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Jiangxi

Hukou Wine-Lees Cured Fish 湖口糟鱼

Hukou Wine-Lees Cured Fish (湖口糟鱼) is freshwater fish from Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) salted, dried and cured in glutinous-rice wine lees in Hukou County (湖口县), Jiujiang, where the lake meets the Yangtze.

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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Jiangxi

Duchang Rice Cakes 都昌米粑

Duchang Rice Cakes (都昌米粑), also called jiaoziba (饺子粑), are a steamed, filled rice snack from Duchang (都昌) in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, which the county government describes as an old county on the shore of Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖).

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AI illustration: An oval plate with one cooked whole freshwater fish in light brown sauce.
Jiangxi

Wuning Stick Fish 武宁棍子鱼

Wuning Stick Fish (武宁棍子鱼) is a small freshwater fish from Wuning (武宁), in Jiujiang (九江), Jiangxi, which the Jiujiang city government lists among the city's local foods as a specialty dish of the Wuning lake area (武宁湖区), cooked either red-braised or as a spicy stew.

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Shuibei Tofu 水北豆腐

Shuibei Tofu (水北豆腐) is the hand-made bean curd of Shuibei (水北), a town in Yushui District (渝水区) of Xinyu (新余), Jiangxi.

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Fenyi Dianchang River Snails 分宜电厂螺蛳

Fenyi Dianchang River Snails (分宜电厂螺蛳) are braised freshwater snails from Fenyi County (分宜县) in Xinyu, Jiangxi, named after the Fenyi power plant (分宜发电厂) beside Hengxi Village (横溪村), where the dish started in the mid-1990s.

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