At the table
Eat thin slices with chopsticks or place them in flatbread. Remove any string or fastening; ask whether the casing is edible and trim it if too chewy.
Contains pork, pine nuts and sesame. Ask about starch type, braising-liquid ingredients and commercial additives. The casing is pig bladder, not stomach.
This version uses unspecified starch and braising liquid; their compositions vary. Chicken braising liquid and other smoking methods are alternatives. Product labels determine additional ingredients.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
This version uses unspecified starch and braising liquid; their compositions vary. Chicken braising liquid and other smoking methods are alternatives. Product labels determine additional ingredients.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory pork, pine nuts, sesame and aromatic spices with smoke.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Springy sliceable meat filling and a firmer natural casing.
- How it’s made
- Mix thin pork pieces with pine nuts, starch, sharen, Sichuan pepper, scallion, ginger, salt, MSG, sesame oil and water. Fill a cleaned pig-bladder casing, simmer in seasoned braising liquid until cooked, then smoke and slice.
This version uses unspecified starch and braising liquid; their compositions vary. Chicken braising liquid and other smoking methods are alternatives. Product labels determine additional ingredients.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Heilongjiang.
About this regional connection
Heilongjiang: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有哈尔滨松仁小肚吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Harbin pine-nut xiaodu
Harbin has a tradition of cooked and smoked meats. Songren xiaodu uses a rounded natural pouch rather than the long tubular casing of a sausage, with pine nuts visible in the slices.