LOCAL FOOD GUIDE

Yixian Mutton Soup 义县羊汤

Yixian Yangtang

Yixian Mutton Soup is featured among the local specialties of Liaoning.

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Yixian Mutton Soup (义县羊汤) is eaten in Yixian (义县), Jinzhou (锦州), during the hot midsummer period as well as being a local soup speciality. CCTV’s July 2025 coverage follows a long-established restaurant serving a hot, pungently aromatic bowl to a steady stream of customers.

How it is made

At the restaurant, mutton and fat are combined with head meat, trotters, tongue and assorted offal. These ingredients are cut into strips and pieces, then stewed together for three hours in local mountain spring water. The cooking brings their savoury flavours into the broth.

Flavour and texture

CCTV describes the finished soup as savoury without a strong rank smell. The meat is tender while retaining texture, rather than becoming soft and limp.

AI illustration: Sliced cooked sheep offal in warm broth.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（菜式参考，非实拍） · 羊杂汤 — A general serving example; recipes and presentation vary.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-09-27

Sources & reading

Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-27. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.