1. Shanxi oily meat

Shanxi's oily meat is one of the most famous traditional dishes in Shanxi, which originated in the Ming Dynasty and is called "three Jin blindly". This dish takes oily meat as the main ingredient, and magnolia slices as the side dish. The finished product is golden and bright in color, soft and tender in the outside, oily but not greasy, and full of strong Shanxi local characteristics.

2. Shanxi assorted hot pot

Shanxi assorted hot pot is a seasonal dish in Taiyuan in winter, which includes egg products, mushrooms, bean products, vegetables, seafood, meat and other multiple ingredients. Hot pot is a famous dish with various varieties and colorful collocation.

3. Taiyuan Fubanlu Chicken

Taiyuan Fu Banlu Chicken is a traditional dish in Shanxi, which takes tender hens as raw materials. This dish was born during Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, and the name of the dish was given by Empress Dowager Cixi herself. The finished product is red, white and green, and the fragrance of green garlic and the salty flavor of chicken blend together.

4. Taiyuan Bazhen Decoction

Taiyuan Bazhen Soup is a traditional soup dish in Taiyuan. Mr. Fu Shan used fat mutton, yam and lotus root as raw materials with eight inventions such as Astragalus and Alpinia officinarum. This dish contains the theory of homology of medicine and food, and the finished product exudes a charming mixed fragrance of wine, medicine and mutton.

5. Sweet and sour meatballs

Sweet and sour meatballs are dishes made of meatballs made of fat and lean meat as the main raw materials, with soup made of mature vinegar and tomato paste. The finished product is bright red, full, crisp and tender, sweet and sour, which is very popular among children.

6. Zhanxiang Fish Slices

Zhanxiang fish fillet is a traditional dish in Taiyuan, which has a history of thousands of years. This dish is made of fried fish fillets as the main material, with onion, ginger, garlic, soup, balsamic vinegar and other ingredients after simmering and frying. Elegant color, fresh and tender taste and unique flavor.

7. Shanxi crispy meat

Shanxi crispy meat is a traditional dish in Shaanxi province, which is made from pork ribs cut into strips through multiple processes such as boiling, wrapping, frying and steaming. The delicacy of this dish lies in the temperature and practice of pickling and wrapping the surface coat and frying. When tasting, Taiyuan locals will also eat it with scallion noodle sauce and perilla seasoning.

8. Taiyuan yangzage

Taiyuan haggis is a special dish in Taiyuan, which was once named haggis cheese by the Queen Mother. This dish is made of sheep offal such as sheep head, sheep heart, sheep liver, sheep lung and sheep blood as the main raw materials, with ingredients such as onion, pepper and coriander powder.

9.quail and eggplant

Quail eggplant is one of the top ten famous dishes in Shanxi, which is made of quail breast meat and eggplant. This dish was first born in Taigu, a wealthy businessman in the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the eight bowls in Qiaofu, a Shanxi merchant. It tastes mellow and delicious, oily but not greasy, soft, waxy and salty.

10. oat noodle

You Mian You is a traditional noodle snack in Shaanxi, which is made from you Mian as the main raw material. The creation time of this dish can be traced back to 1400 years ago in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was once a delicious food tasted by Li Shimin and his son. Now this dish has become one of the top ten popular pasta dishes in Shanxi.