Although Yan 'an is located in northern Shaanxi, the local snacks are not much different from xi 'an, and the local oil cakes and yellow buns made of millet flour are also delicious.

Oil residue cake

Also known as rice cake and jujube cake, it is one of the most representative local snacks in northern Shaanxi. It is fried with millet and jujube of Millet family as raw materials. Golden color, delicate and soft, sweet and delicious. All hotels and restaurants are sold as local specialties. When the Central Red Army successfully arrived in northern Shaanxi, Yan 'an people entertained the Red Army soldiers with oil cakes. There is also a description of oil cake in Shandan Dan Hua Hong, a folk song in northern Shaanxi. Oil cakes are often used in festivals or occasions for entertaining relatives and friends, especially at wedding banquets. When eating, put it on a plate, each tablet 10, with white sugar and powder soup.

Youmomo

Round, ring-shaped, fried and as golden as copper coins are symbols of wealth and good fortune in Yan 'an folklore. The finished product is a small round cake with a hole in the middle, fried to reddish brown. Oil buns should be served on holidays.

Potato brush

Potatoes are potatoes, and potatoes are often called "potatoes" in Shaanxi. Slice the potatoes into inch-long slices with a spatula, and add pepper, shredded onion, ginger powder, salt, etc. Stir well with flour and steam in a pot. When eating, put it in a large bowl, add garlic paste, Chili noodles, sauce, vinegar and scallion oil. Or stir-fry in a pot. It tastes crisp and delicious.

Bean powder jelly

It is one of the special snacks in northern Shaanxi. Bean jelly made of mung bean powder, lentil jelly made of lentil powder, potato jelly made of potato starch and buckwheat jelly made of buckwheat bran. Among them, the mung bean jelly in Zichang county is the best, with green color, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. There are two ways to eat bean jelly: hot food and cold food, and it is best to eat cold food in midsummer. It is refreshing and delicious after being prepared with a variety of seasonings, and it is full of hot and sour flavor.

Pancakes made of flour

Made from refined buckwheat bran, it can be used with dried bean curd, hot bean curd and all kinds of stir-fried dishes. The edible methods are diverse, cool and delicious, and can be eaten all year round. It's best to make it ready-to-eat, which tastes best. Zichang pancake has a long reputation in northern Shaanxi.

Haggis

Stewed sheep's head, sheep's hoof, sheep's blood, sheep's liver, sheep's heart, sheep's intestines, sheep's belly and sheep's lungs have a good nourishing effect. Mutton offal can be fried and stewed. It's delicious.

Qian Qian rice

Refined from coarse grains. The raw material is black beans. After soaking, they are pressed into the shape of copper coins on a mill, so people call them "Qian Qian rice". 20% bean money and 80% rice are mixed together and put into the pot in turn. When the bean money is half cooked, put the millet.

Buckwheat noodles

Make vermicelli with buckwheat, which is delicious with mutton soup. In northern Shaanxi, there is a saying that buckwheat noodles and mutton soup go hand in hand. Wuqi County and Zhidan County in Yan 'an are rich in buckwheat, and the buckwheat noodles in the two places are the best.

Fruit stuffing

Add oil to the flour, stir well, roll it into long slices, roll it up and press it into the nest, wrap the prepared stuffing, and bake it in the oven repeatedly until cooked. The taste is crisp and sweet. Varieties are jujube stuffing, candy stuffing, bean paste stuffing and so on.