Qianjiang Dried Beef Slices 黔江牛肉脯
Qianjiang Dried Beef Slices is featured among the local specialties of Chongqing.
Qianjiang Dried Beef Slices (黔江牛肉脯) are a beef speciality of Qianjiang (黔江), Chongqing, made from the lean meat of quality yellow cattle (黄牛) fattened on natural grass in the misty Wuling Mountains (武陵山区).
How it is made
The Qianjiang district government presents the slices as a natural food. After slaughter, lean meat is selected as the main raw material and prepared to a set formula based on traditional ideas of food as therapy.
The traditional technique for making Qianjiang Dried Beef Slices appears as a Chongqing municipal-level item in Qianjiang's consolidated 2021 directory of representative intangible cultural heritage, under traditional crafts.
Flavour and texture
The finished slices are thin and translucent with a rose colour. The district describes them as crisp yet tender (酥软香脆) and fragrant, with a long aftertaste. It presents them both as a dish for the banquet table and as a gift to take to friends and family.
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Both are Chongqing county beef specialities; the Qianjiang slices are thin, translucent and rose-coloured, made from grass-fed Wuling Mountain cattle, and their making technique is a municipal-level heritage item.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-23. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.