What are the delicious foods in Jincheng

Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province. There are many famous snacks in the local area. During the Qing Dynasty, there was an anecdote about Jincheng cuisine. People used green onions to cook dishes for Empress Dowager Cixi, and the dishes were well received. You can imagine how delicious Jincheng cuisine is. Jincheng’s famous delicacies include Jincheng fried jelly, roasted green onions, and three fresh delicacies. So what other delicacies are there in Jincheng?

Jincheng Fried Jelly

According to legend, when Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward, she passed through Zezhou (now Jincheng), and local officials hosted a grand banquet in her honor. But when the banquet started, the chef discovered that he had missed a dish in the panic. In order to avoid being killed, the chef thought quickly and immediately took a handful of Ba Gong green onions on the table, chopped them up with a few knives, cooked them into a dish, and served it, which was called Braised Green Onions. Who would have thought that after tasting it, Cixi thought this dish was the most delicious among all the dishes on the table.

Jincheng City, formerly known as Jianxing, Zezhou and Zezhou Prefecture, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province. It is located in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province, at the junction of Shanxi and Henan provinces. The entire territory is located in the Jincheng Basin, with a total area of ​​9,490 square kilometers. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and is known as the "screen of Hedong, the throat of Central Plains, and the gateway to the Three Jins".

Roasted Three Fresh

Braised Three Fresh Vegetables is a famous dish in Qinshui County. The three fresh vegetables are hericium erinaceus, black fungus and day lily, all of which are Qinshui specialties. After being finely processed by famous chefs, added with seasonings and blended into soup, it retains its unique nutritional value and makes the taste even more delicious.

Roasted green onions

Roasted scallions is a traditional Han Chinese dish from Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. Dishes cooked with scallions as the main ingredient are rare in other places. It has no peculiar smell of onions and is an ideal delicacy in winter.

Jincheng Fried Jelly

Fried jelly is a traditional folk snack in Jincheng, which has a history of more than 100 years. First cut the jelly into cubes 3-4 cm in length and width and about 1 cm thick, and set aside. Put a small amount of cooking oil in the pot, heat it up, then add the cut jelly cubes into the pot and stir-fry. Then pour in the vinegar juice and minced garlic, cover the pot, and remove from the pot after the garlic and vinegar flavors are absorbed. The taste is soft and tender, spicy and delicious.

Black pickled cabbage noodles

The taste is sour, fragrant and spicy, and the unique aroma of sorghum flour is better than that of refined rice and white flour. The more you eat it, the more you love it, and the more delicious it becomes. Over time, it became a popular local delicacy in Jincheng.

Yangcheng Roasted Liver

It is characterized by being crispy on the outside and crispy on the inside, delicious and palatable, a good accompaniment to wine and food, and not greasy when eaten hot. It tastes even better when served with Yangcheng vinegar.

Yangcheng Date Cake

It is named because of its shape which is taller and pointed than ordinary steamed buns. It is the most famous among the local white flour products and is said to have a history of hundreds of years.

Gaoping's Top Ten Bowls

"Ten Bowls" is a set of dishes unique to Gaoping, consisting of 10 dishes: Shuibai meat, walnut meat, Shuichuan meatballs, crispy pork, intestine soup, tofu soup, mustard vermicelli soup, swan eggs, soft rice, and lentil soup. Each bowl has a different taste, just like the northern and southern dishes, but the tableware is not plates but bowls, and the dishes in the bowl can also be called "soup", which is known as "bowl soup dishes"