Pot-stewed food is a special dish in Anyang, Henan Province, which is divided into high, medium and low grades. The first category is called "sea braised dishes" with seafood, the middle category is called "Shang braised dishes", and the general category is called "Hangzhou braised dishes". The popular dishes are "whole soup bean curd brain dish", "flat noodle dish" and "crispy dregs stew", among which flat noodle dish is a kind of food that citizens like to go out early.

Anyang people have a special liking for braised dishes. Weddings, funerals, full moon banquets and birthday banquets are almost inseparable from braised dishes. Stewed dishes have become well-known dishes because of their wide variety, complete ingredients, mellow and delicious soup, rich nutrition and low price.

The practice of braised dishes in Anyang is relatively simple. Pork, kelp, seasonal vegetables, potatoes, etc. With Anyang's unique skin dregs, stew in one pot.

Anyang braised dishes are characterized by rich ingredients, integrated soup and vegetables, and the raw materials are both meat and fat, fat and thin.

The main ingredients are tendons, belly slices, crispy meat, diced meat, strips, meatballs, skin residue, oil gluten, yuba, vegetables and tofu.

Mid-range chicken balls, fat intestines, pills, magnolia slices, fungus, etc. High-grade sea cucumber, squid, dried seaweed, etc.

Stews can also be made on the spot in the form of hot pot.