Inner Mongolia specialties include roast whole sheep, instant-boiled mutton, cheese, hand-grabbed mutton and belly-wrapped meat.
1. Roasting whole sheep
Roasting whole sheep is one of the most famous delicacies in Inner Mongolia, a traditional banquet on the grassland and a traditional barbecue method of Mongolian people. Choose fresh whole sheep, clean the viscera and hair, and bake it in a yurt with firewood for several hours. The whole sheepskin baked is tender and delicious.
2. Instant-boiled mutton
Instant-boiled mutton is a traditional dish in Inner Mongolia, and it is one of the staple foods of the Han people on the grassland. Mutton is specially processed, sliced, boiled in boiling broth, and served with sesame sauce, garlic paste, vinegar, soy sauce and other seasonings. It tastes delicious.
3. Cheese
is commonly known as "buttered egg". The yogurt separated from ghee is boiled with low fire, put into a cloth bag, squeezed out sour water, and dried in pieces to obtain cheese, which is hard, sweet and sour, and is one of the favorite milk foods of Mongolian people. Most people put a few pieces of cheese in their bags, just in case something happens, to satisfy their hunger and thirst.
4. Hand-grabbed mutton
Hand-grabbed mutton is one of the most distinctive foods in Inner Mongolia. Its method is very simple. Just grab the cut mutton by hand and roast it on the fire. Hand-grabbed mutton tastes mellow and fresh.
5. Belly-wrapped meat
Belly-wrapped meat is one of the characteristics of Inner Mongolia, which can only be eaten by distinguished guests at home in the old days. Don't listen to the wild name, it is not meat, but nutrition and connotation.