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Duo jiao yu tao
Spicy steamed fish head
Carp head steamed with ginger, garlic, hot red peppers, green onion topped with a sauce of vinegar, salt, cooking wine, chicken essence, red camphor and fish black bean oil
Originating from the Hunan province, the food here is typically very spicy which is often accompanied by the flavors of a vinegar. As the temperatures here are often very hot and humid, the consumption of spicy peppers is very popular as it is used to promote perspiration which is believed to help cool the body. Most likely brought in by Portuguese or Arab traders, hot peppers originated from the Americas in whose discovery along with the increase in trade during the 15th-16th centuries caused them to become quite popular staples all throughout the Asian continent.