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Cuttlefish Roe Soup 乌鱼蛋汤
Cuttlefish Roe Soup (乌鱼蛋汤) is a thickened sour-and-spicy soup from Rizhao (日照), on the Shandong coast, made with paper-thin slices of cured cuttlefish gland.
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Juxian Whole Goat Soup 莒县全羊汤
Juxian Whole Goat Soup (莒县全羊汤) uses local goats selected for tender meat and a mild aroma. The milk-white soup is cooked without added oil or salt, leaving diners to season their own bowls.
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Tiny Clam Noodle Soup 海沙子面
Tiny Clam Noodle Soup (海沙子面) is hand-rolled noodles served in a golden broth made from a very small clam, a Rizhao (日照) dish that the city's Communist Party publicity department calls unique to Rizhao.
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Rizhao Seafood Dough-Drop Soup 日照海鲜疙瘩汤
Rizhao Seafood Dough-Drop Soup (日照海鲜疙瘩汤) combines small flour lumps with a clam-based broth and seasonal seafood.
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Juxian Braised Chicken 莒县烧鸡
Juxian Braised Chicken (莒县烧鸡) includes the Zhu family’s Fengming chicken (朱家凤鸣烧鸡), a whole bird shaped, coloured and fried before braising with seasonings and established stock.
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Stir-Fried Pork with Jingdong Pickled Cabbage 京冬菜炒肉
Stir-Fried Pork with Jingdong Pickled Cabbage (京冬菜炒肉) is listed among the local specialties of Rizhao, Shandong. 炒 describes stir-frying.
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Yimeng Stir-Fried Chicken 沂蒙炒鸡
Yimeng Stir-Fried Chicken (沂蒙炒鸡), also called Linyi stir-fried chicken (临沂炒鸡), is a rooster fried raw with spices and then stewed until the meat comes off the bone.
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Sa Grain-Thickened Meat Soup 糁
Sa Grain-Thickened Meat Soup (糁) is a peppery Linyi (临沂) breakfast soup served with wheat grains and thickened broth. In the beef version made by Zhang Xiufu (张秀付), beef bones simmer until the stock turns milk-white.
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Paper-Thin Grain Pancakes 煎饼
Paper-Thin Grain Pancakes (煎饼) are a household staple of Linyi (临沂) and the Yimeng hills (沂蒙). Wheat, sorghum, maize, millet or dried sweet potato can form its batter, giving the pancakes different flavours and degrees of chew.
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Eight-Treasure Fermented Black Beans 八宝豆豉
Eight-Treasure Fermented Black Beans (八宝豆豉) is Linyi’s (临沂) moist douchi, fermented in oil and liquor.
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Linyi Tall Steamed Buns 临沂高桩馒头
Linyi Tall Steamed Buns (临沂高桩馒头) are slender wheat buns associated with Feixian (费县), especially Shangye (上冶). Steaming them upright on bamboo skewers leaves a hole in the base beneath a rounded top.
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Junan Sliced Donkey Meat 莒南驴肉
Junan Sliced Donkey Meat (莒南驴肉) is simmered with spring onion, ginger, a spice bag and cooking wine, then cut into slices or pieces and eaten with pepper salt.
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