Hand-held mutton refers to mutton with bones that is cut into cubes and then put into a stew pot to simmer into a soft mutton soup for consumption, while hand-held mutton is mutton that is roasted on a charcoal fire and then torn into pieces by hand for consumption.

Hand-held mutton is flavorful, soft and tasty, while hand-held mutton is crispy and firm.

Xinjiang people are generally in the past is a large iron pot stew, mutton directly after slaughter, are not washed, said to clean the mutton flavor is not, while the heat directly chunks of pot, after boiling, skimming off the blood foam, must be skimmed off so that the soup is clear, turn the small fire stew, this small fire is the most important, the process of stewing, the water will be slowly reduced, so the amount of added water should be enough.