In all of China, Xinjiang's diet is not the richest, but it is the most special, once you have come, you will not forget, that one can not be copied in the mainland, a heroic, blended with the flavor of western spices.
Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang, naturally it is also the distribution center of Xinjiang's special cuisine, let's go with me to see the most worthwhile special food in Urumqi.
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Xinjiang dapan chicken is a traditional Uyghur dish in Xinjiang, named after the large plate filled with fresh and spicy chicken nuggets, which is a culinary business card of Xinjiang.
Fragrant chicken nuggets and soft sticky beans blend with each other, penetrate each other, and eat them in the mouth is very addictive
Although the Xinjiang big plate chicken has spread all over the country, when you arrive in Xinjiang, you still have to try the authentic Xinjiang big chicken.
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If a large plate chicken is a beloved three-good student, then the pepper chicken is a personality full of special students.
Pepper and ma chicken is actually more popular with Xinjiang people than large plate chicken. Strolling through the streets of Urumqi, there are shops selling pepper and hemp chicken.
Unlike large plates of chicken, chili chicken is a cold dish, and the method is also very simple, the cooked chicken hand tears into small pieces, mixes with skin teeth, green onions and other side dishes, and then pours the secret pepper sauce.
But it is not simple, hemp, spicy, fresh, fragrant these four words perfectly interpret the taste of pepper and chicken, can be called the tip of the tongue rock.
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Grilled buns are one of the most popular snacks for Urumqi people.
Lamb pieces, onions and other fillings are wrapped in a stove and roasted, the finished skin is golden brown, and the skin is crisp and tender, salty and fragrant, and the simple way to make it is to wrap the meat filling on the stove and grill it with ham sausage.
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In Uyghur, "Polau.".
It is a kind of rice loved by the people of Xinjiang Uyghur, Uzbekistan and other ethnic groups, mostly pilaf by hand, so the main raw materials of pilaf called "pilaf" in Chinese are rice, mutton, onions, and clear oil.
Mix it with it and simmer it to produce a shiny, fragrant and delicious taste.
In addition, you can also use dried raisins, dried apricots, dried peaches, etc. to make pilaf, which is what we often call vegetarian pilaf
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The oil tower, which resembles a tower, is a noodle oil food loved by the Uyghurs. Its raw materials are mainly flour, refined sheep oil, clear oil, refined salt, pepper powder, soda ash
Take water and noodles as the first, then knead into soft noodles, add alkali water to knead after an hour, then roll thin, smear with mutton oil, salt and pepper powder, roll while smearing, and then twist into a tower, placed in a cage for half an hour.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="43" > a wide variety of fruits</h1>
Due to the abundant sunshine and large temperature difference, the melons and fruits in Xinjiang are well known.
Kucha's small white apricots, Korla's fragrant pears, Artush's figs, Kashgar's cherries, Hotan's thin-skinned walnuts, Yecheng's pomegranates, Ili's apples, Shimono's watermelons, Gyalshi melons, Turpan grapes, etc., all famous fruits,
There are many fruit wholesale markets in Urumqi, and you can also buy affordable and delicious seasonal fruits in the general market.
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