Referring to Xinjiang dining, every makes your mouth watery such as hand pilaf, nang (a kind of crusty pancake), hand-pulled noodles, roasted lamb, baked stuffed bun, yogurt, and so on. In addition to local cuisine, Russia bread, cake, milk products, etc. are also could be found in Urumqi.
Local Cuisine
Saute Spicy Chicken
Saute spicy chicken is a noted cuisine of Xinjiang, made of braised chicken, potato and noodle. It is said that about 60 years ago, general Wang Zhen took a few of officers to a farming battatlion in a desert. The only chicken was killed to serve them, but it wasn’t enough. Under this emergency, they added dozens of potatoes, carrots and pepper sauce. Unexpectedly, the taste was highly praised. Hence, the cuisine was handed down.
Nang
Nang, as the main food of western people of China, is a kind of roasted pancake made from flavor, or corn flour. The flour is mixed with seasoning such as sesame seed, onion, egg, butter, milk, salt and sugar.
Cabobs
Referring to Xinjiang cabobs, ones in other cities are like in a small sorcerer in the presence of a great one. When one side is baked on the special oven, the other side is sprinkled salt, pepper, and cumin seeds. After three or five minutes, turn into another side.
Hands Pilaf
Hands pilaf is special cuisine of Xinjiang with the main material of fresh mutton, carrot, onion, boiled oil, mutton tallow and nice. Firstly, mutton is cut into small pieces and fried with boiled oil. Secondly, fried onion and carrot and add water and salt. After twenty minutes, put into brewed rice. It is well done after forty minutes. Stir all these food ingredients while taking it.
Steamed Twisted Roll
Steamed twisted roll is called “You Ta Zi (oil tower)” by local residents because of its tower-shaped. It is usually the breakfast of the Northwest Hui people, made with flour, mutton tallow, boiled oil, salt, pepper and soda.
Steamed Stuffed Bun
The cooking method of Xinjiang steamed stuffed bun is various, so is the taste. The most common is based stuffed bun, water-fried stuffed bun and thin-skinned stuffed bun. Usually, the stuffing is made of mutton or beef, onion, pepper, cumin powder and salt.
Snack Street
Min Street, situated in the middle section of Longquan Jie, is the largest ethnic style street of Urumqi. Specialties, local cuisine and customs all gather in this street.
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