The main ingredient of lion's head is pork belly 150g, and the vegetables with three fertilizers and seven thinness are the most suitable, such as horseshoe 10g, mushrooms 10g, five hearts of green vegetables and a little ginger.

Lion head seasoning consists of 500g peanut oil (actual oil consumption is 100g), salt 12g, monosodium glutamate 10g, sugar 5g, corn flour 30g, chicken soup 150g, soy sauce 10g and sesame oil 5g.

Lion head is a traditional dish in Huaiyang cuisine in China. From the Sui Dynasty, it is said that during Emperor Yang Di's lucky trip, the chef made four dishes with the theme of four famous scenic spots in Yangzhou, namely sweet and sour mandarin fish, money shrimp cake, ivory chicken slices and sunflower chopped meat.