Xi'an's food you are most familiar with is certainly mutton buns and meat buns, but in fact, Xi'an has a lot of food, the following is the introduction of Xi'an's food, you can according to their own preferences to go together to see Xi'an's food what are.
The most representative food in Xi'an is snacks, hundreds of kinds, with halal flavor, noodle-based, salty and spicy flavors, and different forms of special pastries, which are memorable.
These snacks have been around for a long time, and some of them have been innovated to be accepted by more diners from all over the world, and have been featured on food programs such as "Tongue on China". Although it is a snack but in fact is not "small", many snacks are full, when the meal is no problem, and inexpensive. The following 10 kinds of snacks, are to Xi'an must taste, why not walk in the streets and lanes, slowly find their flavor.
Meat Sandwich Bun
Meat Sandwich Bun is a popular snack in Xi'an both at home and abroad, which is actually "meat sandwiched in a bun". It is usually made of pork (mostly pork, but the meat buns on Huimin Street are all beef) stewed and chopped with more than 20 kinds of spices, and then eaten in an authentic baoji bun.
The meat buns are generally divided into "quality" and "ordinary" two kinds, the difference lies in the amount of meat inside and fat and thin, quality made of pure lean meat, ordinary fat and thin half. Some stores also in accordance with: "ordinary", "lean", "fine" 3 categories, according to the amount of lean meat in increasing order. Prices, for example, Qin Yu meat buns, quality 11 yuan, ordinary 8 yuan. Be sure to eat it while it's hot, the bun is crispy on the outside, the inside is drenched in wax juice, fragrant and delicious, the meat is fatty but not greasy, and the texture is rich in layers.
In addition to the pork/beef buns mentioned above, Xi'an's Lao Jinjia Egg and Vegetable Bun is also very unique. The bun is filled to the brim with egg and duck egg yolks, and then a few spoonfuls of peanut rice pickles and an exclusive secret sauce that is salty, spicy and sweet.
Liangpi
Xi'an's liangpi, which appeared as early as the Qin Dynasty, has become a favorite among the public for its smooth texture and variety of eating styles.
Qinzhen Liangpi is the most famous among them, with a history of more than 2,000 years. The red-colored cold skin is mixed with cucumber and other vegetables in a sauce and vinegar sauce, then sprinkled with cilantro and garlic, and splashed with hot pepper to make it taste springy and sinewy.
In addition to this, there is also sesame sauce cold skin, the local Hui people preferred the flavor of sesame sauce, and always add a big spoon of sesame sauce when making cold skin, hence the name. The flavor of the sesame sauce takes up most of the cold skin, giving it a richer, mellower texture.
Hanzhong rice skin made from rice syrup is also a Shaanxi specialty, and is less common outside of China than the above two. The texture of rice skin is softer and more glutinous than that of noodle skin, and it can also be made hot. In some stores, you can have a double portion of cold skin and rice skin, so you can eat both at once.
Buns
Buns are known as the "first bowl in the world," and are a must-try snack in Xi'an. The most famous lamb steamed buns, slices of lamb hind leg meat, stewed into the soup, soup and then cook the fans, after the meat is rotten soup, sprinkled with green onions, cilantro, the aroma is wonderful.
The cake for the steamed bun is called "___ bun", and some stores will let guests break the bun themselves to the size of a soybean, which the locals take as a kind of fun. Drinking soup should be "nibbled" in a way that is close to the edge of the bowl a little bit of drink, so as to maintain a consistent flavor. When you feel tired of drinking soup, eat garlic to refresh your mouth. Mutton burger snack set of vegetables, staple food, soup in a bowl, eat a strong sense of satiety.
In addition to mutton steamed buns, there are also many types of local beef steamed buns, gourd head steamed buns, three fresh steamed buns and other types.
Beef steamed buns are usually sold together with mutton steamed buns, while hulutou steamed buns and sanshui steamed buns are both eaten by Han Chinese people: hulutou is fat intestines, which got this name because of its shape similar to a hulutou, and has a heavy taste. The main ingredients of the steamed buns are meatballs and white meat, together with vegetables such as garlic moss, which is relatively the lightest kind of steamed buns.
There are different ways to eat steamed buns, in addition to "bubble", can also be fried to eat, interested in trying it all over again. You don't have to go to Huimin Street to eat steamed buns, but the roadside restaurants in the alleys and lanes are where the old Xi'an people like to eat.
BiángBiáng Noodles
BiángBiáng Noodles is a traditional noodle dish in Shaanxi, and it is listed as one of the Eight Wonders of Shaanxi, which is an intricate and labyrinthine onomatopoeic character (as shown in the picture above). Biáng" is an intricate, labyrinthine onomatopoeia (shown above) that refers to the "Biáng" sound made during the rolling, patting, and eating of the noodles.
Unlike traditional noodles, BiángBiáng noodles are as wide as a pants belt. After the noodles are cooked, add fried potatoes, carrots, diced tofu and other side dishes, and add a big spoonful of oil splash chili to make it very flavorful. Eat a bowl while it's still hot, like a big bowl of noodles in the old Shaanxi province, and feel the strong texture. There's usually a difference between a small and a large bowl, with a small bowl costing 12-16 yuan and a large bowl costing 15-19 yuan.
Hu Zhi Tang
Hu Zhi Tang is the standard for breakfast in Xi'an, where a bowl of hot and spicy soup early in the morning will make you sweat and feel relaxed. Compared with the equally famous Henan hot soup, the Xi'an version of the hot soup more emphasis on the "hemp" feeling; soup base made of bovine bones with onion, ginger and wine boiled, thickened with potato starch, sticky soup covered with a beef meatballs, as well as potatoes, cauliflower, zucchini and other vegetables. On a morning in Xi'an, do as the locals do and have a bowl of huzhi soup with ___ buns to savor, and you can have a good breakfast for under 15 yuan.
Soup dumplings
Snacks like soup dumplings can be found all over the country, but the way they're made is different. Xi'an's soup dumplings are savory, filled with beef and mutton, and steamed on the spot. A drawer of steaming hot soup dumplings on the table, lightly bite a thin skin, sucked through the fresh soup, and then chewed inside the filling, oil but not greasy. The dipping sauce with oil splash of hot pepper, is even more authentic! Beef dumplings cost 16 yuan a drawer, and lamb dumplings cost 17 yuan.
Small Crispy Pork
Small Crispy Pork is a meat dish that goes down well with rice and is smooth and tender. After the beef tenderloin is battered and oiled, it is added to a secret beef broth and steamed in a pot, and when the beef is moistened by the broth and doused with oil splashed with chili, it is ready to be eaten with rice. Unlike deep-fried pork in other areas, this practice is unique to Dingjia Xiaoqiao Pork on Huimin Street, which has a history of more than 20 years and a steady stream of repeat customers. At 23 yuan, the bowl is enough to feed one person.
Huang Gui Persimmon Cake
Huang Gui Persimmon Cake is a Shaanxi snack made of Tongxian specialty persimmons, with crushed walnuts and yellow gui sauce as the filling. Eat it while it's hot, the persimmon cake is sticky and perfect for an after-dinner dessert. The classic yellow cinnamon flavored ones are usually $3, and those with other fillings range from $3 to $5.
Osmanthus Cake
There are many kinds of osmanthus cake, and this golden one all around can only be found in Shaanxi, one of the locals' favorite street snacks. It is made with candied osmanthus, glutinous rice flour and sugar stirred together and steamed. Usually the store will make the osmanthus cake in the shape of a very large round cake, and when customers buy it, they will then cut out a small strip with a special knife and eat it on a bamboo skewer. Reference price: 3 yuan a strip.
Rose Mirror Cake
Mirror cake is a childhood memory for Xi'an locals. Using glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient, the palm-sized white cake is taken out of a small steamer, coated with sauce, then covered with black sesame seeds and crushed peanuts, inserted with two bamboo sticks and bitten into. The sauce comes in a variety of flavors, including blueberry, hawthorn, and chocolate, while the rose flavor is the most signature and popular, sweet, sticky, and appetizing. Mirror cakes on Hui Min Street cost around 5 yuan.