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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of slowly braised irregular bone-in meat pieces.
Hebei

Nourishing Braised Lamb Neck 滋补羊脖

Nourishing Braised Lamb Neck (滋补羊脖) is a lamb dish from Hebei (河北). On 10 September 2018 the China Cuisine Association (中国烹饪协会) published its list of classic regional dishes and themed banquets for every province, "Chinese Cuisine" (中国菜), and this dish was one of the ten classic dishes it named for Hebei.

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AI illustration: A plate of cooked thin curled organ-meat strips with sliced peppers and scallions.
Hebei

Quick-Fried Pork Kidney Flowers 熘腰花

Quick-Fried Pork Kidney Flowers (熘腰花) turns pork kidneys into neatly patterned pieces with a crisp, tender bite. Hebei News (河北新闻网) describes wheat-ear scoring, followed by a brief water treatment, hot oil and rapid stir-frying.

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Hebei

Vat-Oven Sesame Flatbread 缸炉烧饼

Vat-Oven Sesame Flatbread (缸炉烧饼) is baked against the inside wall of a large vat used as an oven. In Gaocheng (藁城), part of Shijiazhuang (石家庄), it is made with wheat flour, cooking oil and hulled sesame seeds.

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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of slowly braised irregular bone-in meat pieces.
Hebei

Hao Family Ribs 郝家排骨

Hao Family Ribs (郝家排骨) are steam-stewed ribs from a family restaurant in Zhengding County (正定县), about 20 km from central Shijiazhuang (石家庄).

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of fine wheat noodles in clear savory broth.
Hebei

Gaocheng Palace Noodles 藁城宫面

Gaocheng Palace Noodles (藁城宫面) are very fine, hollow dried wheat noodles made in Gaocheng district (藁城区) of Shijiazhuang (石家庄), Hebei.

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

Xinji Salted Donkey Meat 辛集咸驴肉

Xinji Salted Donkey Meat (辛集咸驴肉) is donkey meat simmered overnight with salt and spices in Xinji (辛集), Hebei, where the Xinji city government traces it to a cook named Tian Si (田四) of Bajie (八街) in the Daoguang reign (1821-1850) of the Qing dynasty.

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Pingshan Fried Dough Fritters (平山油鬼) — dish photograph
Hebei

Pingshan Fried Dough Fritters 平山油鬼

Pingshan Fried Dough Fritters (平山油鬼) are a deep-fried dough snack from Pingshan County (平山县), which a Shijiazhuang News (石家庄新闻网) article on the Shijiazhuang (石家庄) city government website calls the county's most distinctive local snack.

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AI illustration: Small rectangular and irregular pieces of sesame or peanut brittle and puffed-rice candy on a simple plate.
Hebei

Honey Fried Pastry Flowers 蜂蜜麻糖

Honey Fried Pastry Flowers (蜂蜜麻糖) are a handmade sweet from Qishuzhuang town (七树庄镇) in Fengrun district (丰润区), Tangshan (唐山), where they are also known as Qishuzhuang matang (七树庄麻糖).

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