Although Yan 'an is located in the north of Shaanxi, the local snacks are not much different from xi 'an, and the local oil cakes and millet noodles with yellow buns are also delicious.

Oil residue cake

Also known as rice cake and jujube cake, it is one of the most representative local snacks in northern Shaanxi. It is fried with millet and jujube of Millet family as raw materials. Golden color, delicate and soft, sweet and delicious. All hotels and restaurants are sold as local specialties. When the Central Red Army successfully arrived in northern Shaanxi, Yan 'an people entertained the Red Army soldiers with oil cakes. This kind of oil cake has also been described in the folk song "Shandandan Flowers Bloom in Red" in northern Shaanxi. Oil cakes are usually used for festivals or occasions to entertain relatives and friends, especially at wedding banquets. When eating, put it on a plate, each tablet 10, accompanied by white sugar and powder soup.

Youmomo

Round, ring-shaped, fried and golden like copper coins are symbols of wealth and good fortune in Yan 'an folk customs. The finished product is a small round cake with a hole in the middle, which is fried to reddish brown. Oil buns should be served on holidays.

Potato brush

Potatoes are potatoes, and potatoes are often called "potato" in Shaanxi. Rub potatoes into an inch-long thin slices with a spatula, and add pepper, shredded onion, Jiang Mo, salt, etc. Stir well with flour and steam in a pan. When eating, put it in a large bowl, add garlic paste, Chili noodles, soy sauce, vinegar and scallion oil. Or stir fry. It tastes crisp and delicious.

Bean starch jelly

It is one of the special snacks in northern Shaanxi. It is called mung bean jelly made of mung bean powder, lentil jelly made of lentil powder, potato jelly made of potato starch and buckwheat jelly made of buckwheat bran. Among them, the mung bean jelly in Zichang county is the best, with green and bright color, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. There are two ways to eat bean jelly: hot food and cold food, and it is best to eat cold food in midsummer. It is refreshing and delicious after being prepared with a variety of seasonings, and it is full of sour and spicy flavor.

Pancakes made of flour

It is made of refined buckwheat bran, which can be matched with dried bean curd, hot tofu and various stir-fried dishes. The edible methods are diverse, cool and delicious, and can be eaten all year round. It's best to make it ready-to-eat, which tastes best. Zichang pancake has a long reputation in northern Shaanxi.

Haggis

Stewed sheep's head, sheep's hoof, sheep's blood, sheep's liver, sheep's heart, sheep's intestines, sheep's belly and sheep's lungs have a good nourishing effect. Mutton offal can be fried and stewed, and it tastes delicious.

Qian Qian Rice

Refined from coarse grains. The raw material is black beans. After soaking, they are pressed into copper coins on a grinder, so people call them "Qian Qian rice". 20% bean money and 80% rice, mix them together and put them into the pot one after another. When the bean money is half cooked, add the millet.

soba noodle

Make vermicelli with buckwheat, which is delicious with mutton soup. In northern Shaanxi, there is a saying that "buckwheat noodles and mutton soup go hand in hand". Wuqi County and Zhidan County in Yan 'an are rich in buckwheat, and the buckwheat noodles in the two places have the best taste.

Fruit stuffing

Add oil to flour and mix well, roll into long slices, roll up and press into a nest, wrap the prepared stuffing, and bake in the oven repeatedly until cooked. The taste is crisp and sweet. The varieties are jujube stuffing, candy stuffing, bean paste stuffing and so on.