Yongjia County Food

Yongjia County delicacies include Nanxi plain noodles, Yongjia wheat cakes, Yongjia field fish, gold powder dumplings, roasted whole lamb, etc.

1. Nanxi plain noodles: After the plain noodles are made, they need to be exposed to the sun for several days. The scenery of flying filaments and fluttering plain faces is very pleasing to the eye and can be called a scene in Nanxi. The pure noodles are crystal clear when cooked, accompanied by clear soup, added with rice wine, and served with mushrooms, chopped green onions, shredded eggs or poached eggs as ingredients. It is fragrant and pure, white and tender, as thin as silver wire, graceful and elegant, which greatly increases appetite.

2. Yongjia Wheat Cake: There used to be a lot of sandy land around Shatou Town. This kind of land did not grow rice, but it was suitable for growing wheat. Almost every household grew wheat. Thousands of kilograms of wheat are harvested every year. When enough is eaten at home, the excess is ground into flour to make wheat cakes, which become a staple food for hotels and farmers. Since then, the ingredients used in Yongjia wheat cakes have become more and more refined, and the taste has become richer. It has transformed from a rough roadside snack into a specialty delicacy in Yongjia County, and is highly favored by diners.

3. Yongjia field fish: Yongjia field fish grows in rice fields. It looks like carp, tastes better than crucian carp, has scales like goldfish, and color like goldfish. This fish is a variant of carp and is an excellent species suitable for rice field farming. It has a diverse feeding habit, wide adaptability, strong fecundity, high survival rate, fast growth, tender meat and rich nutrition. Now, Yongjia County is most famous for the field fish produced in Ming'ao.

4. Jinfen Dumplings: Jinfen Dumplings, also called Shan Fen Dumplings and Jin Fen Dumplings. This is the characteristic of Yongjia Yantou. Cook the taro, peel it, stir in the potato starch (sweet potato starch) and stir evenly. Use vegetables, minced meat, winter bamboo shoots, tofu, carrots, etc. to make stuffing, wrap it into a triangle (or half-moon shape), steam it, heat it and season it when eating, and serve it as a food for entertaining guests during the Winter Solstice, Spring Festival or ordinary times.

5. Roasted whole lamb: Roasted whole lamb is very popular in Nanxijiang. It can be eaten at Longwantan, Lingshangrenjia and Shishiyan. After the whole lamb is roasted, the skin is very good. Thin, the aroma emanates from the inside, and even the bones are very crispy, very delicious.