The Oroqen's staple food is meat from a variety of animals in the area include deer, boar, pao (a kind of roe deer), however, as they consider horses and dogs their faithful friends, they usually refuse to eat meat from these two animals.

In recent years, the Oroqen people have turned to growing vegetables which they never did in the past. This has resulted in a dramatic change in their diet. Fried flour rolls are a favorite.