At the table
Eat the sliced lung and rice sausage together, adding vinegar or fried ground chili to taste.
This dish contains sheep organs and wheat. The casing can be chewy, and chili levels vary.
Some servings include wheat gluten or sheep stomach. The seasoning and amount of chili vary; ask for less chili if preferred.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
The Yining rice filling includes chopped liver, heart and intestinal fat. Ground pepper is used, and ground chili seasons the lung mixture; fried ground chili and vinegar are optional dressings.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory with optional vinegar and chili.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Soft lung and plump rice filling.
- How it’s made
- Wash gluten from the flour, let the starch water settle and decant it. Pour the remaining slurry through the airway into the lung lobes and add seasoning. Fill intestines with seasoned rice, boil the filled organs and slice.
The Yining rice filling includes chopped liver, heart and intestinal fat. Ground pepper is used, and ground chili seasons the lung mixture; fried ground chili and vinegar are optional dressings.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Xinjiang.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有米肠子面肺子吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Rice sausage and stuffed sheep lung in Yining
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
In Yining, rice sausage and stuffed sheep lung are served together as a Uyghur street snack. The sausage filling combines rice, chopped sheep liver and heart, and a little intestinal fat. For the lung, wheat dough is washed to separate the gluten; the starch water settles and excess water is poured off, leaving a slurry to fill the lung. Both are boiled and sliced. The contrast is soft lung against plump rice and chewy casing, with fried ground chili and vinegar added to taste.