Yanbian cuisine is famous throughout the country. Do you know which delicacies you must eat?

When it comes to kimchi, the image of Korean aunts will probably come to many people’s minds. But few people know that there is also such a kimchi ethnic group in China, that is, the Korean ethnic group. Yanbian is an inhabited area of ??the Korean people. Its administrative division is Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, which is an autonomous region for ethnic minorities. There, the Korean people have their own language and writing, and are one of the 55 ethnic minorities in our country.

The Korean people living in Yanbian have very traditional national habits, which can highlight their national characteristics in terms of behavioral habits and eating habits. Kimchi is one of the most representative foods of the Korean people. If you walk on the streets of Yanbian, you can see a variety of kimchi shops everywhere. The types of kimchi sold in them are similar, but each shop has different kimchi flavors. It's somewhat different. Some shops sell kimchi on the spicy side, while others sell kimchi on the sweeter side. People will choose different kimchi shops according to their own tastes. In short, you will always find a pickle shop that suits your taste in Yanbian and become a loyal fan of it.

The most well-known Korean kimchi should be spicy cabbage. When it comes to Korean food, the first thing that comes to mind is the attractive spicy cabbage. Yanbian spicy cabbage has a unique taste, and it is rare to eat authentic spicy cabbage outside the Northeast. This is because the raw material of Yanbian spicy cabbage is Chinese cabbage that grows year-round in the black soil of Northeast China. Sufficient moisture, high sweetness, and crisp texture all make Yanbian spicy cabbage taste excellent, unmatched by spicy cabbage from other regions. Of course, the delicious kimchi in Yanbian is not just spicy cabbage. There are also platycodon, cherry blossoms, garlic, radish strips, and meaty ones such as beef tendon, pollack, small whitebait, etc., all of which are delicious and salty. A magical tool for weighing rice!

Radish strips

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Yanbian cuisine is diverse. Although kimchi is the most famous, it is definitely not unique in Yanbian.

Yanbian cold noodles are also a relatively famous specialty food across the country. The noodles in cold noodles have a chewy and smooth texture. They are generally divided into wheat noodles and buckwheat noodles. The light yellow noodles are wheat noodles and the brown noodles are buckwheat noodles. The freshly pressed cold noodles in Yanbian snack bars are generally Cold buckwheat noodles. Soak the cold noodles in water first, boil a little water for a few minutes, drain out the cold water 2-3 times and put it into a bowl, then add a few slices of beef, tomatoes, cucumber shreds, add some ice cubes and spicy cabbage, and pour in sour and sour noodles. If you take a bite of the sweet soup in summer, the coolness will go straight to the bottom of your heart. To use the advertising slogan, it means your heart will be cool and your heart will be soaring!

Buckwheat cold noodles

Wheat cold noodles

Corresponding to the cold noodles, there is also a kind of corn noodles called warm noodles in Yanbian. If cold noodles are compared to a sunny boy, then warm noodles are a simple and honest young man. Although the texture is not as strong and smooth as cold noodles, it is more solid and thick, and you can taste the taste of corn itself. Noodles made from whole grains are also healthier. In the cold Northeast, a family cooks a pot of hot corn noodles, tops it with delicious hot soup, and sits around the dining table to eat. The scene is really warm and full of fireworks.

Yanbian Rice Sausage is a delicacy with very ethnic characteristics. Rice intestines are made from pig intestines, glutinous rice, pig blood, green onion and ginger. Glutinous rice is generally glutinous rice from our Northeast. It is mixed with pig blood and other seasoning ingredients in proportion, then poured into pig intestines and steamed. Although the production process sounds a bit bloody, it tastes really delicious. The blood glutinous rice wrapped in pig intestines has been steamed and fried. It has a sticky texture and full of umami, and the smell makes people drool. Rice sausage soup, spicy fried rice sausage, pan-fried rice sausage, cold rice sausage, etc. are all common dishes in Korean restaurants in Yanbian. If you are lucky enough to go to Yanbian, you must try it.