Xingyi Shuabatou

Xingyi Shuabatou

　　Xingyi’s famous and delicious snack, Shuabatou, gets its name from its resemblance to the head of a scrubbing brush. Made with high-quality ingredients and crafted with precision, its main components are bamboo shoots, lean meat, flour, and eggs. Premium bamboo shoots are blanched in water and then sautéed with lard to bring out their aroma. The dough wrappers, handmade and as thin as onion skin yet shaped like lotus leaves, are assembled by first placing the lean meat, then the bamboo shoots, kneaded into shape, and steamed in a steamer basket over high heat for just a few minutes. A specially prepared dipping sauce is poured into the filling, resulting in an exceptionally delicious flavor. It was once awarded the First Prize for Famous and Delicious Snacks in Guizhou Province. (Xingyi)