"Eight-Treasure Rice" is a delicious dish often served at banquets in Shaanxi, renowned for its appealing color, aroma, taste, and presentation. The dish is primarily made with glutinous rice, typically accompanied by nutritious ingredients such as red dates, lotus seeds, lily bulbs, coix seeds, ginkgo nuts, longan pulp, and candied fruits. Depending on the season and region, it may also include walnuts, hawthorn cake, raisins, peanuts, and more.
Fried soybean milk is a traditional snack from Yulin, Shaanxi. It is made from soy milk, eggs, and mung bean starch, and then deep-fried. The method involves taking thick soy milk and placing it in a bowl, cracking an egg into it, then adding a mung bean starch paste and stirring until well mixed to form egg-soy milk. Heat a wok over a flame, add soy milk and sugar, bring to a boil over high heat, then slowly pour in the prepared...
Jingbian chili is a specialty of Jingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi Province. It is a nationally protected product under China's Agricultural Product Geographic Indication system. In 2014, the "Jingbian Chili" submitted by the Jingbian County Agricultural Product Quality Inspection and Testing Center passed the review of the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and was approved through expert evaluation, leading to its registration as a National Agricultural Product Geographic Indication...
Jingbian carrots are a specialty of Jingbian County in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. The Hongfeng Vegetable Professional Cooperative in Huangjiamao Village, Dongkeng Town, Jingbian County, is located in Huangjiamao Village, Dongkeng Town, Jingbian County. It has a registered capital of 200,000 yuan and fixed assets exceeding 8 million yuan. The company has built 200 acres of solar greenhouses, 800 acres of steel-frame arch sheds, and a modern…
Jingyuan Seed Melon is a specialty of Jingbian County, Yulin, Shaanxi. The current administrative region under the jurisdiction of three townships in Jingyuan County, Gansu Province — Gaowan Township, Dalu Township, and Ruoli Township — "Request from the People’s Government of Jingyuan County on Determining the Geographic Indication Product Protection Scope of Jingyuan Seed Melon," Jing Zheng Fa [2014] No. 82, Gansu Provincial Local Standard…
Jingbian sweet potato noodles are a specialty of Jingbian County in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. Made from high-quality potato starch, these noodles have a unique flavor that is richly aromatic, smooth and refreshing, soft yet chewy. When served with chili, they take on a bright color and a spicy, delicious taste — just the aroma alone can make your mouth water, and one bite is simply unforgettable…
Jingbian Lamb is a specialty of Jingbian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. The sheep in the Jingbian area grow up eating seasonings that remove gaminess, so the meat has no strong lamb odor and doesn’t require masking flavors through braising, spicy seasoning, or five-spice methods. The county’s sheep population has reached 1 million, producing over 5,000…
In the small grain planting areas of Dongkeng Town, Ximawan Township, and Qiaogouwan Township, 10,000 mu of high-yield buckwheat demonstration fields have been established. The "Yuqiao-4" and "buckwheat" varieties, naturally grown in the Baiyu Mountain area, are well-known green foods. Jingbian buckwheat has won multiple awards as a premium small grain variety. Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision — Jingbian Buckwheat...
Quality and Technical Requirements for Jingbian Millet I. Varieties: Jin Gu 21, Jin Gu 29, etc. II. Growing Conditions: Altitude within the production area ranges from 1,100m to 1,900m. Soil types include aeolian sandy soil and loess, with organic matter content ≥0.7%, and soil pH value between 7.5 and 8.5. III. Cultivation and Management 1. Crop Rotation: Implement...
Stir-fried Pork with Yellow Rice Making stir-fried pork with yellow rice is a specialty of the rural folks in Jingbian. With this dish, the rice isn’t dry or astringent, and the pork isn’t greasy either. …
Located in Jingbian County on the Sanbian Plateau, a prime buckwheat-growing region, the naturally cultivated "Yuqiao-4" and "buckwheat" varieties from the Baiyu Mountain area are well-known green foods. In 2007, the organizing committee of the 10th International Buckwheat Conference and the First Yulin International Buckwheat Festival recognized Jingbian buckwheat and Jingbian bitter buckwheat as premium small grain varieties...
Northern Shaanxi wild apricots – Every part of the fruit is valuable, from the flesh and shell to the kernel. Fresh apricot flesh is processed into popular long-selling products such as dried apricots and apricot jam. Apricot kernels are used in a wide variety of food processing, including the production of major products such as roasted apricot kernels, apricot cakes, apricot pudding, apricot beverages, chewing gum, and apricot-flavored chocolates, among others...
Northern Shaanxi red dates are mainly produced in counties along the Yellow River, such as Yichuan, Yanchuan, Qingjian, Wubu, Jia County, Mizhi, Shenmu, and Fugu. They are renowned worldwide for their large size, small pits, thin skins, thick flesh, rich flavor, high oil content, bright red color, sweet-and-sour taste, and abundant protein, vitamins, and minerals. Varieties include date paste, oily dates, beach dates, wooden dates...
Buckwheat hele noodles pair perfectly with mutton soup, creating an excellent flavor combination that best showcases their unique taste—hence the saying “buckwheat hele noodles with mutton broth.” They are an authentic local noodle dish of Mizhi County. Characteristics: fine, chewy strands that don’t break when lifted, fragrant and refreshing. Main ingredient: fresh buckwheat. Introduction: Made with freshly ground buckwheat...
Braised donkey intestine is a local delicacy from Mizhi. Made with an entire set of donkey large intestines, the ingredient is thoroughly washed in repeated vinegar-water rinses and then boiled until half-cooked in a pot of clear water. It is then removed and simmered in a braising broth with soy sauce, chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, chopped scallions, and ginger slices until tender. When served, it is cut into small pieces and topped with the original braising juice. The flavor is numbing, spicy, salty, and tender, with an aroma that is simply irresistible — truly a standout among street snacks.
Mizhi Oil Cake is one of the local specialty snacks. “In the ninth month on the ninth day, the Double Ninth Festival comes, busy with harvesting, oh so busy—fields of millet and broomcorn millet turn golden everywhere.” Mizhi is rich in broomcorn millet. Also known as millet, after removing the husk, the soft variety—commonly called “soft yellow rice”—is soaked in warm water for several hours, then scooped out, drained, ground, and sifted into flour. As for how to eat it...
The date-filled pastry is a type of snack and one of the local delicacies of Mizhi County in Shaanxi Province. It is a pie with filling made from the famous flat jujubes of Northern Shaanxi, which are extremely delicious. The flaky pastry dough is wrapped around a sweet jujube paste filling, then pressed with a wooden mold that imprints a red dot in the center. The outer edge puffs up round like a wheel. After forming several pieces, they are placed in a flat-bottomed griddle pan and baked over low heat until golden brown...
Lamb offal stew is made by simmering a mix of lamb’s head, hooves, blood, liver, heart, intestines, and stomach—hence it's also called “lamb offal medley.” The essence of lamb offal stew lies in its variety and chopped texture. Without this diversity and fine chopping, it lacks flavor. Nothing goes to waste—not the head, hooves, blood, lungs, heart, liver, intestines, or stomach. Leave out any part, and the stew will taste bland. Cleaning is an even more meticulous process. A set of offal often requires over ten washes and a soak in clean water. This treatment ensures the offal is clean, free of greasiness, and retains the unique flavor of lamb offal stew. Then, it’s sliced into different shapes: pieces, strips, shreds, and slices. The strips must be cut extremely fine, while the heart, liver, blood, and lungs should be evenly distributed. The offal is simmered slowly in a pot, sometimes with fine vermicelli added. When serving, diners can customize flavors with chili powder, cilantro, scallion shreds, ginger powder, and more.
Buckwheat is the main crop in the Baiyu Mountain area of Jingbian County. Every summer, when you visit the Baiyu Mountains, fields upon fields of blooming buckwheat flowers stretch as far as the eye can see, blooming between heaven and earth and in the hearts of farmers. These flowers are not only the fruits of autumn harvest but also the "plump wallets" of the farmers. In early winter, in Zhongshanjian Town, the prime production area for tartary buckwheat, local villager He…
Mizhi Bowl Trough is a specialty of Mizhi County in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. Bowl Trough is a type of snack from Shaanxi, and Mizhi County’s version is the most authentic and well-known. Bowl Trough is essentially a type of cold noodle dish. The method of making it involves grinding buckwheat kernels with water, then adding a certain amount of water to form a paste, filtering out the solids, and adjusting the consistency until it sticks to a spoon. The paste is then...