What special foods are there in Shenyang?

Shenyang is an ancient city with a profound cultural heritage. There are also many delicious special snacks, such as Laobian dumplings, Li Liangui smoked pork pancakes, jar meat, etc. These foods have a long history and are the hometown dishes that every Shenyang person wants to eat when they return home. If you want to travel to Shenyang, then you can learn about the Shenyang specialties introduced in this article to satisfy your appetite.

1. Laobian Dumplings

When talking about Northeast China, we have to talk about the big dumplings in Northeast China, and when talking about Shenyang, we have to talk about Laobian dumplings. Laobian dumplings are the most famous local snack in the country, with a long history of 170 years. The famous crosstalk master Mr. Hou Baolin came to Shenyang, Liaoning for a performance in 1981 and tasted the dumplings in person, and wrote a banner saying "Laobian dumplings, the best in the world". Laobian dumplings are famous both at home and abroad for their thin skin, large fillings, fresh and delicious taste, rich but not greasy, and soft and easy to chew. When you come to Shenyang, you must try these dumplings which are known as the best in the world!

2. Li Liangui Smoked Pork Pancake

Smoked meat pancakes are unique among today's campus delicacies. Because they are simple and quick to make, they are loved by students and have become a quick breakfast for students on their way to class. I went to university in the Central Plains, and every restaurant in my university had a smoked meat pancake shop. According to my observation, no matter what time it was, morning, noon, or night, there were always students queuing up, which shows how popular smoked meat pancakes are. This delicious smoked meat pancake originated from Shenyang Li Liangui's smoked meat pancake, which was first created in 1842 and has a history of more than 160 years. Because Li's braised meat is clean, tender and fragrant, and the flatbread is soft, crispy and fragrant, Li Liangui's shop is always crowded with customers who come to taste the flatbread every day.

3. Altar meat

Tan Rou is a traditional delicacy in Shenyang, Liaoning. To make Tan Rou, you need to use pork belly and lean meat, cut them into square cubes, first fry sugar color in the pan and then stir-fry the meat cubes over high heat until they turn into a golden and translucent color, then add noodle sauce, ginger slices, scallion segments, garlic cloves, salt, aniseed, fermented bean curd, dark soy sauce and other seasonings, and finally simmer over low heat. The jar meat is fragrant but not greasy, with just the right amount of saltiness, and is best eaten with rice. Stewing is one of the main cooking methods of Northeastern cuisine, and jar meat embodies the characteristics of stew.

4.Shenyang Back

Xie Shun Yuan, a century-old restaurant, is famous for its signature dish Huitou. After several generations of inheritance and development, Xie Shun Yuan Huitou has become one of the symbols of Shenyang cuisine in Liaoning. Shenyang Huitou is a halal food, mainly made with beef as filling. Generally, the beef filling is wrapped in a thin dough, folded into a rectangle and fried in an oil pan. The fried Huitou is golden in color, delicious, and not greasy. It is the best choice for breakfast.

5. Fried chicken rack

One of the most common local snacks. Chicken rack is a whole chicken with the meat removed, leaving only the bones and a little meat on the bones. Although it is a leftover product, after being coated with flour and marinated, it is fried in hot oil and picked up when it turns golden brown, and then added with special sauce and sesame and cumin. The chicken rack has been reborn. A light bite will reveal that it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it is so flavorful and crispy that you can't stop eating it. It is simply delicious when paired with a bottle of Coke or beer.

6. Korean cold noodles

Korean cold noodles, also known as cold noodles, are one of the traditional foods of the Korean ethnic group. Because there are many Korean residents in Shenyang, the Korean cold noodles here are also very authentic. Cold noodle soup is usually a specially prepared cold soup, with very thin layers of beef, spicy cabbage, boiled eggs, cucumber shreds, pear strips, etc. on top. The noodles are thin and flexible, refreshing and moderately sour and spicy. Eating a bowl of cold noodles in the hot summer can relieve heat and quench thirst, while eating it in the winter will make you feel unprecedentedly refreshed.

7. White meat blood sausage

White meat and blood sausage are known as the two treasures of Northeast China. They originated from the Manchu shaman rituals, in which a castrated boar must be killed as a tribute. White meat is made by boiling large pieces of pork belly in water, while blood sausage is made by stuffing pig intestines with pig blood, and both are cooked together. The white meat is fat but not greasy, and the blood sausage is crispy and tender. Paired with chives, fermented bean curd, chili oil, mashed garlic and other condiments, the taste is very good and not greasy.

8.Pork in Pot

Sweet and sour pork is one of the classics of Northeastern cuisine, and it is a delicacy that I can’t forget. Formerly known as pot-fried meat, it is a dish derived from the Northeastern stewed pork. It is mainly made of pork tenderloin and starch, and is fried twice, once for cooking and twice for coloring, so it is also called "pot-fried meat". It is crispy, sweet and sour on the outside, and the meat on the inside is tender and delicious, and is loved by children.