Salted air-dried sheep or goat meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Sheep or goat meat rubbed with salt and air-dried; the local term yangrou does not identify the animal species.

In the kitchen

Simmered in water for the meat and broth served with chopped buckwheat noodles.

A preserved meat ingredient, not fresh meat or a ready-to-eat snack. Drying, fat and salt levels vary; the selected preparation names no other curing ingredients.

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A few dishes to explore

These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.

Jingbian chopped buckwheat noodles with dried meat

靖边风干羊肉剁荞面Shaanxi