Which of the eight major cuisines is northwest cuisine?

Northwest cuisine is not among the eight major cuisines.

Northwest cuisine, including Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other local flavors, is the abbreviation of northwest flavor, represented by Gansu cuisine. Most of Gansu Province is in the west of Longshan. In ancient times, there were "Longxi County" and "Longyou County", so it was called "Long" for short.

In addition to coriander, northwest cuisine often uses dried Chili, aged vinegar and Chili. Dried Chili peppers are cooked in oil and picked out. They are spicy, spicy but not strong. When vinegar is boiled in oil, the acidity is weakened and the flavor is increased. When chilies are cooked in oil, the hemp flavor decreases and the chili flavor increases. The purpose of choosing these seasonings is not simply for spicy, sour and hemp, but mainly to get its fragrance.

The eight major cuisines are: Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine and Jiangsu cuisine. Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Hunan cuisine and Anhui cuisine together constitute the "eight major cuisines" of China's traditional diet.

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Representative of Northwest Cuisine:

1, Shaanxi Chinese hamburger: fat but not greasy, soft and delicious.

2, biangbiang noodles: spicy and delicious, full of bite.

3. Ningxia: Grasping mutton and mutton offal by hand, Ningxia mutton is tender and fat, neither firewood nor greasy, and its texture is first-class.

4. Gansu: Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou and Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou are really familiar. After work, a bowl of Lamian Noodles warms the heart and stomach.

Xinjiang saute spicy chicken is the most distinctive food in northwest China. It doesn't look very elegant. Red dried peppers with green peppers are still pleasing to the eye. Secondly, the amount is large, and the chicken pieces are hearty and then poured on the surface. Everyone will want to eat it.

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