Shuiwan Mutton originated from Chaoyi Town, Dali County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province (formerly Chaoyi County, the rule of Tongzhou Prefecture), and is most famous for its water basin mutton from Dali, Pucheng, and Chengcheng counties in Weinan City, Shaanxi Province.

Shanjia Qingsui, a book, describes the skills of cooking mutton soup, stating, "Sheep for sliced meat, placed in a casserole, in addition to onions and peppers, there is a secret method, only a few almonds with the real almonds, live water to cook, to the bone is also minced."

The Book of Song tells a story to the effect that: during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the wars went on and on, and the people suffered, and there was a man named Mao Xiuzhi who was captured, and because of his cooking skills, he offered lamb soup to Emperor Wu of Song, which tasted delicious, and he was transformed from a captive into a magistrate, and was later elevated to the Duke of Nanxian County. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Five Dynasties, the Song and Yuan dynasties, people of all ethnic groups migrated to the big exchange, into the mainland to live more, the original folklore "gradually change the old customs.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin's mother, Empress Dowager Dou was Xianbei, and his empress, Changsun, was also Xianbei. Intermarriage between the various ethnic groups, so that food customs are bound to be affected. Guanzhong is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and is relatively close to the pastoral areas, which historically have been ideal markets for trading cattle and sheep. The historical street names of Xi'an, such as East Sheep Market, West Sheep Market, Cattle Market Lane, and Mule and Horse Market, all attest to the formation and development of the water basin mutton.

Expanded Information

Water basin mutton dish features: Shaanxi people eat water basin mutton, more with bakery cakes with food, accompanied by fresh garlic, chili sauce or sugar garlic, you can soak the bun into the soup a bowl of food and drink, you can also eat a mouthful of buns and drink a mouthful of soup, the most authentic Shaanxi Province, Dali County, water basin mutton with a kind of crescent moon bakery with food, a bowl of mutton with two bakery cakes, a bowl of mutton with two bakery cakes. A bowl of mutton is served with two biscuits, and slices of fat and thin mutton are sandwiched between one of the freshly beaten crescent-shaped biscuits, while the other biscuit is soaked into the mutton broth.

Water basin lamb in the Dali, Pucheng, Cheng County and other state capitals of the hometown is called lamb steamed buns, Xi'an lamb steamed buns known as boiled buns. Dali "water basin mutton" is characterized by "fragrant soup, crispy meat, cake burnt". The baklava with food is basically round and crescent-shaped, are used in the Weibei Plain production of winter wheat flour, because of the long growing period, so the powder is white and strong, the baklava made crispy and tasty.

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