Why use red willow branches to roast mutton kebabs?

Because fresh willow branches will secrete sticky juice, which can not only decompose the smell of sheep fat, but also penetrate the unique fragrance of plants into mutton during baking.

The traditional red willow kebabs in Aksu, southern Xinjiang, are not only big, but also rich in aroma, with crispy mutton skin and fresh and full meat. Cut the branches of red willows into sticks to roast mutton kebabs, which adds a little fragrance of red willows, which is more authentic and unique. It's much more delicious than baking with iron bars. Red willows grow everywhere in Xinjiang, which is very environmentally friendly.

Authentic roast mutton is very laborious. The preparation before baking is charcoal refining. The process of charcoal refining will last for nearly an hour. The main function is to fully preheat the whole barbecue oven, fully decompose the smoke of wood, and do not affect the flavor of mutton. Hu Yangmu is the best. It is strong and resistant to burning. Secondly, it has a special smoky aroma similar to nuts and grasslands, which makes the aroma of spiceless mutton very unique and attractive.

The most wonderful thing is that during the baking process, fresh red willow branches will secrete a little sticky red willow juice after peeling. After putting on mutton, under the action of charcoal fire, it can not only decompose the flavor of mutton, but also distribute the unique flavor of red willow to the meat core, and give you a colorful taste combined with the flavor of charcoal fire of Populus euphratica.

How to buy mutton:

1, when picking mutton, you can touch it with clean hands. If you feel sticky, you can easily stick something like a small piece of paper, which may be fresh. If it is water-injected, or mutton that has been left for a long time, it will not feel this way. Fresh mutton has good elasticity and compact structure, so you can look at the muscle fibers inside when shopping. The tighter the better.

2. Most of the mutton that is too cheap is mixed with other meat, but the proportion of mutton is not indicated on the package, which belongs to "selling dog meat by hanging sheep's head".

3. High-quality mutton is pink, and it only takes 160 days from birth to slaughter, which ensures the freshness of meat. Pay attention to the selection of meat rolls with uniform color when buying, but the color of meat rolls mixed with other meats is quite different.

4. Normal mutton has a faint smell. If the smell is strong, it means it is not fresh. If it has a bad smell, sour taste or pungent smell, it is definitely a problematic mutton.