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Top Ten Special Cuisine in Beijing

1, Beijing roast duck

Roast duck is a famous dish in Beijing, which is famous all over the world. Only high-quality Beijing meat ducks are selected and roasted with natural aroma wood. Duck skin is moist in color, fat but not greasy in meat, tender outside and tender inside, unforgettable in entrance and fragrant. Beijing roast duck is divided into hanging roast duck and braised roast duck. Now more shops use hanging roast duck.

2. Scorpion barbecue

Barbecue with roasted seeds and nuts, also known as old Beijing barbecue, is a kind of barbecue with local characteristics in Beijing. In the early years, the baking tray of barbecue was made of iron bars, which was uneven and could separate excess fat from the meat without being too greasy to eat. The wood used for barbecue is also very particular. You should choose wood with natural fragrance, and the roasted meat is more delicious. When you come to Beijing, you must not miss this special food.

3. Braised

Braised pork is a unique traditional snack in Beijing. Legend has it that it was originally made of pork belly. However, after it was introduced to the people, people thought that the price of pork belly was too high and unacceptable, so they replaced it with cheaper pig head meat and pig water. Nowadays, braised pork is mostly cooked in braised soup with pig intestines and pig lungs, accompanied by fire, which is delicious and full.

4. Mutton hotpot

Speaking of instant-boiled mutton in Beijing, everyone knows that it is a famous traditional food. Because mutton is the main ingredient, it is convenient to eat, and with authentic old Beijing copper pot, it makes mutton taste more delicious, so it is deeply loved by diners.

Step 5 fry and creak

One of the traditional famous snacks in Beijing, it is divided into soft fried and crispy fried. Cut the itchy skin into diamond-shaped pieces and fry it in oil pan until golden brown. This product is crispy at the entrance, hence the name.

Step 6 scroll around

Snowballing usury is a famous snack in Beijing, which is mainly made of yellow wheat, yellow soybeans and red beans or brown sugar. Yellow wheat rolls up the stuffing and then rolls it on soybeans. The three-color finished product is very beautiful, sweet and soft, with both the fragrance of soybeans and the sweetness of fillings, which is very popular. The soybeans sprinkled during the production process are like loess raised by wild donkeys in the suburbs of Beijing, hence the name "snowballing".

7. tripe

Fried tripe is a famous dish in Beijing. The name sounds simple, but it is actually very particular. Belly is divided into fried belly and mutton belly. There are four kinds of fried belly and nine kinds of mutton belly, which are made by water explosion, oil explosion, soup explosion and coriander explosion respectively. Deep-fried belly tastes fresh and crisp, and dipping in sauce is delicious.

8, fried liver

Fried liver is a traditional snack evolved from "boiling liver" and "frying lung" in Song Dynasty. Thicken with starch, put the cooked sausage into the boiling soup, and then add raw pork liver, garlic sauce, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, etc. Sprinkle with garlic and a bowl of steaming fried liver will be served. The soup is crystal clear, the fat intestines are fatty and soft, and the liver is tender and delicious, mellow and delicious.

9, sugar fire

Manchu traditional snacks, one of the famous breakfasts in Beijing. The main ingredients of sugar fire are flour, brown sugar, osmanthus fragrans, sesame oil and sesame paste. The prepared fire should be baked on the inner wall of the furnace, which is a test of the fire control ability. The finished product is sweet and crispy.

10, noodle tea

It is a very distinctive snack in Beijing. Noodle tea is not tea, but a kind of pasta. It is porridge made of millet flour or millet flour and coated with a thick layer of sesame sauce, which is delicious and salty.