People in Shaanxi call potatoes "potato". As an important potato producing area, there are countless delicious foods made from potatoes in Shaanxi. Let's go into the potato world in Shaanxi and see how Shaanxi eats potatoes in fancy.

interestingly, Shaanxi dialects like to use reduplicated words, such as douban petals, sticky noodles, steamed buns with white flour and so on, and there are countless reduplicated words about food. Of course, the food made by potato also has its own "reduplicated" name.

potato wipe

during the famine, only potatoes grew strongly on the land of northern Shaanxi, and the people of northern Shaanxi made a special food-potato wipe. The name alone vividly explained its making method.

"Wipe" the potatoes into thick filaments with a wire grater, control the moisture, then quickly add some flour and mix it, so that it can be evenly wrapped in shredded potatoes for free, then steam it in a steamer, and finally add some sauce to enjoy.

A simple sauce only needs garlic paste, sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and Chili noodles, and then a spoonful of hot oil is poured on the steamed potato to wipe it; A little richer, you can add coriander, green pepper, red pepper, tomato and other condiments to increase the attractive color.

In addition to mixing with sauce, potato can be wiped and fried according to personal preference. Frying can give a golden crisp taste, and frying can add favorite ingredients to create new delicacies.

potato smearing

In Yan 'an and Yulin areas of northern Shaanxi, there is also a kind of delicious food-potato smearing, also called Hei Leng Leng, which is complicated, so not every hotel in Shaanxi can eat it.

First, after peeling potatoes, grind them into mud, soak them in water, and then filter the water with a layer of gauze. This step alone has to be done three times to wash off the color of potatoes.

In the filtered water, potato starch is slowly precipitated. Mix potato starch with potato foam on gauze again, add salt and spiced powder to taste, and knead into balls to make "balls" of similar size.

Finally, put these "meatballs" in a steamer and steam them. After steaming, they will become crystal clear, which will greatly increase people's appetite. Sprinkle with tomato sauce, or dip directly in the adjusted onion and garlic sauce or spicy sauce. It tastes chewy and chewy, and you won't forget it.

potato Baba

potato Baba is a special snack in Ankang, Shaanxi Province. Unlike potato Baba in Yunnan Province, potato Baba in Shaanxi Province is made by grinding raw potatoes into powder, filtering them, adding precipitated starch, stirring them into paste, and spreading them in a pan. Cut the "pie" into small pieces and you can cook with other ingredients.

Fried bacon with potato Baba is a famous dish in Zhenping, Ankang, and it is also the grand finale of the reunion dinner for the Chinese New Year.

The pork raised by farmers is cured with firewood, which is full of fat and lean. Saute the bacon in the pan to get oil, then add the chopped potato Baba, add pepper, pepper, onion, garlic and salt, and stir well to get out of the pan.

potato Baba absorbs the fat of bacon, making the whole dish fat but not greasy. The salty taste is memorable.

potato is natural

In some dialects in northern Shaanxi, potato means mashed potatoes. Potatoes and Chinese cabbage can make a home-cooked meal in northern Shaanxi-natural food.

after the potatoes are steamed and peeled, mash them for later use. Boil a pot of water, blanch the cabbage a little, pick it up and chop it up. Put lard in the pan, stir-fry with ginger, garlic and pepper, and add diced pork and minced star anise to make it more fragrant. While adding a small amount of water, stir-fry continuously. By using the viscosity of potato starch, stir-fry until the juice is about to dry and shape. Add salt, minced ginger and minced pepper and mix well quickly, and then take out the pan.

The cooked natural dishes are green and white in appearance, full of fragrance, soft in taste and easy to eat.

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In addition to the potato wiping, potato wiping, potato Baba and potato naturalness mentioned above, there are more potato practices created by Shaanxi people.

Xi' an Lantian's potato Ciba with sauerkraut soup is a must. Gaoling's potato chips are steamed, and all kinds of food stalls have cumin baked potato and dried potato ... Only you can't think of the delicious food of potatoes, and there is nothing that Shaanxi people can't do.

how many kinds of Shaanxi potato snacks have you tried? Which one do you like best?