In winter, Kazakh families slaughter livestock for winter meat, marinate and smoke it for winter, and the smoked meat is fragrant and resistant to storage. The bacon sold in the market is basically similar, and some condiments such as cumin, pepper, pepper, onions, etc. can be cooked and steamed. Smoked horse intestines are the best of the bacon.
I. Introduction to Xinjiang Kazakh cuisine smoked horse intestines
Horse meat is a rare food, China's main horse production areas are Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, but the Mongolians do not eat horse meat, so the most horse meat shops in China is Xinjiang.
In Xinjiang, from the end of November to December every year, it is the season of bacon for Kazakh herders. Kazakh herders are best at making horse intestines, and they select fat and strong horses to slaughter and feed for winter. In order to make this meat long-term preservation, they used the method accumulated over many years: smoking.
Xinjiang's specialty smoked horse intestines are a unique practice of the Kazakhs, who cut the whole horse's meat into pieces, stuffed it into the horse's intestines, and then smoked it with pine wood. Horse meat is rich in nutrients and rich in unsaturated fatty acids; but horse meat is hot and should not be eaten more.
In urumqi and Ili area, Kazakh smoked horse intestines are generally sold in "Kazakh milk tea houses", and the price of smoked horse intestines is about 100 yuan per kilogram. Because this kind of horse intestine does not use any modern scientific items, it is pure horse meat, does not contain preservatives, and is a green natural food, which can be eaten with confidence.
Kazakh specialty smoked horse intestines are rich in fat, but oily but not greasy, lean and fat, not only pleasing to the eye, but also high in nutritional value, and have a special flavor. In the middle of winter, when the Kazakh herders show their cooking skills, they look at the Kazakh smoked horse intestines with red color, fat and thin, tough and crisp; they are not only health care treasures, which can nourish yin and aphrodisiac, but also beauty, and delicious dishes. At this time, if you travel to Ili, Xinjiang, you will be allowed to taste the blessings.
Second, the preparation method of Ili Kazakh smoked horse intestines
1. Prepare the main ingredients first: horse meat and horse intestines naturally grazed in the vast grassland at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains
Accessories: onion
Seasoning: pepper, raw chili powder, salt, garlic paste, sesame oil.
2: Then wash the horse intestines, cut into strips of meat, remove salt, pepper and other condiments, mix and marinate.
3, the marinated meat into the 3 feet long horse intestine, the two ends tied tightly on the wooden frame, hanging in the house to dry, about a month to complete.
4, if you want to become smoked horse intestines, choose to be surrounded by a wall of soil or cover it with other things, and smoke with pine branches and firewood smoke below until it is smoked, that is, smoked horse intestines, so that it can be stored for a long time.
Now, everyone knows how Kazakh primitive smoked horse intestines are made. So, how does this smoked horse intestine make it delicious? There are several ways to eat for everyone, and you can also make your own new way to eat more delicious.
Before eating, first use boiling water to cook the smoked horse intestines for 10-15 minutes, during which to bubble, be sure to use a toothpick or tip to puncture it to discharge the bubbles, otherwise the intestines are easy to burst. When there are no bubbles at all, change a pot of cold water and cook for more than 2 hours on low heat, or press in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes. Once cooked, it can be cooked, cooled and sliced.
When eating, you can add condiments according to your personal taste: one method is to cut shredded onions and cover the slices of meat and chew them together; or you can also use pepper, raw chili powder, salt, mixed and dried; the public is more suitable: garlic paste sesame oil dipped in juice, delicious taste is the best food for tourists from all over the world.