Dingxing County delicacies include Dingxing pastries, Dingxing eggplant cakes, stir-fried crabs, donkey meat barbecue, braised tofu, etc.
1. Dingxing pastry: The outer color of Dingxing pastry is mainly red and white, but the fillings and decorations used are different. The waffle is white in color, with 3 walnut kernels embedded in it, sugar filling inside, and pine nuts in between. The skin of the rose cake is red, printed with 6 rose petals, and the filling is mainly white sugar and roses. Taishi cake is white in color on the outside, dipped in sesame seeds, and filled with red bean paste. The skin of dragon and phoenix cake is red, printed with dragon and phoenix patterns, and the filling is mainly made of sugar, banana and rose silk. Hawthorn peach is peach-shaped, with red top and green bottom skin, and the filling is mainly hawthorn. In addition to the big eight pieces, there are also various styles such as small eight pieces, panlong cake, lotus cake, bergamot, chrysanthemum, persimmon flower, and two dragon spits. They have unique shapes, beautiful colors, crispy texture, soft and fluffy taste, and sweet taste. , salty, sour taste.
2. Dingxing eggplant cake: Eggplant cake Dingxing eggplant cake is a famous snack in Hebei. It is fresh, crispy and soft, and is a delicious accompaniment to food. Cut the eggplant into shreds and marinate with salt for a quarter of an hour until soft. Beat the garlic into a puree, cut the chili pepper into thin strips and add pepper powder, and mix the MSG into the eggplant shreds; add an appropriate amount of flour and mix well until thickened. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan, roll the mixed eggplant into a ball shape, fry it in the pan for 2 minutes, remove and serve on a plate.
3. Stir-fried crab: There is a dish in Zhili official cuisine called stir-fried crab. As the name of this dish suggests, you can eat crab but not crab. It is salty, slightly sour and has a strong aroma. It tastes like crab but not crab.
4. Donkey meat burning: You can see donkey meat burning on the streets of Baoding. It can be said that donkey meat burning has become a part of local people's life. It tastes best when it's just cooked. It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Donkey meat is tender and tender, so donkey meat cannot be left standing for a long time.
5. Braised tofu: It is a famous snack in Baoding. The method is to cut the tofu into long cubes, fry it in vegetable oil to make yellow tofu puffs, and then stew it with seasonings and accessories. People like to eat braised tofu with fire roast.