materials to be baked are pickled with seasoning and then baked on the iron frame and iron grid on the open stove or fire pit or campfire. When using the open baking method, due to the concentrated fire, it is necessary to turn frequently during baking to make it heated evenly. It is also necessary to grasp the distance from the fire to ensure the consistency of internal and external maturity. According to different baking tools, open baking can be divided into fork baking, roasted son baking and string baking. Fork baking is to fork the raw materials with iron or bamboo long sticks and tree forks, and bake them repeatedly on the fire. It is suitable for roasting the whole chicken, duck, fish, large meat and other large animal raw materials. Roasted seeds is a method of putting an iron net or thin slate on the fire, cutting the raw materials into thin or small pieces, and eating them while baking on it. Such as Korean barbecue and Japanese barbecue. The other is string roasting. Small pieces of raw materials are strung together with iron or bamboo cuttings and baked on the fire, such as Xinjiang roast mutton string.?
2. Mud baking
A method of marinating chicken, fish and other raw materials with seasonings, wrapping them with pig net oil and lotus leaves, then wrapping them tightly with yellow mud and baking them in the fire. The fire should not be too large during baking, and it should be turned frequently. When simmering and baking, if cracks are found, they should be sealed with yellow mud immediately to prevent burning and the raw materials inside, resulting in scorched skin.?
3. Bamboo baking
Bamboo baking is also called barrel baking. Put the raw materials to be roasted, such as meat, poultry, vegetables and rice, into the bamboo barrel, and bake them on the fire until they are mature after sealing. Pay attention to the selection of Nanzhu or moso bamboo barrel with a length of 30-40cm, a diameter of more than 10cm, bamboo knots at both ends and good sealing. After filling the raw materials, be sure to seal the bamboo mouth tightly, do not use too much fire, and keep turning the bamboo barrel to make it heated evenly, After being roasted and cooked, the bamboo tube is split for food. The original flavor also has the fragrance of bamboo.
