Ingredients for meat-filled flatbread: 300g flour, 250g pork belly, one green onion. Seasonings: soy sauce, salt, yellow wine, black pepper, olive oil, white sugar. Method: 1. Pour the flour into a large bowl, add warm water gradually while stirring, then knead by hand into a smooth dough. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 30 min…
Meatball Noodles Recipe: Ingredients: 750g beef shank, 150g eggs, 400g onions, 300g carrots, 500g potatoes, 50g peas, 400g chicken fat, 15g salt, 2.5kg beef broth, half a bay leaf, 1 dried chili. Pepper and MSG to taste. Preparation process…
Shanxi Guanchang is a popular traditional snack in Shanxi, widely enjoyed by locals. It can be served as an accompaniment to alcohol, as a snack, or even as a full meal. The preparation method of Shanxi Guanchang is mysterious and is usually passed down within families. Its main ingredient is buckwheat, a local specialty. As a vegetarian dish, it has a smooth, delicate texture and a refreshing taste that never gets tiresome. It's easy to prepare—just cut and serve—and is considered a snack on par with the nationally renowned Shaanxi Liangpi.
In the height of summer, when you visit the rural areas of Puxian, you’ll see lush walnut orchards everywhere—lining the roadsides, in front of and behind houses, along vegetable plots and ditches, and among the forests on the hillsides. The branches are heavy with green walnuts, brimming with the promise of prosperity. Puxian is part of the loess plateau’s broken terrain and gully region, with deep soil layers averaging 960 meters in elevation. The geographical environment...
Puxian features high altitude, low temperatures, abundant sunlight, large diurnal temperature variations, and loose soil texture, all of which provide unique advantages for potato cultivation. Since 2009, the potato industry has been listed as one of the county’s leading agricultural sectors. Over the past two years, while the potato industry has begun to take shape, many aspects still operate on an extensive management model...
Puxian Red Fruits…
Steep Slope Deer Antler…
Doupole Township: Ginseng…
Xixian apples are a specialty of Xixian County in Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Xixian is a well-known apple production base. Its “Fuji” apples are finely textured, firm, juicy, fragrant, high in sugar, moderately sweet and acidic, and resistant to storage and transportation. They enjoy the reputation of “Xizhou Red” and are highly favored in the market. Another characteristic of Xixian apples is that they are green and pollution-free...
The pear is one of China’s native fruit trees. Records such as “There are oak trees on the mountain and pears in the lowlands” can be found in “Odes of Qin · Morning Wind” from the Book of Songs. Xixian Pears have won the Quality Product Award 38 times, were named “China's Gold Pear Hometown” by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1999, and were designated as “China’s Crisp Pear Hometown” by the Ministry of Forestry in 2011. In 200…
Wucheng Yuping Wine: Produced by the over 300-year-old Wucheng Winery in Xixian County, Shanxi Province, Yuping Wine is a high-quality branded product of Shanxi. This liquor uses the renowned light-aroma Wucheng Baijiu as its base, and following the classic Chinese medicinal prescription "Yupingfeng Powder," it is carefully brewed with fifteen premium herbs including ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, and sandalwood...
Apricot kernels for edible use are a unique economic tree species in China. They are sweet-kernel apricots bred from a cross between common apricots and wild apricots, suitable for cultivation in arid hilly and mountainous areas. The kernels are highly nutritious, rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and essential trace elements required by the human body, and also offer significant health benefits. They can help prevent...
The Xixian Golden Pear is a local specialty known throughout the province for its thick flesh, juicy texture, sweet and delicious flavor, rich nutrition, and high sugar content. In 1999, Xixian was named the "Hometown of Golden Pears in China" by the National Ministry of Agriculture, and the “Xizhou Pear” trademark was registered with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, securing a “green card” for fruit exports. Due to its advantageous geographical location…
Lamb soup is primarily made by simmering lamb bones (shank bones) in a large pot to create a rich broth. Freshly cut chunks of lamb and cleaned lamb offal are then added to the simmering soup. Once cooked, the ingredients are fished out, drained, and thinly sliced. The slices are briefly blanched in boiling water, then placed into a soup bowl. Hot, milky-white lamb broth is poured over them, and the dish is garnished with bright green...
Heping Town: Red Dates…
Qingxiang Town: Wood Ear Fungus, Mushrooms…
Qingxiang Town: Black Fungus…
Produced in Linfen, Shanxi. Made from high-quality sorghum, with large and quick fermentation starters used as saccharifying agents. Alcohol and acetic acid undergo solid-state fermentation. The resulting vinegar mash is placed in ceramic jars, covered, and then smoked externally for 5–6 days before aging and blending. It has a bright reddish-brown color, moderate consistency, a rich vinegar aroma, a pure ester fragrance, a mellow and refreshing sourness,…
Houma Red Fuji Apples Houma Red Fuji Apples. With delicate texture, attractive appearance, and premium quality, they have won three gold awards at the 1996 Beijing International Food Exhibition, the Provincial Apple Quality Evaluation Conference, and the Shanxi Famous and High-quality Products Trade Fair.…
Houma Yellow Ginger is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb from Houma. Among its varieties, "licorice," "rehmannia," and "yellow ginger" are well-known, while "artemisia scoparia" was once recorded in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica. Houma Yellow Ginger has a cylindrical rhizome that often features irregular branches of varying lengths, with diameters ranging from 1.5 to 3 cm. The surface is brown, rough, and marked with distinct longitudinal wrinkles and white...