Shui Pen Yang Rou (Clear Mutton Soup with Flatbread)
Lamb consommé! The bliss of soaking and eating bread in a clear soup
Description
A premium, translucent mutton soup beloved in Shaanxi (Xi'an). Mutton is boiled in a massive basin (Shui Pen) with Sichuan pepper and star anise. Skimming perfectly yields a clear 'Qing Tang' consommé, served with glass noodles and tender boiled mutton. Paired with crispy 'Yue Ya Bing' (half-moon flatbread).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Bone-in mutton
- Medicinal spices(Sichuan pepper/fennel/cinnamon)
- Glass noodles
- Coriander
- Salt
- Yue Ya Bing(Half-moon bread)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Premium Broth) Purge bone-in mutton in cold water. Boil in a massive pot (Shui Pen), skimming scum meticulously for over an hour.
- Submerge a spice bag (fennel, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, star anise, black cardamom).
- Leave uncovered. Simmer on 'extreme low heat'—just rippling the surface—for hours to prevent clouding, yielding a clear consommé (Qing Tang) and melting meat.
- (Finish) Place boiled glass noodles in a bowl.
- Top with sliced premium boiled mutton and pour the boiling clear broth over it.
- Season purely with salt and white pepper. Garnish with cilantro and scallion.
- [Bread Serving]: ALWAYS serve with 'Yue Ya Bing' (a crispy, half-moon baked flatbread with a hollow center).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Refreshing aroma of fennel and Sichuan pepper、Pure mutton umami
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Simmer lamb on extreme low heat like a consommé, serve with pita)
Pairing
Raw garlic (bitten alongside) / Tang Suan(Sweet pickled garlic)
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Shui Pen' refers to the massive basin used to boil the soup. Unlike 'Yang Rou Pao Mo' (where the diner tears bread and the kitchen boils it), this serves the 'clear soup and bread separately', allowing you to enjoy the bread's crunch.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Two methods: 1) Stuff the hollow center of the crispy bread with the soup's meat and chili oil, eating it like a 'Rou Jia Mo' burger. 2) Tear the bread and dunk it into the soup, letting it absorb the broth. Both are supreme.
Allergen
Mutton, Wheat