Wheaten food of Shanxi

Typical noodle preparations

Noodles are generally mixed and matched with a sauce of your choice. In Beijing, sauces range widely to service all tastes, from a vegetarian tomato and egg, to mixed eggplant and pork, and straight-up stewed and fried meats including pork, beef and lamb. They can also be fried with meat or vegetables.

Classical Shanxi Cooked Wheaten Food

Soup Pot Types: Jiaozi dumplings, wonton, hand-stretched noodles, shaved noodles, dough strips pulled with hand.

Fried Types: Pancakes, green onion pancakes, sweet cakes fried with fat, 1,000-layer cakes, fried pies with meat or vegetable filling.

Baked Types: Crunchy sweet cakes, baked sweet cakes, baked salty cakes and sliced cakes.

Deep Fried Types: Various kinds of fried cakes, fried dough twists, oily flour.