Speaking of Shaanxi cuisine

Many foreigners who don't know Shaanxi

may have this expression

Shaanxi also has cuisines?

The answer is yes.

Shaanxi cuisine is also called Qin cuisine, and one of the regional cuisines in China

is not listed in the top 111 cuisines in China

but as a thousand-year-old ancient capital and the location of a historic city

the dining style is self-contained and has strong local characteristics

Let's see what we have.

Top Ten Famous Cuisine in Shaanxi

Cucurbit Chicken

Cucurbit Chicken is a traditional dish of Han nationality in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, which began in the Tang Dynasty. The production of cucurbit chicken is divided into three processes: boiling, steaming and frying. When it is made, it is rinsed in clear water to remove blood stains. When it is cooked, it is bound with hemp to keep the chicken in shape. When the cold water in the pot boils, it is put into the chicken, boiled for half an hour, taken out, put into a bowl, and added with broth, cooking wine, refined salt, soy sauce, onion, ginger, star anise and cinnamon, and steamed thoroughly in a cage. When frying, put the rapeseed oil into the steamed whole chicken, stir it with a spoon until the chicken is golden yellow, take it out with a colander, drain the oil, then put it on the plate, and serve it with Fluttershy pepper and salt. The color is golden red, the skin is crisp and tender, the fragrance is rotten and the taste is mellow, and the chopsticks are off to the bone.

recommendation: Xi' an Restaurant, Gourd Chicken in Guodu Bamboo, and the old bowl

Roasted Sanxian

Roasted Sanxian is a signature dish with Shaanxi characteristics, and it is also a home-cooked dish suitable for winter. The main raw materials are: meatballs, fish bellies, roasted meat, small vegetables, mushrooms, etc., with meat and vegetables, the entrance is smooth and tender, suitable for all ages.

recommendation: Chang 'an food stall and chef's restaurant

Ziyang Steamed Pot

Ziyang Steamed Pot is a famous Han snack that originated in Hanwang Town, Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province. Legend has it that it originated in the period of Han and Liu Bang, and it was first a dish for Han smokers to have a rest and get together, and then it developed into the finale of the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. This dish is original, mellow and fleshy, with good color and flavor. Ziyang steaming basin, with its waste of materials, long time, cumbersome procedures and exquisite workmanship, is a great taste if it is a little late, which is beyond the reach of ordinary regions. It deserves to be the most distinctive traditional dish in Ziyang.

Recommendation: Lotus Restaurant, Xiangyuelou and Rural Rich Gentlemen

Elbow with a handle

Elbow with a handle is a famous traditional dish of Han nationality with unique local characteristics in Dali, Shaanxi, belonging to Qin cuisine. The dishes made of pig's forelegs are exquisite in workmanship, steamed on fire, bordeaux in color, shaped like futon, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, long in taste and unique in flavor. It is said that in Dali, Shaanxi province, if there is no dish of "bringing an elbow", it can't be regarded as a banquet.

Recommended: Meihua Restaurant, Fengyage Restaurant and Yanpang Barbecue Guanzhong Private Cuisine

Stichopus japonicus trotters

"Stichopus japonicus trotters" is a famous flavor dish in Shaanxi. Pay attention to the selection of materials, and adopt Shaanxi's unique cooking method, which is even more unique, and it is a winter tonic food. The sea cucumber is moist, the pig's trotters are red and sticky, and the soup is thick and mellow, salty and delicious.

recommendation: Datang boxiangfu

bad meat

bad meat, a traditional Shaanxi cuisine, also known as steamed bad meat and red jujube bad meat, is steamed with pork belly, big red dates and fermented grains. Its appearance is exquisite as crystal, its color is brownish red, it is oily and bright, its fragrance is attractive, it tastes fat but not greasy, it is sweet and soft, it melts in the mouth, and it is rich in nutrition. It is popular in Xian Yi, young and old.

recommendation: Xi' an Taolichun Hotel and Datang Boxiangfu

Warm-mixed shredded waist

Warm-mixed shredded waist is a famous Han snack in Xi' an, Shaanxi Province, which evolved from the shredded sheepskin in the Tang Dynasty. It is named because it is made of pork kidney and other auxiliary materials, seasonings and warm mixing. It is one of the masterpieces of high-grade dishes cooked with low-grade ingredients. Due to meticulous knife work and exquisite cooking methods, the dishes made are crispy and tender, and the aromas of ginger, garlic and pepper complement each other, with a strong, mellow taste and a refreshing taste.

recommendation: Xi 'an Restaurant

Money-fermented Nostoc flagelliforme

Money-fermented Nostoc flagelliforme is a famous dish of Han nationality in Shaanxi Province, which originated from the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, Wang Yuanbao, a merchant in Chang 'an, Kyoto in the Tang Dynasty, was fond of Nostoc flagelliforme, which was necessary for every meal. Later, Wang Yuanbao became a rich man in Chang 'an. In addition, Nostoc was homophonic with "making a fortune". In the old days, dajia, a wealthy businessman, held a banquet with this dish as the first dish, which symbolized prosperous business and abundant financial resources. Fermented Nostoc flagelliforme looks like an ancient copper coin. It tastes soft, smooth and refreshing, and smells strange. It has always been welcomed by people. When guests from home and abroad come here, they all ask for a taste by name. After tasting, they all mumbled and praised each other.

recommendation: Xi 'an Restaurant

Braised shredded squid

Braised shredded squid is one of the representative dishes of Shaanxi cuisine and one of the top ten famous dishes in Xi 'an. Also known as shredded squid with white stew, it was originally a famous Han flavor dish in Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province. It was created to commemorate Wen Chun, a senior minister of the Ministry of Industry during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and has a history of 511 to 611 years. This dish later entered the ancient capital of Xi 'an, and became one of the famous masterpieces of Sanqin, making it famous at home and abroad. This dish is Xi 'an cuisine, and it tastes delicious.

recommendation: Sanyuan Laohuangjia (Wenyi Road)

Milk soup pot fish

Milk soup pot fish is an ancient Han dish with a long history in Chang 'an, Shaanxi Province. The milk soup is salty and fresh, and has a unique taste. This dish has a history of more than 1,311 years. Since Li Xian in Tang Zhongzong, ministers have paid homage to the officials and made an example of offering food to the son of heaven, which is called "a barbecue". It means "fish jumps over the dragon gate" and has a great future. When Wei Juyuan's official worshiped Shang Shuling's left servant, there was "milk-brewed fish" in the food list. Milk soup pot fish evolved from milk-brewed fish.

recommendation: Xi' an Restaurant

Top Ten Snacks in Shaanxi

Chinese hamburger is the abbreviation of "meat in steamed buns" in ancient Chinese, and it is one of the special foods of Han nationality in Shaanxi Province, China. In Shaanxi province, there are "Chinese hamburger with gravy" with Baiji steamed buns, Chinese steamed buns with minced meat (with vinegar in the minced meat) in Xifu, Baoji, and Chinese steamed buns with Tongguan in Tongguan (different from Baiji bread, its appearance is brown, its stripes are clear, its interior is layered, its cake body swells, its skin is crisp and tender, and its fire works well, so the temperature is better when eating, and the old Chinese steamed buns with Tongguan meat are hot and cold. Chinese hamburger is a famous snack in Shaanxi.

When foreigners first heard of Chinese hamburger, they all thought it was a sick sentence, which was related to ancient Chinese. Chinese hamburger was actually "meat in the bun." The word "meat" plays an important role in the front, which makes people drool.

Shaanxi cold rice noodles

Shaanxi cold rice noodles are one of the special snacks of the Han nationality, which are mostly made of wheat flour, but also made of rice flour or other starch. Generally eaten cold (but in Hanzhong area, hot food is more extensive), there are many kinds, different preparation methods, different mixing characteristics and different tastes. Mainly include: cold rice noodles with sesame sauce, Qin Zhen rice noodles, Hanzhong rice noodles, Qishan handmade noodles, gluten cold rice noodles, etc. Cold rice noodles have a long history, and the legend of cold rice noodles originated from the Qin Shihuang period, which has a history of more than two thousand years.

Hulutou

Hulutou is a special snack of Han nationality in Xi 'an, Shaanxi. It originated from the "fried white sausage" in market food in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because the pig's large intestine is thick in oil and looks like a gourd, it is called gourd head. The basic raw materials of cucurbit head are pig large intestine and pig belly. When eating, the customer first breaks the steamed bun into pieces, and then the chef arranges the pork intestines, chicken, sea cucumber and squid on the pieces, soaks them in boiled bone soup for three or four times, and then adds cooked lard and vegetables. When eating with sugar and garlic, hot sauce, etc., it is fresh, fragrant, smooth and tender, fat but not greasy.

biangbiang noodles

Biang biang noodles is a famous snack in Shaanxi, also known as belt noodles. This ingenious and humorous combination of "biang" sums up the origin characteristics of biang biang noodles, the feeling of eaters, the main points of production technology, the hard work of raw materials, seasonings and noodle makers, the temperament of Qin people, the broad and angular heart, and the refreshing spirit of suffering and joy, which leads to the food culture that Shaanxi people are proud of. The width of a noodle in biang biang noodles can reach two or three inches, and the length is about 1 meters. When it is thick, it is similar to a coin, but when it is thin, it is like a cicada. A noodle is enough for a meal, but for the Guanzhong people with a large appetite, it is easy to eat 8 Liang or 1 Jin at a time.

Shaanxi Hele (pronounced hé le), also known as Helou, is to mix pea noodles, oat noodles, buckwheat noodles or other miscellaneous bean noodles with soft, wooden or iron tools with many round eyes. It is thicker than ordinary noodles, but harder and softer than noodles, and the eating method is similar to noodles. Hele is widely spread in Shanxi, Baoji, Weinan, Tongchuan and other Guanzhong areas in Shaanxi.

noodles with minced meat

noodles with minced meat are snacks with Han nationality flavor in Shaanxi province. They are thin, strong, light, delicious, sour, spicy and fragrant, and they are flexible and smooth to eat. Noodles with minced meat are characterized by long and thin noodles, uniform thickness, fresh and fragrant noodles, oily and ruddy noodle soup, and fresh and fragrant but not greasy. Saozi noodles have a great influence on people's lives in Guanzhong area. No matter whether it is a happy event or a funeral, a holiday, an old man's birthday, a child's full moon or a family visit, it is inseparable. In Guanzhong area, weddings and funerals, old people's birthdays and children's full moons are generally served twice, which is called breakfast and lunch, and breakfast noodles are the staple food.

Guo Kui

Shaanxi Guo Kui, also known as Guo Kui, Guo Kui Mo, and Gan Mo, is a traditional Han-style pasta snack that urban and rural residents in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province like to eat. Guo Kui originated from a gift given by grandma to her grandson He Miyue, and later developed into a flavor convenience food. The whole pot helmet is round, with a diameter of feet, a thickness of 1 inches and a weight of 5 kg. Take wheat flour flour, press straw and flour, and bake in a shallow pot with slow fire. The appearance is yellow, the incision is white, crisp and palatable, and it can be carried for a long time. Among the jingle "Shaanxi Top 11 Monsters" compiled by outsiders in the province, one is called "steamed buns are like pot lids", which means pot helmets. The famous ones in Guanzhong are Ganxian Guo Kui, Wugong Guo Kui, Changwu Guo Kui and Qishan Guo Kui.

Melaleuca Crispy Cake

Melaleuca Crispy Cake is a special snack of Han nationality in Shaanxi. Golden color, distinct layers, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy, crispy and palatable. According to legend, shortbread is made of thousands of pancakes in the Tang Dynasty, which has been carefully improved by chefs. It is made by making crisp, kneading dough, making cakes and frying.

beef and mutton paomo

mutton paomo is short for mutton pao and paomo. Known as "sheep soup" in ancient times, it is delicious in the northwest, especially in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, where beef and mutton are the most famous in paomo. Su Shi, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, left a poem that "there is bear wax in the soup, and the Qin Dynasty cooks only sheep soup". It is well-cooked, the ingredients are heavy and mellow, the rotten meat soup is thick, fat but not greasy, rich in nutrition, full of fragrance, attractive appetite and endless aftertaste after eating. Because it warms the stomach and resists hunger, it is always loved by people of all ethnic groups in Xi 'an and northwest China, and foreign guests come to Shaanxi to try it first to satisfy their appetite. Beef and mutton bread in soup has become the "general representative" of Shaanxi famous food.

Golden thread oil tower

Golden thread oil tower is a rare traditional snack of Han nationality in Xi 'an, Shaanxi. Its layer is silky, loose and not greasy, and its shape is "like a golden thread when lifted, and like a pine cone when lowered", hence its name. Legend has it that it began in the Tang Dynasty, and was originally named "Oil Collapse". In the Qing Dynasty, it was improved by increasing the level of oil cakes, changing the cake shape into a tower shape, changing the frying into steaming, and changing the name from "Oil Collapse" to "Golden Thread Oil Tower", which became a beautiful point. When the oil tower is steamed and eaten in the cage, pat it slightly with your hands and shake it loose, and put it on a plate, accompanied by onion knots, sweet noodle sauce and so on, which has a unique flavor.

According to statistics, there are more than 2,111 varieties of Shaanxi cuisine.

It is the most abundant local flavor cuisine in China.

The top ten famous dishes and snacks in Shaanxi this time

Most of them are hard dishes with various meats as raw materials.

It reflects the rough and heroic personality of Laoshan.