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Anhui

Mingguang Mung Bean Cake 明光绿豆糕

Mingguang Mung Bean Cake (明光绿豆糕) is a sweet made from the mung beans of Mingguang (明光) in Chuzhou (滁州), Anhui, a bean that holds national geographical-indication certification.

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Fuyang Rolled Flatbread (阜阳卷馍) — dish photograph
Anhui

Fuyang Rolled Flatbread 阜阳卷馍

Fuyang Rolled Flatbread (阜阳卷馍) is a snack from Fuyang (阜阳) in north-western Anhui: several thin, soft round wrappers are stacked and rolled around bean sprouts and wheat gluten (面筋) lifted straight out of a simmering pot.

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AI illustration: An oval white plate of thin layered cooked brown-red meat slices.
Anhui

Jieshou Five-Spice Beef 界首五香牛肉

Jieshou Five-Spice Beef (界首五香牛肉) is spiced beef from Jieshou (界首), a city in north-west Anhui; the Anhui civil affairs department lists it among the products Jieshou has built up under its place-name branding work.

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Sa Soup (撒汤) — dish photograph
Anhui

Sa Soup 撒汤

Sa Soup (撒汤) is a scalding, full-bodied soup eaten in Fuyang (阜阳), in northern Anhui, mostly at breakfast and often with flatbread. The name is a local spelling.

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AI illustration: A shallow ceramic bowl of large boneless red-braised meat cubes.
Anhui

Pork Stewed with Dangshan Pears 砀山酥梨炖肉

Pork Stewed with Dangshan Pears (砀山酥梨炖肉) takes a red-braised form in a preparation presented by Suzhou Culture and Tourism (宿州文化旅游). It uses pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.

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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of light savory soup with small pale cooked morsels.
Anhui

Suzhou Sa Soup 宿州sa汤

Suzhou Sa Soup (宿州sa汤) is the breakfast soup of Suzhou (宿州) in northern Anhui, not the Suzhou in Jiangsu: a raw egg is beaten in the bowl and cooked by a ladle of boiling-hot old-hen stock thickened with flour.

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Anhui

Langan Braised Beef 栏杆牛肉

Langan Braised Beef (栏杆牛肉) is beef slow-cooked in a spiced master stock in Langan (栏杆), an old town about 50 kilometres north-east of Suzhou (宿州) in northern Anhui, where the city paper Fuxiao Daily (拂晓报) calls the beef the town's best-known product.

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