It's freezing in the cold, and drinking a bowl of steaming mutton soup is refreshing! Speaking of mutton soup, Shandong cuisine is of course the most famous.

1. Shanxian Mutton Soup (Heze, Shandong)

This is probably the most famous mutton soup in China. The standard practice of Shanxian mutton soup is to cut the mutton into pieces, break the bones of the mutton, and cook it with spices such as pepper, clove, cinnamon, dried tangerine peel, tsaoko, galangal, cinnamon and angelica dahurica, which is known as the first soup in the world. The soup is milky white, not greasy and delicious. This is really top-grade mutton soup, with lotus leaf cake and green onions. Even southern Renye Fang will be full of praise.

Second, powder soup sheep blood (Xi 'an, Shaanxi)

On the basis of traditional sheep blood soup, Xi Anmin added vermicelli and tofu, wax roasted oil, Chili oil and pepper, appropriate amount of minced garlic and coriander, and finally poured a proper amount of hot soup to make it soft, smooth, spicy and fragrant. It is famous for its six words: hemp, spicy, salty, fragrant, tender and light.

Third, Wuzhong entrails of sheep (Wuzhong, Ningxia)

Mutton offal in Wuzhong is essentially a soup snack. In this soup, the sheep's head, hoof, intestine and belly are cleaned, then boiled with sheep's heart and liver, boneless and cut into sections. Sheep lungs are filled with thin batter washed with gluten, cooked in a pot and cut into long strips. Then put the cut clinker in the mutton soup for a while, sprinkle with garlic sprouts and coriander, and add red oil to the bowl. The taste is ruddy and shiny, and the fragrance is attractive.

Fourth, Luoyang mutton soup (Luoyang, Henan)

Jin Meng and Luoyang are the most famous. The carrion soup is thick, the milk is attractive and the flavor is refreshing. When drinking soup, you can add seasonings such as salt, vinegar, pepper, garlic, etc., and you can also soak in sesame cakes and steamed bread.

Five, sheep intestine soup (Dezhou, Shandong)

The main ingredient of this snack is stuffed sheep intestines. Mix sheep's blood, bean flour, sesame oil and refined salt, then pour in sheep intestines, then cook the sheep intestines, add pepper and refined salt, take them out and cut them into small pieces, put them in a bowl when eating, then scoop a spoonful of sheep intestines soup, sprinkle coriander powder and drop sesame oil. This soup tastes delicious and unique.

Six, white soup chop suey (Beijing)

White soup chop suey is a traditional dish in old Beijing. Sausage, tripe and mutton are used as main raw materials, and sauerkraut, coriander, onion ginger, sesame sauce, Chili oil and refined salt are used as auxiliary materials. It tastes fragrant, spicy, sour, salty and not greasy. Suitable for eating with sesame cakes. This mutton soup is soft and rotten, as white as milk.

Seven, Pingquan mutton soup (Chengde, Hebei)

This soup is chopped with amniotic fluid. The soup is cooked with spices such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Cortex Cinnamomi, Fructus Tsaoko, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Semen Armeniacae Amarum. When eating, it is served with spices such as Chili oil, Chili noodles and salt. It tastes mellow, fat but not greasy. Pingquan mutton soup is essentially a local specialty snack derived from Shanxian mutton soup.

Eight, Huguan mutton soup (Changzhi, Shanxi)

This soup is a special snack in Shangdang area. The method is to shred the cooked sheep, pour in the sheep bone soup, and add coriander, pepper, salt, vinegar and other seasonings. The soup is delicious and can drive away the cold and warm the body.

Nine, Zaozhuang mutton soup (Zaozhuang, Shandong)

Known as the first soup in southern Shandong, it is the mutton soup second only to Shanxian in Shandong. Zaozhuang mutton soup is made of top-grade goat and mutton with more than a dozen seasonings, and spices such as pepper, coriander and vinegar are added when eating. The soup is clear and delicious. Mutton soup in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui is also deeply influenced by it.

X. Juxian whole lamb soup (Rizhao, Shandong)

The mutton soup in Shan County is made of sheep, while the whole mutton soup in Ju County is made of local goats. In addition, they are similar in practice, ingredients and eating methods. Eating Juxian whole lamb soup is very popular in the local area.