What are the cuisines of Xinjiang?

Xinjiang is located in northwestern China has a lot of specialties, in addition to the local traditional cuisine, there are also some food is with the various regions and ethnic groups intermingle with each other to appear the product.

1. Naan

Xinjiang is a very famous food it has a very long history. In the past, also known as hu cake is made from flour in the sac pit, naan bread is a staple food in the Xinjiang region, practices and styles of a variety of flavors are also different, and because of the dry sacs of Xinjiang preservation time is relatively long.

2. Dapan chicken

Dapan chicken origin is not Xinjiang, is in the pre-liberation Sichuan chef to escape the war in Xinjiang, because the customer demand will be Sichuan's spicy chicken into a lot of soup Dapan chicken, and later Dapan chicken more and more widely known, became one of the delicacies of Xinjiang.

3. Roasted whole sheep

Roasted whole sheep is found in many regions, and Xinjiang has its own specialty of roasted whole sheep, which is chosen in Xinjiang during holidays or when entertaining guests.

4. Mixed Noodles

Mixed noodles in Xinjiang is also known as pulled noodles, noodle production is mainly through the way of pulling noodles, so that the noodles are very glutenous and refreshing, and mixing the noodles after the production of the sauce to make them together is commonly known as mixed noodles.

5. Grab rice

This is also a very long traditional food in Xinjiang, many years ago, including some of the old people in Xinjiang now will eat this food by hand, so some regions will call it hand grabbing the rice in Kazakhstan and other regions still retain the hand grabbing the way.

6. Lamb Kebabs

Every region in China has its own lamb kebabs, with slightly different flavors and preparation methods, and Xinjiang's lamb kebabs are the more famous. According to archaeological discoveries in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a tomb in which there are paintings of kebabs, in which all the characters are Han Chinese, and the content of the picture is that these people are holding the kebabs and fans while roasting, which is the earliest scene we know of people eating kebabs so far.

7. Roasted buns

Roasted buns are one of the delicacies of Xinjiang, unlike other regions where buns are made by steaming, the roasted buns in Xinjiang are made with naan pits like naan bread, and the texture is slightly different from the steamed buns, most of the steamed buns are white, fluffy and fluffy, with soup inside the stuffing and the outer skin fused together, while the buns roasted over the fire are crispy and juicy on the outside. There is also another flavor.

8. Nuts

Xinjiang because it is located in the northwest, and the plants there are exposed to more sunshine every day, to fruit variety and taste sweet and juicy. In addition to more nuts, more varieties of nuts in Xinjiang, and the yield will be higher, others will make the nuts into pastries or with naan production.