Shaanxi 秦菜 Print E-mail
Typical Shaanxi dishesWheat flour features prominently in Shaanxi cooking (also called Qin cai 秦菜), with many types of noodles from thick hand-pulled ribbons, to thin buckwheat ones, and a variety of dumplings and biscuits (bing) as well.  Shaanxi is also famous for its dark vinegar, so this is found on every table and added to enhance the flavors of most dishes.  Slow cooked pulled pork is another core ingredient, and is used in little Shaanxi “hamburgers” sandwiched in a dense white biscuit or crumbled over spicy wide hand-pulled noodles. 

 

 

Representative dishes

La rou jia mou - Shaanxi pulled porksandwich

 

  腊肉夹馍 - la rou jia mo: braised pork sandwich

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yiu po che mian

 

 油泼扯面 - yiu po che mian:  wide and chewy hand pulled noodles with chili oil and vinegar

 

 

 

 

 
la rou ban mian - spicy noodles with pulled pork

 

腊汁肉拌面 - la zhi rou ban mian: same delicious braised pork from sandwiches tossed with noodles (and chili oil and vinegar…yes, you detect a theme)

 

 

 

 

Where to find it (and other recommended dishes)?

Qin Tang Fu restaurantQin Tang Fu  秦唐府
酸汤水饺- suan tang shui jiao: dumplings in a sour and spicy soup
姜汁豆 - jiang zhi dou:  gingered green beans (cold dish, nice balance to all the spicy stuff)
植物四宝 - zhi wu si bao:  peanuts, veggies and soy beans (cold dish, great balance and nice textures) 
黄烟鸡 - huang yan ji:  special roast chicken (another great bird—slightly smoked and salty with crispy skin.

Wheat Hut  亲面
腊汁肉拌面 - la zhi rou ban mian (that’s the pulled pork crumbled over extra wide noodles)