Ningxia cuisine is mainly Hui cuisine, with some Han dishes as well.

It brings together the essence of Hui cuisine, advocates halal and authenticity, and is especially good at cooking beef and mutton.

Ningxia snacks have many varieties and unique flavors, and still use beef, mutton and offal as the main ingredients. Ningxia cuisine consists of multi-level dishes such as home cooking, light meals in restaurants and high-end banquet dishes.

Due to the concentration of Hui compatriots in Ningxia, halal food has become the main component of Ningxia cuisine. Let’s take a look at the top 10 “alternative food” that Ningxia people love to eat. Out-of-town diners can only stay away and have no way to try it!

1. Braised haggis Braised haggis is a famous traditional snack that is produced in various places in Ningxia. Wuzhong City is famous for its unique production and long history, so it is also called Wuzhong style haggis. Haggis is also called, "

"Sheep in the water" or "Sheep in the water".

In the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, it is both a snack and a favorite traditional dish at banquets. A bowl of fragrant and brightly colored haggis has a layer of oil floating on it and is dotted with red and green.

The red one is chili oil, the green one is minced green onions and coriander, and underneath the oil is a milky white soup. Take a sip of the soup and then a bite of the haggis. It is not greasy or tangy, and the taste is mellow and rich. Many diners come here for the first time.

People in Ningxia cannot stand the strong smell of mutton when eating this delicacy, but the locals say there is no smell at all.

2. Braised snacks Zhongwei vegetarian chowder, also known as braised snacks.

Braised snacks are a traditional and famous snack that can be made in various parts of Ningxia.

Similar shapes of plywood, tofu, vermicelli, gluten, spinach, meatballs, plus the clear soup, always make people can't help but drink a few more bowls, a bowl of rice, a bowl of stewed snacks, a delicious meal, and some more

Soup is a solid and comfortable meal. "Chowder" is a famous traditional delicacy that has been made in China in ancient and modern times.

Zhongwei's vegetarian chowder has its own characteristics. People who have been to Zhongwei and tasted the vegetarian chowder all praise it as "high quality and low price, with distinctive characteristics and unique flavor".

3. Fried glutinous rice cakes Fried glutinous rice cakes are fried cakes. They are generally called fried glutinous rice cakes in the northwest and are popular in Yinchuan, Wuzhong and other places in Ningxia.

It is characterized by easy preparation, rich side dishes, fragrant and spicy, and has a great texture when chewed. "Baozi" is a common name for pancakes cut into strips, also known as "baozi".

The so-called stir-fried glutinous rice cakes, in layman's terms, are a staple food made by cutting this pancake into strips and frying it with ingredients.

Out-of-town diners are still a little uncomfortable with the taste the first time they try it, and need to eat it a few more times.

4. Yan noodles are rubbed together. Yan noodles are rubbed together. It is a folk snack. It was only popular in Guyuan area at first. Now it is made and supplied all over Ningxia.

Oatmeal is oatmeal (Guyuan people are accustomed to calling oatmeal oats), and the finished product tastes pliable and stringy when eaten, hence the name.

Nowadays, it is mostly used as a cold dish. It is characterized by bright white color, continuous thin strips and soft texture.

People who are used to eating white flour may not get used to the taste of oats even if they eat it for the first time. After eating it a few times, they will get used to it.

5. Nian Nian'er "Nian Nian'er" is a snack that Ningxia Hui people like.

Pick the highland barley ears with full seeds, put them into a woolen bag and stir them repeatedly to remove the awns and hulls.

Then put it into a large pot and stir-fry until it becomes edible "green seeds" and grind them into powder. When eating, add salt, vinegar, oil, spicy soup and other seasonings, eat sauerkraut, and mix with garlic cloves.

, the characteristics are: green and soft, fragrant and delicious.

6. Braised waist column Braised waist column is one of the specialties of Ningxia. Put the mutton spinal cord in a pot and cook until cool. Cut it into small sections with a knife. Place the frying spoon on a high fire. Pour in the clear soup and bring to a boil. Add the spinal cord and various

Add seasonings, skim off the foam, thicken the sauce, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with coriander and serve.

This dish tastes tender, tender, delicious and nutritious. Many out-of-town diners are put off when they see that it is made from mutton spinal cord.

7. Guyuan mutton steamed buns are Ningxia-style snacks. There are braised lamb offal in the north and beef and mutton steamed buns from Guyuan mountainous area in the south. They have a unique taste, are convenient and affordable, cheap and delicious. The meat steamed buns are relatively simple. They boil beef and mutton and add water to the broth.

, you can eat it with various condiments. There are many steamed bun stalls and restaurants in Ningxia. Bowls of delicious steamed bun soup with fresh meat and tender meat will tempt your appetite.

Maybe people in the northwest are used to the taste of beef and sheep. As a northern editor, I can feel the smell of this bowl of steamed buns no matter how I eat it. I really can't drink the soup.

8. Mutton Noodles Mutton Noodles are a popular flavored pasta in Ningxia.

It's a bit like Xinjiang's pulled tiaozi. The noodles are mixed and rolled into slices, cut into thin strips and rolled into rounds by hand, cooked in a pot, and then poured with a soup made of mutton juice, diced mutton and fresh vegetables, and red chili pepper is added.

The oil is edible, the flour essence and meat are fresh, and the flavor is unique.

Just like eating Henan braised noodles, many people can't stand the taste of the soup for the first time. They look at the thick milky white color, but they can always taste the smell of mutton. Maybe we are all more sensitive to the smell of mutton.

9. Mutton Saozi Noodles Mutton Saozi Noodles are a famous traditional pasta in Ningxia.

In the streets and alleys of Yinchuan, the capital, you can see mutton steamed noodle restaurants everywhere.

It is said that it evolved from the "longevity noodles" in the early Tang Dynasty. The noodles are made with exquisite workmanship. Lamb, red pepper, green radish, tomatoes, garlic sprouts and various seasonings are used to make the noodles. The aroma of the soup is the main feature of the noodles.

As the saying goes, "eat soup with meals", this means that saozi soup is mainly made of meat, chili oil, fresh vegetables, tofu and various seasonings.