The food in Yunnan is as rich as its beautiful scenery. There are more than 100 kinds of food that have been popular for a long time.

The food tastes in Yunnan America are mainly divided into two parts: Yunnan flavor and ethnic flavor. Whether you don’t like spicy food or not, Yunnan tastes a bit spicy; compared to spicy areas such as Hunan, Sichuan, and Guizhou, Yunnan’s taste is slightly lighter. The most representative delicacies are steamed chicken, yak meat, cross-bridge rice noodles, etc.

Yunnan’s ethnic foods are mainly Dai, Bai and Yi flavors, including fragrant bamboo rice, roasted bait cubes, etc.

01 Steamed Chicken

Steamed chicken is one of the famous Yunnan dishes. The method is to prepare the raw materials, chicken, ginger, salt, green onions, grass fruits, etc. And put them into a steamer, then seal the steamer with gauze, put it in a soup pot filled with water, and put it on the fire to cook. The chicken cooked in this way is delicious, retaining the original flavor of the chicken and the freshness and sweetness of the soup. Yunnan people usually add medicinal materials such as cordyceps, gastrodia elata, and panax notoginseng to steamed chicken, which not only increases the taste of steamed chicken, but also increases the nutrition of the dish, making it a famous nutritious dish with unique Yunnan flavor.

02 Yak meat

The method of making yak meat is: first remove the fascia from the yak butt, then shred it, and cut the celery into sections; heat the pot, add a little oil, and use a little salt Fry the celery, pour it into a colander and drain; then, clean the pot, put it on a high fire, add vegetable oil to heat, stir-fry the beef in the pot quickly, pour in the remaining vegetable oil while frying, and wait until the shredded yak meat is cooked. When the water is crispy, add minced ginger, bean paste, etc., then add celery and garlic sprouts, stir-fry, immediately cook the garlic sprouts in vinegar, stir-fry a few times quickly, and drizzle with sesame oil and red oil.

03 Crossing the Bridge Rice Noodles

Speaking of the most famous specialty snack in Yunnan, it must be Crossing the Bridge Rice Noodles.

The bridge rice noodles are composed of soup, slices and rice noodles. Soup: made from live chicken, live duck, pork ribs, ribs, etc. Slicing: Slice fresh chicken breast, pork tenderloin, liver, loin, bird fish or carp, and squid into thin slices for consumption; Route: First, select, wash, bleach, ferment, grind, drain, and press the rice, and put it into a boiling water pot medium, cool and set aside. Served with pea sauce, pea tips, yellow-toothed leeks, magnolia slices, tofu skin, etc. Blanch the rice noodles with boiling water and put into a bowl.

How to eat it: put the cooked soup into a deep bowl, first put various meat slices into the soup, stir it with chopsticks until cooked, then add various seasonings, and put the rice noodles in with chopsticks. Serve immediately in the soup. Its flavor is delicious and unique, leaving people with a long aftertaste after eating it.

04 Fragrant Pig Rice

Bamboo tube rice is a delicacy of the Dai people. It is best to cook it from November to February of the following year. It is called fragrant bamboo at this time because there is a fragrant film inside the bamboo.

The production method is: first cut off the bottom of the bamboo knots, then put the soaked glutinous rice into the bamboo tube, plug the mouth of the bamboo tube with banana leaves or zongzi leaves, soak it in water for 15 minutes, and set it over high heat. Bake or steam in a steamer, take out and eat directly after the rice is fragrant. The rice cooked in this way is soft, glutinous and fragrant, and tastes fragrant and soft, making people have endless aftertaste.

When traveling to the Dai area, in addition to the beautiful scenery and humanistic feelings, don't miss this unique food. If you go to the Dai people and try their authentic fragrant bamboo tube rice, it will leave a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth that will be unforgettable.

05 Boletus

Boletus is a unique specialty of Yunnan and contains nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and riboflavin. The best way is to fry it, it tastes delicious and has high medicinal value.

There are many ways to make porcini, such as third-line porcini. Method: Soak the porcini mushrooms in warm water, wash and shred them, blanch the porcini mycelium, snow pea shreds, and red pepper shreds in boiling water, take them out, soak them in clean water, and drain. Finally, put the beef liver mycelium, snow pea shreds, and red pepper shreds into a bowl, add salt, chicken essence, and sesame oil and stir evenly.

06 Shaoerkuai

Bait cubes are a local specialty snack in Yunnan. It is pressed into blocks with cooked rice, usually round pancakes, baked over charcoal fire, and then coated with sauce and vegetable filling

With the aroma of rice and sauce, this deep Local favorites are sure to whet your appetite.

Ham and bean stewed rice

Ham stewed rice is made from freshly picked broad beans. After removing the husks and skins, only the beans and rice remain. Cut the cooked ham into fingernail-sized pieces, then mix the beans and rice with half of the glutinous rice, wash and cook, and pour out the rice soup. Saute the ham until fragrant, then add the broad bean rice, salt, MSG and soup, then pour in the rice, cover the broad beans and ham, simmer the soup over low heat, then mix the ham and broad bean rice below with the rice above. This is the combination of food and rice, white, red and green, very attractive.

08 Chunjuan

Spring rolls, called spring rolls, were called spring outing seasonal snacks by the ancients. Yunnan spring rolls come with many ingredients. They are seasoned with sweet soy sauce. Be sure to add toon and leeks to bring all things alive. Spring is in full bloom. The food is golden in color, beautiful in appearance, delicious in taste, salty and sweet, and appetizing.

Now it is easy to eat spring rolls in other places outside Yunnan, but the taste is definitely not as good as here.

09 Thin Bean Noodles

Thin Bean Noodles are the most authentic breakfast in Yunnan.

If it eats soy flour for the first time, it may feel a little strange because ginger and garlic water is added to it, but after eating it once or twice, it will become addictive.

Thin bean flour must be eaten with fried dough sticks, preferably fresh fried dough sticks. Tear the steamed fried dough sticks into small pieces, mix with fine bean flour and drink it. The thin bean flour is smooth, crispy and delicious.

10 Fried beef skin

Fried beef skin is also a specialty delicacy of Yunnan. Boil the processed cowhide until half cooked. After taking it out, peel off the epidermis and subcutaneous fat layer, leaving only the middle dermis layer, which can be cut into small pieces or strips. Add oil to the wok, put the dried cowhide and cold oil into the wok, and fry over low heat until it boils out of the wok. The fried beef skin is as white as jade, crispy and delicious. It has a unique flavor when dipped in the unique Minan sauce of the Dai people. Commonly used rice noodles include tomato rice noodles, beef rice noodles, crab rice noodles, etc.

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Title: Travel guide to Lijiang, Yunnan (full color graphic version)

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