Inner Mongolia special food

Inner Mongolia specialties include roast whole sheep, instant-boiled mutton, cheese, hand-grabbed mutton, and belly-wrapped meat.

1, roast whole sheep

Roasting whole sheep is one of the most famous foods in Inner Mongolia, a traditional banquet on the grassland and a traditional barbecue method of Mongolian people. Choose fresh whole sheep, wash viscera and hair, and bake them in a yurt with firewood for several hours. The whole baked sheepskin is tender and delicious.

2. Mutton hotpot

Instant-boiled mutton is a traditional dish in Inner Mongolia and one of the staple foods of the Han people on the grassland. Mutton is specially processed, sliced and cooked in boiling broth, with sesame sauce, garlic paste, vinegar, soy sauce and other seasonings. It's delicious.

3. Cheese

Commonly known as "butter eggs". The yogurt separated from butter is boiled with low fire, put into a cloth bag, squeezed out sour water, and dried in pieces to get cheese, which is hard, sweet and sour, and is one of the favorite dairy foods of Mongolian people. Most people put a few pieces of cheese in their bags just in case to quench their thirst.

4. Grab the mutton with your hands

Hand-grabbed mutton is one of the most distinctive delicacies in Inner Mongolia. Its method is very simple. Just grab the cut mutton by hand and roast it on the fire. Hand-grabbed mutton tastes mellow and fresh.

5, belly wrapped in meat

Belly-wrapped meat is one of the characteristics of Inner Mongolia. In the old society, only distinguished guests could eat it at home. Don't listen to wild names, it's not meat, it's nutrition and connotation.