1. Shanxi Yourou

Oily meat in Shanxi is one of the most famous traditional dishes in Shanxi, which originated in the Ming Dynasty and is called "Three Jin Yi Wei". This dish is based on oily meat, with magnolia slices as a side dish. The finished product is golden and bright in color, soft outside and tender inside, oily but not greasy, full of strong local characteristics of Shanxi.

2. Shanxi assorted hot pot

Shanxi assorted hot pot is a seasonal dish in Taiyuan in winter, which contains multiple ingredients such as egg products, mushrooms, bean products, vegetables, seafood and meat. Hot pot is a famous dish with many varieties and colorful collocation.

3. Taiyuan Fu Ban Lu Chicken

Luban chicken in Taiyuan is a traditional dish in Shanxi, with tender hens as raw materials. This dish was born during Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, and the name of the dish was given by Empress Dowager Cixi herself. The finished product is red, white and green, and the fragrance of green garlic is combined with the salty taste of chicken.

4. Taiyuan Bazhen Decoction

Taiyuan Bazhen Soup is a traditional soup in Taiyuan. Mr. Fu Shan used fat mutton, yam and lotus root as raw materials, with eight inventions such as Astragalus membranaceus and Alpinia officinarum. This dish contains the theory of homology of medicine and food, and the finished product exudes a charming mixed fragrance of wine, medicine and mutton.

5. Sweet and sour meatballs

Sweet and sour meatballs are meatballs made of fat meat and lean meat as the main raw materials, and served with soup made of aged vinegar and tomato sauce. The finished product is bright red, full, crisp and tender, sweet and sour, and is deeply loved by children.

6. Zhanxiang Fish Slices

Zhanxiang fish fillet is a traditional dish in Taiyuan with a history of thousands of years. This dish is based on fried fish fillets, with onion, ginger, garlic, soup, balsamic vinegar and other ingredients, and is made by simmering and frying. Elegant color, fresh taste and unique flavor.

7. Shanxi crisp meat

Shanxi crisp meat is a traditional famous dish in Shaanxi Province. It is made from ribs cut into strips and cooked, wrapped, fried and steamed. The delicacy of this dish lies in the temperature and method of curing and wrapping the surface coating and frying. When tasting, Taiyuan locals will also dip in onion oil noodle sauce and perilla seasoning to eat.

8. Taiyuan yangzage

Taiyuan mutton offal is a special dish in Taiyuan, which was once named mutton offal cheese by the Queen Mother. This dish takes sheep offal such as sheep head, sheep heart, sheep liver, sheep lung and sheep blood as the main raw materials, with ingredients such as onion, pepper and coriander powder.

9.quail and eggplant

Quail eggplant is one of the top ten famous dishes in Shanxi, which is made of quail breast meat and eggplant. This dish was first born in Taigu, a wealthy businessman in Qing Dynasty. It is one of the eight bowls of Shanxi merchants' overseas Chinese happiness. It tastes mellow and delicious, oily but not greasy, soft and salty.

10. Oat noodles.

Oil noodle oil is a traditional noodle snack in Shaanxi province, which is made of oil noodles as the main raw material. The creation time of this dish can be traced back to 1400 years ago in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was once a delicious food for Li Shimin and his son. Now this dish has become one of the top ten popular pasta in Shanxi.