What are the delicacies in Shanxi

Shanxi is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, as early as in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Shanxi people with their own heart and soul and wisdom, to create a unique delicious dishes. After years of baptism, Shanxi cuisine has formed its own system. Shanxi cuisine is characterized by a basic flavor that is mainly salty and aromatic, supplemented by sweet and sour. Jin cuisine selection of simple materials, cooking focus on fire power, into the dishes pay attention to the original flavor. Shanxi cuisine is diverse, so you know what Shanxi cuisine? Today we will introduce you to some of the Shanxi specialty snacks.

1, oat tannins

The oat tannins are a noodle snack from the Xinzhou region, is made of oat flour, because of its shape like "fence", folk called "tannins", is made of bamboo strips, and then the tannins are made of bamboo strips. "It is a kind of round frame woven with bamboo strips of the same thickness as the top and bottom, shaped like a bucket, which is a tool used by farmers to fetch water, and is named because the shape of the quebracho is similar to that of a "bucket". The history of this dish goes back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, with a heritage of more than a thousand years, which is a long history. The pasta made of oat noodles is in the shape of a honeycomb, and can be topped with tomato and egg toppings, which gives it a unique flavor.

2, Taiyuan sheep soup

I always think that Taiyuan sheep soup is more unique, mutton cooked in advance, soup has a big pot, constantly fire simmering. I remember that when I was a kid, I had to put a complete skeleton of a sheep inside that cauldron in the soup house. When eating, the lamb, mixed cuts and vermicelli were repeatedly scalded in the soup and quickly eaten, usually accompanied by shortbread. More authentic call is a large bowl of meat (mixed) (plus two two meat) plus two cakes, it is worth mentioning that the renewal of the soup do not pay. Excessive direct bowl of broth, cakes, but many foreign diners are not accustomed to eating the flavor of sheep soup, can only lament the lack of happiness.

3, Datong knife-shaved noodles

Datong, Shanxi, knife-shaved noodles is one of the "China's top ten noodles", but also one of the most representative business cards of Shanxi cuisine. The flour is made into a ball, and a curved knife cuts the noodles one by one into a pot of boiling water. The noodles are not as thin and long as other noodles, but are thicker in the center and thinner on both sides, like willow leaves.

Shanxi's most famous knife-shaved noodles are Datong, wide, narrow, thin and thick, with your favorite bacon, such as tomatoes and eggs, beef, pork, meat, although more crumbly but very tasty. Add a marinated chicken egg, a Shanxi Guangling marinated dried beans, and a marinated sharp pepper. Sprinkle with green onion and drizzle with vinegar, the flavor is perfect. I'm sure you'll never forget it even after you've eaten it and left Shanxi.

4, haggis cut

Shanxi people love to eat haggis, a lot of places are known as haggis cut, in Shanxi, the local history of eating haggis cut can be traced back to the era of the Warring States period, thousands of years ago.

The specialty of haggis is its three soups, the soup of boiled haggis is the first soup, and the soup of boiled haggis bones is the second soup, mixing the first soup and the second soup into the haggis and vermicelli and boiling it is the three soup haggis cut.

Put on chili oil, old vinegar, coriander, salt to taste, it is a fragrance. Datong people like to put more chili oil in their haggis, which is deep-fried in sheep's oil and is very fragrant. For the haggis cut locals regarded as delicious, but a lot of foreign diners for the first time a lot of people can not accept the odor of haggis.

5, oil splash noodles

Pinglu's oil splash noodles, noodles boiled into a bowl, pouring the most characteristic local oil splash spices and other seasonings, dry noodles into the peanuts as big as the peanuts in advance, and shame. The salty flavor is moderate, the chewiness of the meat is just right, and after eating it, you can add a bowl of hot noodle soup. At this point after tea with the sun slightly shining on your face, you will have a feeling of stealing half a day of leisure.

Expanding Knowledge

We all know that Shanxi people love noodles, so why do Shanxi people love noodles?

Since ancient times there has been a difference between the cultivation of southern rice and northern wheat, and nowadays it's the same; coupled with the traditional eating habits of the people of the country, basically what is planted in the ground, what is eaten in the house, not so much fussy, and get tired of eating on the brain, began to change the original ingredients to satisfy the appetite.

In this way of eating under the general environment, different from other places in Shanxi, will be the pasta research out of the countless patterns, so that you eat within a year of the noodles, absolutely not repeat; just look at the way it cooks the noodles, there are more than 20 kinds of techniques, if you are lucky enough to see the Shanxi noodle chef cooking scene, it will make you dazzled.

Shanxi is located in the western part of North China, east of the Loess Plateau, which is one of the many agricultural origins of our country; coupled with the mountain ranges surrounding Shanxi, so the warm and humid air currents wanting to invade Shanxi can not be so easy; therefore, the climate in Shanxi is arid, and the main grain crops for wheat, corn and so on.

The beginning of the Shanxi location is not very rich, especially in the long winter, cold and dry conditions, basically all the family has what to eat, wheat has become the Shanxi table "delicious"; fresh fruits and vegetables for the Shanxi people at that time is basically a luxury, and this is the Shanxi people have gradually evolved into the present-day The main reason why Shanxi people gradually evolved into today's "staple food killer".

Shanxi food culture

Shanxi's unique cuisine and eating habits form a unique culture, as one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods onwards, the north and center of Shanxi Province became one of the areas where the people of the Central Plains and ethnic minorities lived together. As a result of the ethnic cohabitation and integration of ethnic cultures, various customs were gathered in Shanxi, and the food customs in Shanxi became complicated, diversified and spoiled. At the same time, also due to geography, climate, ethnicity and other aspects of the reasons, Shanxi people eat grains and cereals have become commonplace. Millet, corn, buckwheat noodles, bean noodles, sorghum noodles, oat noodles, many varieties of pasta structure, so that Shanxi people's food is very colorful.

This many food composition, from the production methods, varieties, modeling, technology, cooking process, become a food culture circulated in Shanxi in all walks of life and different corners of society. Formation of Shanxi's unique noodle culture, Jin cuisine culture , far-flung, everlasting, has been handed down to today. The unique food culture not only reflects the regional flavor of Shanxi, but also the best display of Shanxi's simple folk style. Noodles, vinegar, and wine are the ways in which the people of Shanxi express their love of life to the outside world, and welcome their guests. Shanxi's unique diet is not only loved by local people, but also praised by people all over the country, especially the pasta. 2007 April, China Cuisine Association held a ceremony in Beijing, officially awarded Shanxi "China's pasta township" title, "China's pasta township" of the award of the origin of the pasta in Shanxi clear, representative and unique. Shanxi noodle culture is full of Shanxi thick local feelings, full of profound cultural flavor. Its inheritance and development is very rich in the significance of the times.

The above is some of the cuisine of Shanxi, Shanxi people do love to eat noodles, Shanxi noodles is indeed strong enough to bite down on a kind of pure noodle aroma in the mouth, so the local people do not love to eat rice, only love to eat noodles. But Shanxi's food snacks are far more than that, here is only the tip of the iceberg in Shanxi cuisine, there are a lot of delicious waiting for us to taste.