My hometown is Shanxi. There are many kinds of food in Shanxi, and each place has its own unique characteristics.
Shanxi knife noodles
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Shanxi Sliced noodles (Shanxi sliced noodles), also known as "son-in-law noodle", is a characteristic traditional pasta food in Shanxi Province, which is famous at home and abroad because of its unique flavor. Shanxi Sliced noodles is rumored to have been invented by son-in-law Ma Chaishao in Tang Dynasty. Sliced noodles was named after cutting by knife. The blade cut with a knife, medium thick and thin. Sharp edges, shaped like willow leaves.
Outside the entrance slippery internal tendons, soft but not sticky, the more chewed and more fragrant, Sliced noodles's seasoning (commonly known as "watering" or "blending"), is also a variety of ketchup, fried meat sauce, mutton soup, auricularia auricula eggs and so on, are popular with pasta eaters. Together with Wuhan hot and dry noodles, Noodles with Soy Bean Paste, Beijing Style, Henan risotto noodles and Sichuan Noodles, Sichuan Style, it is also known as the five famous pasta products and enjoys a high reputation.
As the saying goes: the world pasta in China, Chinese pasta in shanxi. Shanxi is famous for its noodles.
Steamed meat in Dingxiang
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Shanxi Dingxiang steamed meat is a characteristic and famous food in Dingxiang Saibei, Shanxi Province, and it is also one of the necessary delicacies for local folk banquets.
Shanxi Dingxiang steamed meat mainly lean pork, supplemented by starch, refined vegetable oil and various condiments made. It is beautiful in color, fragrance and taste, soft and moist, not greasy, not only can add a variety of nutrients, but also overcome the shortcomings of high-fat meat, high cholesterol and so on. It is not only the ideal food on the banquet and family table, but also the convenience food for traveling and picnic, and also the gift for visiting relatives and friends.
Pingyao beef
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Pingyao beef is a famous traditional dish in Pingyao and Jiexiu area of Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, with a history of nearly 500 years. It is made of cooked veal leg, fresh meat, fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, crispy and delicious, with the effect of supporting the stomach and spleen. Pingyao beef production technology is unique, from raw cattle slaughtering, raw meat cutting, pickling, pot cooking and other operating procedures and operating methods, to salt, water and even processing time-saving, and so on, are very fastidious. It is said that the production technology of Pingyao beef has been started since the Western Han Dynasty. During the Tang and Song dynasties, folk eaters further studied the technology of making Pingyao beef, and accumulated the technology of "cooking meat in old soup" and "boiling and stewing". Now the most famous brand is "Guanyun", which can be packaged in vacuum on the spot.
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