Huanxian lamb is a geographical indication certification trademark.
Lamb is a traditional local dish in Huan County of Qingyang. Lamb is delicious, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood. Before and after the festival from beginning of spring to Duanyang, it is the best season to eat lamb. There are many ways to make lamb meat, such as stewed and steamed braised soup.
Huanxian county has a vast grassland, with an annual feeding capacity of more than 5, sheep. It is one of the production bases of Tan sheep and is rich in lambs.
lamb, that is, lamb during lactation. Sheep in Qingyang usually give birth to lambs in winter, and it is the lactation period of lambs in the second, third and may. Huanxian county is used to slaughtering lambs in the lactation season and eating them. This kind of lamb is tender and delicious, not greasy. The practice is as follows: firstly, clean the slaughtered lamb, stew it in the pot, the heat should not be too high, the lamb is tender, and it can be cooked in less than an hour. Take it out of the pot and remove the bones. It is bright and brown in color, delicious and crisp, and it is a delicious dish for guests.
There are many ways to cook lamb, especially stewed and steamed lamb. Stewed lamb is golden red in color, tender and fragrant, and delicious. When making, choose a good month-old fat lamb, gut it, remove its internal organs, hoofs and feet, soak it and wash it, and cut it into small pieces; Then use boiling clear oil (vegetable oil) to fry the strips of dried spicy horn, then take it out, and then stir-fry the meat in the pot; Then put ginger, pepper, pepper, salt and other condiments, and add a proper amount of soup (it is advisable to dry the rotten soup): when it is cooked quickly, add chopped green onion and monosodium glutamate, and then stew it with warm fire until cooked food is used. You need to prepare a plate of coriander and garlic to help the food. Steamed lamb is golden in color and delicious. When steaming, it is still to cut the slaughtered and washed lamb into small pieces, and then add ginger powder, pepper noodles and a little spices such as fragrant and chopped green onion. Before steaming, lamb should be soaked in clear water for one hour before it can be put into the cage; After steaming, add chopped green onion and monosodium glutamate to mix and serve.
lamb, that is, lamb during lactation. Sheep in Huan county usually give birth to lambs in winter, and it is the lactation period of lambs in March and May of the following year. Huanxian county is used to slaughtering lambs in the lactation season and eating them. This kind of lamb is tender and delicious, not greasy. The delicious lamb in Huan County is related to its unique geographical location and rich grass seed resources. There are more than 17, large and small channels in Huanxian County, with bitter and salty water quality, high salinity and no pollution. There are 439,3 hectares of natural grassland and 66,7 hectares of artificial grassland in the county, and there are many kinds of pastures, especially the natural grassland north of Huanxian County is rich in resources of Gentiana macrophylla. Therefore, people have such a good reputation for Huanxian Tan sheep and goats as "Chinese herbal medicine to eat, mineral water to drink and Liuwei Dihuang pills to pull". It can be seen that Huanxian lamb is rich in nutritional value and delicious in taste.
It is the best season to eat lamb before and after beginning of spring-Duanyang Festival every year. There are three different flavors of lamb in Huanxian County, namely clear soup mutton, stewed mutton and steamed mutton.
The method of making mutton with clear soup is: after the lamb is slaughtered, the lamb is peeled and cut out, the meat is cut into a pot, cold water is poured and decocted with strong fire, after the water is boiled, it is simmered with slow fire, and then the prepared seasonings, such as ginger slices, pepper, prickly ash and fragrant pepper, are wrapped in gauze and put into the pot for cooking, and salt is added when the meat is almost cooked. After the meat is cooked, take it out, brush the pot clean, pour in the clear oil and stir-fry the prepared vegetables. When the vegetables are half cooked, pour cook the meat's soup into the pot and bring to a boil. Cut the cooked meat into 4 cm long and 2 cm wide slices and put them in a bowl. Scoop the boiled soup into the bowl, sprinkle with coriander and serve with chopped green onion.
The preparation method of stewed mutton is: chop lamb into small pieces with bones, put them into a pot, pour cold water, decoct them with strong fire, simmer them slowly, and then put the prepared salt, seasoning and dried red pepper into the pot to cook. Sprinkle coriander and chopped green onion on it and serve.
The method of making steamed mutton is: cutting mutton into pieces, preparing a certain amount of fermented dough, and kneading seasoning and salt into the dough. Then wrap the mutton in dough, steam it in a steamer, and add garlic paste and soy sauce to eat it.
Lamb meat can strengthen yang, invigorate qi, stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen and prevent colds. It is also a good medicine for women's postpartum deficiency of qi and blood and backache. Lamb meat is rich in nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, inorganic salts, calcium and iron, which is beneficial to human health if eaten regularly.
lamb in huanxian county is not only a delicious food for friends and relatives, but also a table treasure favored by domestic and foreign guests. mutton food in huanxian county is exported to large and medium-sized cities at home and abroad, with considerable benefits. In many large and medium-sized cities all over the country, restaurants and canteens with lamb signs in Huanxian County are always bustling with business.
In p>213, the "Huanxian Lamb" declared by Huanxian Livestock and Poultry Improvement Station was approved by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to be registered as the certification trademark of chinese national geography, with the trademark registration number of 1368168.