Between fifteen minutes and half an hour.

Don’t overcook Qinghai hand-caught mutton, so as not to lose its taste. If it is lamb, boil it for fifteen minutes. If it is one-year-old lamb, cook it for about twenty minutes to half an hour. , a chopstick can be inserted into it. At this time, the meat is most chewy and juicy.

"Handscraping" is a unique way of eating on the Qinghai Plateau, and it is also well-known throughout the country. Hand-caught mutton is closely related to the nomadic life of Tibetan compatriots who live on water and grass. It is named after grabbing the meat with one hand and holding a knife in the other hand to cut, dig, pick and slice, and eat all the meat on the sheep bones. .