Other cities in Shandong. I have only stayed in Jinan and Qingdao for one year each. I know a little about the delicacies of these two cities. The ones that impressed me the most are Jinan’s meat and Qingdao’s seafood. I won’t introduce other city delicacies here. After all, I don’t know much about them. The introduction is based on online searches. Today I will focus on them. Let me introduce to you our Linyi food.

1. Linyi Fried Chicken

It is said that no chicken can escape from Linyi. It is the habit of Linyi people who like to eat chicken. There are three schools of Shandong fried chicken. Linyi Fried chicken, Zaozhuang spicy chicken, Laiwu fried chicken. The fried chicken in the three places each has its own characteristics. Our Linyi fried chicken mainly highlights the combination of the aroma of sauce and the original taste of chicken. We use local free-range roosters, stew first and then stir-fry, and finally stir-fry with Shandong green onions, Cangshan garlic, and local green peppers. Spicy and delicious, the juice is wide and rich, very enjoyable.

2. Grits (pronounced sa in dialect) soup

Grinds are our famous food in Linyi. Apart from fried chicken, Linyi’s iconic food is grits. Linyi people cannot live without rice dumplings for breakfast. A bowl of hot beef rice dumplings is the standard breakfast for Linyi people. Grits is a kind of broth made from beef and beef bones, supplemented by wheat kernel rice, black pepper, ginger, and spices, cooked for more than five hours. The cooked glutinous rice soup is spicy and plump, and it can be eaten in one bite. Warmth and satisfaction arise spontaneously. Grits are not only delicious, but also have good health care effects, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach. A must try when you come to Linyi.

3. Mongolian goat soup

Although mutton soup is a national popular delicacy, due to the different water quality, mutton quality, and cooking process in each place, each place The taste of the mutton soup is still different. Our mutton soup in Linyi is the most famous and delicious Mongolian goat soup. As the name suggests, the Mongolian goat soup uses black goat meat grown in Mengshan Mountain as the main ingredient. It does not add any messy spices and is cooked in a large pot for more than five hours. The soup is thick white, extremely delicious, has no smell, and is very delicious.

4. Linyi Chili Stir-fried Pork

Linyi Chili Stir-fried Pork is different from the southern chili stir-fried pork. Linyi Chili Stir-fried Pork uses pork belly, cut into large pieces, without marinating, and directly uses oil. Stir-fry over high heat, then add light soy sauce and dark soy sauce for coloring and seasoning, and finally add green pepper, garlic, and scallions, stir-fry over high heat until cooked through, and it's delicious.