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Boshan Deep-Fried Pork 博山炸肉
Boshan Deep-Fried Pork (博山炸肉) includes several forms, among them soft-fried tenderloin, hard-fried pork and Guangdong-style fried meat (炸广东肉).
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Boshan Hard-Fried Pork 博山硬炸肉
Boshan Hard-Fried Pork (博山硬炸肉) uses lean pork with a thin coating. Writing in Luzhong Morning News, Wang Jiwu (王济武) distinguishes its thin coating from the thicker batter used for ordinary fried pork.
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Boshan Vegetable-Filled Pancakes 博山菜煎饼
Boshan Vegetable-Filled Pancakes (博山菜煎饼) combine grain pancakes with a cooked filling of tofu, glass noodles, dried shrimp and chives or spring onion.
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Duck Squares in Brown Sauce 酱汁鸭方
Duck Squares in Brown Sauce (酱汁鸭方) is a Boshan (博山) duck preparation with taro and peanuts, described by Zibo’s (淄博) commerce bureau as savoury with a little sweetness.
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Linzi Pancake Rolled with Scallions 临淄煎饼卷大葱
Linzi Pancake Rolled with Scallions (临淄煎饼卷大葱) is listed among the local specialties of Zibo, Shandong. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads. 煎 describes pan-frying.
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Boshan Mixed Stew 博山烩菜
Boshan Mixed Stew (博山烩菜) combines salted meat with spinach, starch noodles and dried tofu. It is a food of Boshan (博山) in Zibo (淄博), described in the city culture and tourism bureau's guide to Shandong dishes.
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Zaozhuang Chilli Chicken 枣庄辣子鸡
Zaozhuang Chilli Chicken (枣庄辣子鸡) is a stir-fry of small chicken pieces with local green chillies from Zaozhuang (枣庄), Shandong.
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Vegetable-Filled Pancakes 菜煎饼
Vegetable-Filled Pancakes (菜煎饼) in Zaozhuang (枣庄) enclose a generous vegetable filling in thin flour pancakes.
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Mutton Soup 羊肉汤
Mutton Soup (羊肉汤) in Zaozhuang (枣庄), Shandong, is a white mutton broth served with sliced meat and offal.
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Tengzhou Braised Pork Noodles 滕州大肉面
Tengzhou Braised Pork Noodles (滕州大肉面) are a bowl of noodles in soup topped with a piece of darou (大肉, 'big meat'), eaten in Tengzhou (滕州), Zaozhuang (枣庄).
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Tengzhou Spicy Soup 滕州辣汤
Tengzhou Spicy Soup (滕州辣汤) is a breakfast speciality of Tengzhou (滕州), eaten throughout the year.
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Zhangwang Braised Duck 张汪板鸭
Zhangwang Braised Duck (张汪板鸭) is a duck slow-braised in a spiced master stock, made in Zhangwang town (张汪镇) of Tengzhou (滕州), Zaozhuang.
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