Li's Marinated Pork

Li's Marinated Pork

　　Marinated pork is one of the distinctive regional dishes of Northeast China, developed from braised pork and red-cooked pork. There are many marinated pork restaurants across the Northeast, but the most famous is Li's Marinated Pork located at the foot of Longshou Mountain in Tieling City.

　　Li's Marinated Pork was first created by Li Xuexin when he fled from Tianjin to Tieling in 1918, and it has been passed down through four generations for nearly a century. In 1989, Li's Marinated Pork applied for and received a national patent, becoming the first individual food business in Tieling to be granted such recognition. The authentic and genuine recipe is exclusive to Li's Marinated Pork.

　　Since its establishment in 1918, Li's Marinated Pork has been beloved by people of all walks of life—from high-ranking officials to ordinary citizens. For over a hundred years, it has remained consistently popular.

　　The characteristics of Li's Marinated Pork are that it is rich but not greasy, lean but not tough, with a unique flavor and great value for money. According to modern nutritional science, for healthy adults—especially teenagers—eating pork that includes both fat and lean meat, generally no more than 100 grams, is beneficial and harmless. The reason why the great leader Mao Zedong loved red-cooked pork was because of its brain-nourishing properties. Li's Marinated Pork tastes even better than regular red-cooked pork, though unfortunately Chairman Mao never had the chance to try it in his lifetime. In 1985, Zeng Zhi, the wife of Tao Zhu, specifically requested to taste Li's Marinated Pork during an inspection visit to Tieling. The fragrant and delicious Li's Marinated Pork, paired with snow-white, tender, steamed rice, earned unanimous praise. The marinated pork cuisine pioneered by Li's has earned Tieling the reputation of being the "City of Marinated Pork."

　　a well-deserved reputation.

　　Today, descendants of the Li family continue their ancestral craft by operating two Li's Marinated Pork restaurants on Guangrong Street and Chaihe Street in Yinzhou District, continuing to serve delicious dishes to the public. They have also expanded their offerings based on changing trends and customer preferences, adding traditional snacks such as pork bone broth, pickled vegetables, and crispy fish, which have further won the hearts of diners.