Hohhot steamed dumplings

When it comes to the most famous snacks in Qingcheng, Hohhot, beyond the Great Wall, I'm afraid steamed dumplings is the only one. If foreigners come to Qingcheng without a delicious steamed dumplings meal, it is as regrettable as going to Tianjin without eating Goubuli steamed stuffed bun. Steamed dumplings is a staple food about the size of steamed buns. The steps of making steamed dumplings are: with a special rolling hammer, roll the mixed and kneaded flour pad starch into a thin skin, and then roll it into a lotus leaf shape; Fresh mutton is mixed with seasonings such as onion and ginger to make stuffing, and then cooked starch is used to make steamed dumplings stuffing with moderate humidity, red, white and green, and fragrant smell; Gently knead the stuffing into pomegranate shape in steamed dumplings skin, and steam it for seven to eight minutes. When steamed dumplings came out of the cage, it was delicious. Look at its shape, crystal clear, skin as thin as cicada wings, flexible but not broken; It is called "glass jiaozi" when it is held up with chopsticks and hung down like a thin pouch and placed on a plate like a cookie. Because most sheep in Inner Mongolia prairie feed on Allium mongolicum Regel, they naturally go to the smell, so steamed dumplings in Hohhot tastes fragrant and refreshing, oily but not greasy. There are many explanations about the origin of the word steamed dumplings. One way of saying it is: steamed dumplings, who was in Hohhot in his early years, was sold in teahouses. Diners were eating hot steamed dumplings while drinking thick brick tea or various lobular teas, so steamed dumplings was also called "selling", which means "selling by piggybacking"; It is also said that because the edge of steamed dumplings is slightly wrinkled like a flower, it is also called "slightly beautiful", which means "burning beauty while burning". Nowadays, steamed dumplings has become a delicious staple food, so it is commonly called "steamed dumplings". Steamed dumplings must be accompanied by brewed brick tea, which is produced in two lakes and other places and pressed into brick shape, hence the name brick tea. It has the function of relieving greasy food and promoting digestion. The herdsmen on the grassland are especially fond of this kind of tea because of too much meat intake. It is said that the state has specially set up a brick tea reserve for herdsmen to drink. The most fashionable steamed dumplings in Hohhot is steamed dumplings, a hand-chopped mutton stuffing. This kind of steamed dumplings meat stuffing has changed from the traditional minced meat into minced meat, with less oil and more refreshing taste.
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