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Thick New Year Soup (糊羹) — dish photograph
Jiangxi

Thick New Year Soup 糊羹

Thick New Year Soup (糊羹), also called fortune soup (福羹), is a starch-thickened soup of finely diced ingredients that people in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi, eat at the Spring Festival.

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AI illustration: A rustic ceramic bowl of bone-in chicken pieces in golden-brown broth with mushrooms and a few ginger slices.
Jiangxi

Porcelain-Clay Baked Chicken 瓷泥煨鸡

Porcelain-Clay Baked Chicken (瓷泥煨鸡) is a traditional Jingdezhen (景德镇) dish of stuffed chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, sealed in wine-laced porcelain clay and roasted in the hot cinders of a porcelain kiln.

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AI illustration: A stylized welcoming Chinese dining table seen slightly from above.
Jiangxi

Chilli Rice Cakes 辣椒粑

Chilli Rice Cakes (辣椒粑) are a dried snack from Jingdezhen (景德镇), the city in northeastern Jiangxi known as the Porcelain Capital (瓷都), made from chilli and glutinous rice.

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Reference photo for Kuzhu Acorn Tofu · 苦槠豆腐同类菜品参考照片
Jiangxi

Kuzhu Acorn Tofu 苦槠豆腐

Kuzhu Acorn Tofu (苦槠豆腐) is made from kuzhu tree fruits and is a traditional food of Yaoli (瑶里), in Fuliang (浮梁), Jingdezhen (景德镇). Its ingredients begin as small round fruits with hard, dark-brown shells.

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