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Poyang Lake Lion's Head Meatballs 鄱阳湖狮子头
Poyang Lake Lion's Head Meatballs (鄱阳湖狮子头) are a Nanchang (南昌) dish with soft, savoury meatballs. In the Jiangxi provincial government recipe republished by China National Radio, each meatball encloses a salted egg yolk.
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Beer-Braised Duck 啤酒烧鸭
Beer-Braised Duck (啤酒烧鸭) is a home-style dish of Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi: duck chopped into pieces and braised in beer.
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Oil-Steeped Fish 油浸鱼
Oil-Steeped Fish (油浸鱼) is a Nanchang (南昌) dish of whole fish fried golden, heaped with chopped chillies and dried radish, and finished with chilli oil.
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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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Nanchang Stir-Fried Rice Noodles 南昌炒粉
Nanchang Stir-Fried Rice Noodles (南昌炒粉) is a Nanchang (南昌) rice-noodle dish, made by boiling the noodles, draining them and then stir-frying them in oil over an open flame.
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Cold Rice Noodles 冷粉
Cold Rice Noodles (冷粉) are thick rice noodles dressed cold with seasonings, a snack of Jingdezhen (景德镇) in north-eastern Jiangxi.
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Jiaoziba Steamed Dumplings 饺子粑
Jiaoziba Steamed Dumplings (饺子粑) are thin-skinned, filled snacks steamed in a steamer basket in Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi, brought to the city by migrants from Duchang (都昌).
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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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Fried Dough Stick Wrapped in Sticky Rice 油条包麻糍
Fried Dough Stick Wrapped in Sticky Rice (油条包麻糍) is a Jingdezhen (景德镇) snack that joins two everyday foods: youtiao (油条), the long fried dough stick, and maci (麻糍), a glutinous-rice cake.
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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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Cured Pork with Loach 腊肉泥鳅
Cured Pork with Loach (腊肉泥鳅) is listed among the local specialties of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. 腊 describes curing.
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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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