🍽️ Air-dried Yak Meat

Air-dried on the plateau, firm texture, easy to carry.

Air-dried yak meat is a traditional preserved meat of Shigatse and highland pastoral Tibet. Fresh yak strips are left to dry naturally in the cold, dry winter plateau wind until firm and hard. Deep red with clear fibers, it is salty, chewy and intensely flavorful, carrying yak meat's distinctive rich, gamey character and dry-cured aroma. Long-lasting and portable, it is an energy food for herders and travelers. In Shigatse it is eaten torn by hand, or steamed soft and shredded into stir-fries. The more you chew, the more flavor unfolds, a concentrated gift of the plateau, touched by the crisp highland wind.