The delicacies of Zhaojue County include Zhaojue Braised Chicken, Buckwheat Cake, Frozen Meat, Shedi, Round Root Pickled Cabbage Soup, etc.

1. Zhaojue Braised Chicken: This cuisine uses high-quality Dechang hybrid chicken, with green bamboo shoots, green peppers, garlic, pickled ginger, etc. This dish is bright red in color, tender chicken, salty, slightly spicy, cheap and good quality.

2. Buckwheat cake: After buckwheat is ground and shelled, it can be made into various buckwheat cakes such as boiled, roasted, steamed, baked, and fried.

3. Frozen meat: On the third night of the Yi people’s Chinese New Year, they choose some pork, remove the bones, cut it into small pieces, boil it in a pot, and put the meat and soup into a wooden helmet to cool, usually the next day.

It has solidified and is ready to eat.

4. Shedi: a Yi ethnic dish, namely aspic.

This is a relatively particular dish in the Yi area.

Aspic is soft, delicious and has a unique aroma. It is a favorite food of the Yi people.

5. Round-root pickled cabbage soup: Boil the round-rooted pickled cabbage or radish leaves and put the soup into a ceramic jar to ferment. After a few days, take it out and dry it.

When cooking chicken, pig, beef, or mutton, add sauerkraut to the soup and boil for a while. It tastes delicious.