Yingxian beef loin

In Yingxian outside Yanmenguan, there is not only a well-known wooden pagoda in Yingzhou at home and abroad, but also a kind of traditional food called Niuyao, which is quite famous. Yingxian once became an economic and military center in the north after the Tang and Five Dynasties. During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it belonged to Xijing Road and its economy was very prosperous. After several wars, it became desolate year by year. But by the middle of Qing dynasty, the economy here had improved again. At that time, Yingxian was the only place for Buddhists in northern provinces to make a pilgrimage to Wutai Mountain, a Buddhist holy place, and there were many tourists and businessmen in the past. At first, there were several kinds of local foods, such as twist, yellow cake and flour cake, and the restaurant business was very light. At that time, there was a restaurant shopkeeper named Yu Yi in Yingxian City, who was very anxious because of the sluggish business. One day, when he was making bread, he accidentally knocked over half a bowl of sugar syrup on the dough table because of his absentmindedness. He used his quick wits to mix the white flour and sugar syrup to make dough, but it could not be steamed or baked well. He tried to knead it into a small cake and fry it in the frying pan of fried dough twists. When he took it out, it tasted sweet, and the more he chewed it, the more fragrant it was, and the color was very similar to that of cooked beef loin. So he tried to make it into the shape of a cow's waist, fried it together, and served it to the guests, which was immediately praised by people. Since then, Yu Yi has specially made this kind of food, so his restaurant has flourished, and its skills have been passed down from generation to generation. In August of the lunar calendar in 1900, Yingzhou Magistrate learned that Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi lived in Huairen City, and specially gave them a sirloin tribute, which was well received. Cixi really thought it was a sirloin! In the early years of the Republic of China, the skill of making beef loin spread to Mr. Zilin, and guests from Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Taiyuan came to Yingxian. Up to now, it is still quick to taste Yingxian beef loin.
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