Hulutou (intestines in Broth) is a local delicacy in Xi’an . Its raw materials are intestines . Before it is served , the customer needs to break the pancakes into small pieces , then the chef soaks them in te boiling bone soup three or four times with pork intestines, chicken , sea cucumber and squid on the top . Afterward , lard, and greens are added to it . It is often served with preserved garlic and chili jam .
It is said that this culinary method was passed down from Sun Simiao , the famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty , to an owner of a restaurant in Chang’an with a bottle gourd of medicine for flavoring . After the owner of the restaurant inproved the delicacy in light with what Sun Simio told him , th dilicacy became known as intestines in broth for thousands of years .