In my opinion, the most humanistic thing is the food in Qinghai. The author took stock of these 10 delicious snacks and flavor dishes with unique Qinghai characteristics. Let's take a look at them.
1. Qinghai yak meat
This delicious food is not available anywhere else. Because it needs yak, only the yak that grew up in this cold place in Qinghai is the best ingredient.
Yak meat is delicious and has high nutritional value. Eating it regularly is good for people's health and enhances their resistance.
Local people usually drink yak meat with highland barley wine, which is very popular with local people. Not only that, in western Europe, yak meat is also very popular and has the reputation of "the crown of beef cattle".
Moreover, because yaks grow on the plateau, they usually eat Cordyceps and Fritillaria grown on these plateaus, and their meat quality has incomparable nutritional value to other breeds of cattle, which is very rare.
2. Qinghai stuffed skin
Qinghai stuffed skin is a local specialty snack in Qinghai, which can be seen everywhere among vendors in various towns and villages in Xining.
There are three kinds of fermented skins: distilled fermented skins, Lanzhou fermented skins and high-load fermented skins. When cooking this delicious food, you should use mung bean flour, sorghum flour and wheat flour, and mix them with warm water.
It will be eaten with gluten, vinegar, Chili oil, mustard, leek and garlic paste, refreshing and delicious, with a long aftertaste.
Soft and smooth fermented skin is sour and delicious, appetizing and relieving boredom. Although we can't get on the table of a five-star hotel, we can eat happily and contentedly at the roadside food stalls.
A few years ago, my friend went to Qinghai on business and took some stuffed skins with him when he left, so he liked this one better.
3. Qinghai Old Yogurt
Qinghai old yogurt has a long history. It is said that as early as 64 1 year, there were historical documents of old yogurt in the Tang Dynasty.
Old yogurt not only has a long history, but also has higher nutritional value than milk on the market. Qinghai old yogurt contains a lot of lactic acid, lactose and minerals, which is very friendly to human body.
Friends who like nutrition and health must always try the taste of Qinghai old yogurt, which is sour and rich in milk fragrance. You won't forget it once.
4. Qinghai roast whole lamb
Roasting whole sheep is to clean the whole sheep, cook it on charcoal fire, and sprinkle with cumin powder and Chili powder. Sheep in Qinghai eat precious Cordyceps every day. Sheep and mutton grown up on this forage are delicious and rich in nutritional value.
Roasted whole lamb tastes delicious, which is delicious that can't be eaten anywhere else. When you come to Qinghai, you can't miss the mutton in Qinghai.
5. Qinghai Tujia Hotpot
To say that the most memorable food of Qinghai people is the local hot pot in Qinghai.
The main ingredients of this dish are braised pork belly and fried hairtail. There are all kinds of delicious ingredients, such as fried meatballs, sauerkraut, black fungus, kelp, tofu, mushrooms and fried potatoes, which are all rolled into the pot.
After all the ingredients in the pot are boiled, add green garlic sprouts and rice peppers and invite three or five friends to eat hot pot together, which is very satisfying.
6. Menyuan milk skin
Milk skin is the essence of milk. Finally, there is actually a jingle that says: "Qinghai milk skin has several sources, and the source milk skin is in Ma Lian."
Menyuan milk skin is white and yellow, shaped like an unfolded sponge, fresh and sweet, soft and crisp to eat, and very delicious.
Milk skin is made of pure natural and pollution-free fresh milk from high-quality yaks and cows in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is rich in protein and trace elements, and it is beneficial to health if eaten regularly.
If you are a guest in Qinghai people's home, enthusiastic Qinghai people will clip on the milk skin for you, soak in milk tea for a while and taste the delicious milk skin while drinking tea. The entrance is soft and has a long aftertaste. When you bite it, your lips and teeth will produce saliva.
7. Pit pot mutton chop
The main ingredient of this dish is lamb chops, with onions, carrots, onions, ginger and garlic, and green and red peppers.
The cooking method of this dish is to chop the lamb chops into pieces, put them in a pot, blanch them, take out the casserole, add onions, ginger and garlic, add some cumin and pepper, and stir well. Put the green and red pepper pieces into the lamb chop pot before taking out the pot.
8. Qinghai Laobapan
Laobapan is a very distinctive dish in Qinghai. Laobapan consists of two kinds of dishes, cold and hot. Usually it's a dinner party, and tea, candy and dried fruit will be served before you sit down. Then serve eight cold dishes, and use highland barley wine, which Qinghai people like to drink, with cold dishes and wine. The more you drink, the more delicious it is.
Listen to the old man said, this old eight-legged exquisite, eat and drink on the first day, the next day began to eat hot dishes. This slow-paced lifestyle seems to be out of step with the fast-paced society.
However, I believe some people will like it, and they will always miss the scenes of the years, carry a bottle of highland barley wine, set a table of good dishes, and invite friends to dinner.
9. Qinghai Sanshao
The three authentic barbecued pork in Qinghai are sheep tendon, beef balls and braised pork, which are different from other places in terms of materials alone.
Qinghai Sanshao is also listed as one of the top ten famous dishes in Qinghai, which is enough to see the weight of this dish. This dish is a traditional dish in Xining and a signature dish for Qinghai people to entertain guests.
Beef tenderloin, beef balls, potatoes and braised pork are stewed with some seasonings. They are delicious and cook a favorite bite of Qinghai people.
10. Qinghai baitiao finger food
Hand-grabbed mutton has a history of thousands of years in Qinghai, where mutton has become the most common kind of meat.
The mutton on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is delicious. The purest way to eat this delicious food is to catch it with white strips. Only a handful of salt can stimulate the purest taste of mutton, and no other seasonings are needed.
Qinghai people are very particular about catching mutton by hand. First of all, we must ensure the freshness of mutton, and then choose the first-class yellow mutton. The selection of materials alone is not available anywhere else.
There are two flavors of white-striped hand-grabbed meat. One is to use garlic juice as a hot sauce and pour it on mutton. Friends who like spicy food must try it. It's delicious and will never be forgotten.
The other is the smell of salt and pepper. Friends who like heavy taste should choose this one. The taste is very strong and very satisfying to the taste buds.
The above is the top ten food inventory in Qinghai. Is there any food you are familiar with? What other foods are there in Qinghai that are not mentioned in the article? Please add them in the comments section.