Shanxi Cuisine, also called Jin Cuisine, is based on Shanxi Province. Its basic flavor is mainly salty and fragrant, supplemented by sweet and sour. The dishes of Jin cuisine are simple, and the cooking focuses on firepower. After the dishes are prepared, they should pay attention to the original taste. They are good at various cooking techniques such as sautéing, frying, simmering, roasting, braising, grilling, steaming and so on. Here lists top Shanxi delicious as below:

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The sweet and sour Yellow River carp 
The sweet and sour Yellow River carp is a must-have dish for tourists who visit Linfen City. The dish adopts the featured Yellow River carp of Shanxi Province as raw materials, which has thick meat and rich nutrition, and tastes tender and delicious.  The sweet and sour Yellow River carp has become an indispensable dish on any banquet in Linfen City. The delicious dish will create an unforgettable memory for your taste bud.

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Taiyuan medicinal soup (Tounao)

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Fried boiled pork (Guo You Rou)
This pork dish, the most famous of traditional Shanxi cuisine, originated during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581) among aristocrats in the southern Shanxi city of Linfen, and then spread to the provincial capital of Taiyuan, eventually becoming a typical restaurant dish during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

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Pingyao beef (Pingyao Niurou)
Pingyao County is famous for Pingyao Ancient City. Traveling in Pingyao, you should taste Pingyao Beef which is one of the top delicious in Pingyao .Pingyao county beef has whet many an appetite with its tender texture and rosy color. A strictly controlled material selection and production process has made Pingyao beef nationally renowned. The traditional processing techniques still in use today have been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

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Linjin Pickled Cucumber
Linjin Pickled Cucumber has a history of more than 100 years. Cucumbers with white skin and green stripes produced in Linjin Town are used as raw materials; they are picked in early autumn when the maturity reaches 80% or 90%. The whole production process includes 11 procedures, from selection of materials, cleaning, cutting, picking up pulp, pickling, sealing, exposing to the sunlight, mixing, seasoning, packaging, etc. Linjin Pickled Cucumber has special flavor and tastes soft and delicious, sweet and salty, with strong flavor of sauce, and its taste will not change even after several years. Therefore, it has become an ideal seasoning food for staple food.

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