Zhengzhou specialty food ranks in the top ten.

The top ten specialties in Zhengzhou are Zhengzhou Huimian Noodles, Geji red sesame seed cake, Caiji steamed dumplings, iron pot eggs, tiger and leopard meat boxes, Laojun roasted chicken, braised mutton, steamed buns and fried purple crisp meat.

1, Huimian Noodles, Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou has a long history. It is a kind of pasta similar to lasagna, with high-quality and high-gluten flour as raw material, supplemented by broth and various side dishes. According to different ingredients, it can be divided into: mutton Huimian Noodles, beef Huimian Noodles, Huimian Noodles in three counties, Huimian Noodles in five counties, etc. It is characterized by good gluten and delicious taste.

2. Geji sesame seed cake

According to legend, Geji Braised Cake was founded in Qing Dynasty, and it has a history of one hundred years. It is made of vegetable stew cake and special jar meat. Among them, the cake is baked with soft flour into a thousand-layer cake, cooled and cut into strips for later use. Jar meat is pork with skin. When making red sesame seed cakes, put vegetables on the bottom of the pot, put cake strips and jar meat, and add broth for a little stew.

3. Caiji steamed dumplings

Caiji steamed dumplings are a traditional snack in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, which belongs to Henan cuisine. According to legend, the founder of Cai Ji steamed dumplings is Mr. Cai from Changyuan County, Henan Province, who helped cook in Beijing Palace in his early years. Cai Ji steamed dumplings are characterized by thin yellow skin, bright color, full and transparent stuffing, beautiful shape and dripping soup.

4, iron pot eggs

The eggs in iron pot are red and yellow in color, oily and translucent, tender and soft, with endless aftertaste. Use a special iron pot cover to make the fire red. Beat the eggs into a bowl, stir well, add diced ham, diced water chestnut, dried shrimps, dried shrimps skin, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine and salt water, put them on low fire, pour large oil into the egg paste, and stir slowly with a spoon to prevent the egg paste from scratching the pan.

When the egg paste is eight-ripe, hang the red-hot iron pot cover on the iron pot with a fire hook, bake the egg paste at high temperature with a cover and solidify it, so that the skin of the egg paste is shiny and red and yellow.

5. Tiger and Leopard Meat Box

Tiger and leopard meat box, bulging belly in the middle of sesame cake, yellow and crisp, not rotten for a long time Braised pork seasoning is of high quality, well-made, and eaten in sesame cakes, which is tender outside and fragrant inside.

6. Laojun Roasted Chicken

Laojun roast chicken is a famous food in the Central Plains. Its materials are exquisite, the workmanship is fine, the soup is old and full of flavor, the shape is beautiful and colorful, the salt is light and palatable, and the bones are cooked and rotten.

7. Braised mutton

Braised mutton is one of the special snacks in Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. This dish is widely spread in Henan Province and is a major feature of the famous mutton series in Henan Province.

8. Oil steamed bread

Oil mill head, also known as sesame sugar, sesame oil, noodle lump and old man, is a traditional noodle snack in the north, which has similarities and differences with fried dough sticks. Widely circulated in the northern region. Eating steamed buns with soy milk, vegetarian soup, meatballs, instant noodles or hot soup in the morning is a habit of northerners.

9. Xunzi

Braised pork is a traditional snack in northern China. The braised pork in Zhengzhou, Henan Province is made of special sweet potatoes and pressed into semi-finished vermicelli. The seasoning is shrimp oil, sesame sauce and garlic juice.

10, fried purple crisp meat

Stir-fried purple crisp meat is a traditional famous dish in Henan Province, which belongs to Henan cuisine. It has a history of 100 years. This dish is mainly ribs, which are repeatedly cooked, salted, steamed and fried. It has the characteristics of brownish yellow color, smoothness and luster, tender outside and fat inside but not greasy.