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The Yi people's diet is mainly rice and miscellaneous grains noodles. The food made by buckwheat has a unique taste, including buckwheat Baba and buckwheat rice, which is worth tasting. The meat is mainly pig, sheep and beef, and the mutton soup pot tastes good, so friends who like mutton should not miss it. There is a folk saying that "Han people value tea, while Yi people value wine". Yi people often entertain guests with wine, while drinking tea is more common among the elderly, mainly baking tea, but the drinking method is quite distinctive, and only half a cup is poured at a time, and the taste is slow.

Yunnan Chuxiong muntjac jerky

Muntjac meat is tender and delicious, and it tastes extraordinary whether fried, boiled or roasted. Its biggest feature is that it has no tendons and no teeth. The dried bar pickled with its meat is more delicious.

Chuxiong Yao 'an air-dried chicken

Many places in Yunnan have a traditional history of making air-dried chicken, among which yaoan air-dried chicken in northwest Yunnan and Zhenxiong chicken in northeast Yunnan are the most famous.

Whole sheep soup pot

Fat black goats are mainly selected. After slaughter, they are scalded to shed their hair, and their internal organs are cleaned. The fur of sheep's head and feet is removed by burning fire, and then they are browned on charcoal fire, and then the internal bones are broken by hammer. Finally, all the sheep's blood, miscellaneous belly and mutton are cut into pieces and boiled in one pot. The advantages of this way of eating are no smell, white soup, strong taste, fragrant meat and rich nutrition. Whole sheep soup pot is not only a favorite flavor of Yi people, but also the most popular food.

Shiyang snacks

Shiyang Town, Dayao County, which is the seat of Guyanfeng County, is a famous historical and cultural town in central Yunnan. Shiyang Town has many snacks that are popular among people of all ethnic groups, such as Samui cake, bean dough, bean cake, steamed cake, vegetable dumplings, steamed buns, jiaozi, buckwheat jelly, salt and pepper cakes, yellow powder soup, sweet white wine and glutinous rice balls.

Chuxiong Yuanmou cold chicken

Cold chicken is a famous brand product in Yuanmou's diet flavor, with a history of nearly a hundred years. The selection of materials for cold chickens is exquisite, and the chicks that have not laid eggs or crowed are the best. The finished cold chicken is tender and sweet, supplemented by moderate sour, sweet, hemp and spicy spices, and has an endless aftertaste. It is the top grade in Yuanmou banquets and delicacies, and is deeply loved by the masses.

roast suckling pig

the roast suckling pig of Chuxiong yi nationality is a traditional delicacy with local characteristics. Yuanmou, Lufeng and Luoci are the most distinctive areas. Roasted suckling pigs generally choose lean suckling pigs that have just reached the age of two months. After scalding and shedding their hair, they remove their belly impurities and hooves, coat them with juice prepared by various condiments such as honey, and then hang the whole pig in a small earthen kiln and bake it with slow fire until it is cooked. Yuanmou roasted suckling pigs, instead of using an earthen kiln, put an iron bar on the slaughtered piglets, put them on a charcoal fire, and spread spices and seasonings while baking until the skin is yellow and the meat is cooked. The roast suckling pig skin is yellow and crispy, the meat is tender and crisp, fat but not greasy, the taste is fresh and sweet, the nutrition is rich, and the color and fragrance are unique.

Buckwheat Baba

Buckwheat noodles are nutritious, cool and beneficial to the stomach. Bitter buckwheat dipped in honey is not only a traditional food of Yi people, but also a delicious food for guests.