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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Hubei

Jianshi Big Flatbread 建始大饼

Jianshi Big Flatbread (建始大饼) is listed among the local specialties of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads.

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Hubei

Tujia Crumbly Baked Flatbread 土家掉渣烧饼

Tujia Crumbly Baked Flatbread (土家掉渣烧饼), also called Enshi Tujia flatbread (恩施土家烧饼), is a wheat flatbread of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州) in Hubei.

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

Corn Cakes 苞谷粑粑

Corn Cakes (苞谷粑粑) are steamed triangles of ground corn mixed with glutinous rice and wrapped in leaves, a snack of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州) in Hubei.

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AI illustration: A platter of roasted chicken cut into substantial golden-brown skin-on pieces.
Hubei

Maozui Brine-Braised Chicken 毛嘴卤鸡

Maozui Brine-Braised Chicken (毛嘴卤鸡) is a chicken braised in aged brine from Maozui (毛嘴), a town in Xiantao (仙桃), Hubei, and the Xiantao culture and tourism bureau counts it among the city's best-known specialties.

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of slender white rice noodles in light broth with a few cooked meat slices and scallions.
Hubei

Eel Rice Noodles 鳝鱼粉

Eel Rice Noodles (鳝鱼粉) is a bowl of noodles with swamp eel from Xiantao (仙桃) in Hubei, a city the Hubei Daily calls China's eel capital ("中国黄鳝之都"). The paper says Xiantao's eel noodles were already well known in the Qing dynasty.

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AI illustration: A ceramic casserole of large irregular duck or goose pieces simmered in dark savory sauce.
Hubei

Mianyang Speckled Duck 沔阳麻鸭

Mianyang Speckled Duck (沔阳麻鸭) is a duck breed raised for both meat and eggs in Xiantao (仙桃). In Shahu (沙湖), its firm meat becomes cured duck, while its large eggs are salted to produce oily red yolks with a fine, crumbly texture.

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