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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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Xuan'en Grilled and Braised Whole Fish 宣恩烤活鱼
Xuan'en Grilled and Braised Whole Fish (宣恩烤活鱼) is a fish dish from Xuan'en County (宣恩县) in the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州) of Hubei.
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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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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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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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Mianyang Lotus Root Starch 沔阳藕粉
Mianyang Lotus Root Starch (沔阳藕粉) is listed among the local specialties of Xiantao, Hubei. The name includes 藕 (lotus root).
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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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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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Rice-Powder Steamed Pork 蒸肉
Rice-Powder Steamed Pork (蒸肉) is the meat member of Mianyang three steams (沔阳三蒸), the rice-meal steamed dishes of Xiantao (仙桃) in Hubei, which was Mianyang county until 1986.
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Xiantao Rice-Meal Steamed Fish 蒸鱼
Xiantao Rice-Meal Steamed Fish (蒸鱼) is the fish member of Mianyang three steams (沔阳三蒸), the steamed dishes of Xiantao (仙桃) in Hubei, which was Mianyang county until 1986.
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Xiantao Rice-Meal Steamed Vegetables 蒸菜
Xiantao Rice-Meal Steamed Vegetables (蒸菜) are the vegetable member of Mianyang three steams (沔阳三蒸), the steamed dishes of Xiantao (仙桃) in Hubei, which was Mianyang county until 1986.
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Qianjiang Braised Crayfish 潜江油焖大虾
Qianjiang Braised Crayfish (潜江油焖大虾) is an oily, red, spicy crayfish dish from Qianjiang (潜江). The shell-on preparation keeps the head contents with the meat, and cuts in the crayfish allow the sauce to penetrate.
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