Sheep tendon Sheep tendon is the ligament of the sheep's hoof.

During the slaughtering season, Qinghai's sheep tendons are picked, straightened, dried in the shade, and tied into small handfuls. They can be stored for a long time and will not deteriorate after being stored for a long time.

There are many varieties of dishes made with mutton tendons, and it is one of the most common and prestigious local dishes in Qinghai Hui and Han banquets.

Since mutton tendons are made of gelatin, they are cheaper and more delicious than sea cucumbers and shark fins, making them an important ingredient for cooking delicious dishes.

Among the whole-sheep mats of the Qing Dynasty, there was a "honey marrow tendon" that was made entirely of sheep tendons.

First use vegetable oil or mutton oil to heat it very hot, move the oil pan to the side, wait until the temperature drops a little, add dried mutton tendons, then slowly heat the oil pan and fry it thoroughly.

Soak the fried mutton tendons for ten to twenty hours, remove the fascia and remove the hair, then stew in boiling water, add alkaline to remove oil stains, soak until soft, add a little vinegar to remove the alkaline smell, rinse with water, and use

Stewed in mutton soup (chicken soup is better), with ginger powder, pepper, refined salt, dried chili peppers, green onions, etc. as seasonings, this is roasted mutton tendon.

For example, cut the mutton into fine pieces, add minced garlic and mix it, adjust the seasonings and steam it together with the mutton tendons, then pour the soup over it, sprinkle with green onions and coriander, and you have minced meat and mutton tendons.

For example, the washed mutton tendon strips are made into a paste with flour and egg whites, glazed with oil, then heated out of the pot and poured with a thick juice of rock sugar and honey, which is honey-glazed mutton tendon.

A dish called "Sanshao" at wedding banquets in Xining is a local dish based on mutton tendons with long meat and chunks of meat. The dish with sea cucumber and bamboo shoots is called "sea three delicacies".

A variety of dishes can be made using mutton tendons as the main ingredient, with many names and different flavors.

Qinghai Line Pepper Qinghai Province has Xunhua County, home to more than 70,000 Salar people.

The Yellow River passes through the county, creating large areas of valley flatland at its bends.

Due to the special geographical and climatic conditions, this valley and flatland has been the only producing area of ??peppers in Xunhua Line for hundreds of years.

Xunhua's line peppers are famous for their thick, slender and bright red skin in the northwest region! Therefore, Qinghai's dishes are mostly known for their spicy taste.

Chili powder is a must-have food on the local table.