Dengzhou Thick Pepper Soup

Dengzhou Thick Pepper Soup

　　The ingredients of Dengzhou’s famous Thick Pepper Soup mainly include tender mutton, gluten, and flour paste, mixed with over 20 kinds of vegetables and seasonings such as green onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, pepper, chili, fennel, and enoki mushrooms. The soup has a brownish color and a richly savory taste. A few drops of freshly ground sesame oil and aged vinegar added before eating make the aroma even more enticing. Currently, there are nearly a thousand small vendors and dozens of larger establishments serving Thick Pepper Soup in Dengzhou, but the most renowned are “Guai Zi (Zhang Wensheng) Thick Pepper Soup” and “Han Family Thick Pepper Soup.” Both are century-old shops that have perfected the art of flavor, aroma, and appearance, making them extremely popular among locals.