Shanxi Province, the second largest city in Shanxi Province, is located in the center of the Datong Basin in the north of Shanxi Province, the junction of the three provinces and regions of Jinji-Hebei-Mongolia, and the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau, today I will share with you the 10 local foods that you want to taste in Datong.
1. Datong knife cutting surface
Datong knife noodles are a famous traditional snack in Shanxi Province, the entrance is slippery and the inner tendons are slippery, soft but not sticky, and the more chewed, the more fragrant. Shanxi Datong's knife cutting surface is unique, mainly related to its workmanship, first of all, the knife cutting face and the technical requirements of the surface are stricter, the proportion of water and noodles is accurate, generally a pound of noodles three or two water, beaten into a noodle spike, and then kneaded into a dough, and then covered with a damp cloth, half an hour after kneading, until kneading, kneading, kneading. If the kneading kung fu is not enough, it is easy to stick the knife and break the strip when cutting, and the magic of the knife cutting surface lies in the knife skill. Knives, generally do not use kitchen knives, to use a special curved knife
2. Datong haggis
The way to eat Datong haggis is to cut the sheep heart, lamb liver, sheep lung, lamb tripe, sheep intestines and other offal into pieces, pour mutton soup, with silky yam noodles, and season with oil, salt, green onion, ginger, garlic and pepper. The steaming haggis is red and white, the taste is oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious, mouth-watering, and also has the function of driving away cold and warming the stomach. But all outsiders who come to Datong will taste a bowl of spicy and fragrant haggis soup, and they will feel that it is worth the trip.
3. Datong rabbit head
Datong rabbit head is one of the traditional dishes of Shanxi Datong, is a kind of food that the locals love to eat, the rabbit's head with ginger onion pepper star anise and other more than ten spices to be red-braised, boiling time at least three hours or more, until the flavor of the spices soaked into the soft and rotten rabbit meat, is a typical northern dish, spicy taste, heavy taste, good taste.
4. Datong yellow cake
Datong yellow cake, is a common Han cake home-cooked food in Datong, Shanxi, the raw material is yellow rice noodles, first with warm water and into pieces (loose grains), steamed in the basket, and then poured in the basin with hands and kneaded again, while kneading while smearing some sesame oil on its surface, so as to prevent the skin of the cake surface from dry cracking. Finally, divide the reconciled cake into small pieces and dip them in the brood sauce to serve. Yellow cake has the four characteristics of "yellow, soft, tendon and fragrant", which is soft and delicious to eat, and is very delicious.
5. Hunyuan cool powder
Hunyuan cool powder is a special snack in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, which is made of potato starch, dried tofu and broad beans as raw materials, and Hunyuan cool powder is the representative of Datong cold powder. The well-made Hunyuan cool powder is clear, smooth and tender, refreshing, like a pork skin jelly" like "tendon trembling". Take it in your hand "slippery", eat in the mouth "cool silk". The unique flavor is a must in Northern Yue.
6. Noodles
Noodles are a common pasta in northern Shanxi, which is made from stir-fried wheat milled flour, then boiled water and noodles, and then the reconciled noodles are cut into noodles and steamed in a pot. When eaten, it can be mixed cold or heated, and the taste is delicious. Varieties include pushing nests, rubbing fish, pressing and so on.
7. Pea noodles
Datong pea noodles is a bowl of fragrant noodles, covered with peas, poured with eggs, bean skins, enoki mushrooms, fungus, etc., the most eye-catching is marinade or minced meat, the aroma is strong, it is really hungry.
8, Tianzhen tofu skin
Tianzhen's tofu skin is famous for being as thin as paper, and it can still maintain the bean flavor and chewiness of the bean skin when bitten, and it is very suitable for making all kinds of dishes with bean skin, and the taste is very fragrant.
What is more admirable is that although the bean skin is thin, even if you throw it off, it will not have a crack, but it looks like a very thin skin on the surface of the tofu, which shows that although the bean skin is thin, it is full of tendons, which is also the famous place of the Tofu skin in Tianzhen.
9. Lingqiu smoked chicken
Lingqiu smoked chicken is one of the four major bacons in Shanxi. There are many chicken methods, smoked chicken is particularly exquisite, not only arrange the time of smoking, but also have to adjust the taste of chicken, how to taste, in general, the process is complicated. The smoked chicken here in Lingqiu has its own unique production method, and the smoked chicken made out of it is crispy and tender, salty and delicious.
10. Guangling spiced donkey meat
Datong Guangling's spiced donkey meat is made with thrush donkey meat, a specialty of Guangling, and cooked sauce. In the soup pot of boiling meat, salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, ice and other spices are added, and then add spices such as tangerine peel, grass and fruits and tonic Chinese medicine after boiling, therefore, Guangling spiced donkey meat is not only unique in flavor, pure in taste, but also has a good nutritional and health care effect.