Xian has been rich in the delicious food of Shaanxi snacks, There are many varieties of famous snacks of fashionable foreign delicacies with uniqueness.

Fan's cured meat in pancakes appeared In Xian a long time ago. It is one of the traditional Shaanxi delicacies. In fact they are pancakes made of high-quality wheat flour stuffed with cured meat. There is a story about it. In the Tang Dynasty, an official called "Fan" lived In Eastern Chang'an. Once he financed a young man when his mother died. Ten years later, this young man became wealthy through his cured meat business. To show his gratitude, he went to Fan's 80th birthday with an intricately built coffin made of Chinese prickly ash wood. In the coffin there hid cured meat made of 250 kg of lean meat. Since there were many guests on the day, Fan did not take any notice of the coffin. Ten years later when Fan died of Illness, the family had no means of making a living but sell property. At last, they found the coffin in the small house. When the family opened it, there was the aromatic and freshly looking cured meat! Mrs. Fan sent it for sale In the market and It was well received. More people rushed to the family for the meat. Mrs. Fan put some fresh meat into the juice. The newly cooked cured meat was just as delicious. Then the Fans' fame of their cured meat went apace.

Raw materials: flour 300g, yeast powder 20g, suitable amount of hot water.

How to make cured meat in pancakes:
1. Put flour and yeast powder into hot water, mix round into dough, and then cover it with a piece of cloth for 40 to 50 minutes until the dough is totally inflated. (Like picture 1)

2. Chop the dough in small cakes, and then knead, press and roll round. (Like picture 2)

3. Bake a pan hot without oil. Then put cakes in, use toothpick to make 9 holes on both sides. Cover the pan. During this period, you need to turn over the se cakes continuely in order that do not singe these cakes. (like picture 3)

4. When the cakes look like the following picture, you can get them out of the pan.(like picture 4)

5. Now, it's time to make cured meat.

Step 1
Chop meat into small pieces, add aniseed powder and cinnamon in. And then put suitable vinegar, sugar and refined salt into the meat.

Step 2
Put meat into a pan, add suitable amount of water, and then cook with small fire for about 25 minutes. (Like picture 5)

Step 3
Take them out and then cut them up. (Like picture 6)

6. Chop the fried cake up from the middle, leave a side behind. (Like picture 7)

7. Put cured meat in, ok, it's already done. (Like picture 8)