1. Daoxiao Noodles

Shanxi and Daoxiao Noodles are traditional pasta with Shanxi characteristics, which are well-known at home and abroad because of their unique flavor. Daoxiao Noodles got its name because it was all cut with a knife. The leaves cut with a knife are thick in the middle and thin in the edge. The sharp edges are shaped like willow leaves.

2. You're a famous traditional pasta snack in the alpine region of Shanxi Province, which belongs to Jin cuisine. Bangbang is a kind of flour food made of oat flour, which is called Bangbang in folk because of its shape like a basketry. Youmian is one of the top ten pasta in Shanxi. Its exquisite craftsmanship, beautiful shape and strong taste are perfectly combined. Together with mutton soup with minced meat and mushrooms, a family eats ten kinds of incense, and it becomes an out-and-out delicacy. Even when Emperor Kangxi worships Wutai Mountain, he takes it as a pleasure in life.

3. Picking the tip

Picking the tip, also known as picking fish and picking stocks, is a traditional pasta that originated in Yuncheng and Jinzhong, Shanxi, and is popular in Shanxi, Mongolia, Shaanxi and Hebei. Picking tip is convenient and quick to make, tastes fragrant and smooth, and is easy to digest, so it is widely favored by the public and is a very representative kind of Shanxi food.

4. Pobanzi

Pobanzi, a specialty of Shanxi, is a coarse grain food popular in Jinzhong area. There are many kinds, such as potatoes, beans, cabbage and Sophora japonica. Most steamed bread or pasta are stirred, steamed in a pot, or fried in oil, or mixed with tomato hot sauce.

5. Miscellaneous sheep cutting

Miscellaneous sheep cutting is a kind of local snacks in Shanxi. According to legend, Shanxi people began to eat miscellaneous cuts in the Yuan Dynasty, and one miscellaneous cut was given by Kublai Khan's mother. Mutton offal was originally a famous food of Huairen, and it was famous in Yanbei area. In the past, Huairen and Inner Mongolians had different habits of eating mutton. Inner Mongolians only ate meat, but Huairen did some articles on mutton launching and created a kind of delicious food called mutton offal. Wash the heart, lungs, liver, intestines and blood of sheep, cook and chop them up, add some seasonings such as pepper, pepper, salt, garlic, onion and ginger, add some boiled broth, make mutton offal, and add vermicelli to eat together. Now it has developed into a local cuisine in Shanxi.

6. Shanxi Camellia oleifera

Shanxi Camellia oleifera strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach, and it is nutritious and protects the stomach in autumn and winter. It is a necessary soup for the winter festival table. Its raw materials are 4g of flour, 3g of walnut kernel, 3g of peanut kernel, 3g of Xinjiang almond, 3g of black sesame, 3g of cooked white sesame powder, 4g of olive oil or 4g of butter. Camellia oleifera, the traditional practice is to fry flour with butter or sheep oil, and then add peanuts, sesame seeds and fennel. When you drink it, you can add salt or sugar, which is salty and sweet. It is a special snack in Jinzhong, Shanxi.

7. Oily meat

Oily meat is the most famous traditional dish of the Han nationality in Shanxi Province. It originated in the Ming Dynasty and was originally a famous dish in the official government. Later, it spread to the people in Taiyuan and then gradually spread to other parts of Shanxi. Oily meat is found in Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang, while oily meat in Shanxi is different from others in material selection and production, and has strong local characteristics in Shanxi. The color is golden and bright, the taste is salty and fresh, and it smells vinegar. The texture is soft outside and tender inside. The juice is moderate and transparent, not thin or thick, and slightly oily.