Chinese Food 中国美食

Kudzu Root Starch 葛根粉

Kudzu Root Starch (葛根粉) is made in Sangzhi (桑植), Zhangjiajie (张家界), by extracting and settling starch from mature kudzu roots.

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Hezha Ground Soybean Soup 合渣

Hezha Ground Soybean Soup (合渣) is a Tujia (土家族) dish featured in Zhangjiajie (张家界) cooking. It keeps the finely ground soybean pulp together with the soy milk, forming a mixture that cooks with greens and seasonings.

Wild Greens and Cured Pork Sticky Rice 社饭

Wild Greens and Cured Pork Sticky Rice (社饭) is a Tujia (土家族) festival food in Zhangjiajie (张家界), eaten for the she festival in the second lunar month. Its rice combines wild greens and onions with fragrant fried cured pork.

Jar-Fermented Sour Fish 酸酢鱼

Jar-Fermented Sour Fish (酸酢鱼) is a Zhangjiajie (张家界) food associated with Tujia (土家族) and Miao (苗族) communities. Small fresh fish are coated in salted rice flour and left in a vegetable-pickling jar before being fried.

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Tujia Pork Blood Tofu 土家血豆腐

Tujia Pork Blood Tofu (土家血豆腐) is a smoked cake of tofu, pig's blood and diced fat pork made by the Tujia (土家族) people of Zhangjiajie (张家界), Hunan.

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Meat Stewed with Vine Tea 莓茶炖肉

Meat Stewed with Vine Tea (莓茶炖肉) is listed among the local specialties of Zhangjiajie, Hunan. The term 茶 points to tea or a locally named drink. 炖 describes slow simmering.

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Yiyang Malatang Skewers 益阳麻辣烫

Yiyang Malatang Skewers (益阳麻辣烫) is the skewer form of malatang (麻辣烫, "numbing-spicy scald") eaten in Yiyang (益阳), Hunan: meat and vegetables threaded on bamboo sticks and cooked at the table in a pot of red chilli-oil broth.

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Nanxian Spicy Meat 南县麻辣肉

Nanxian Spicy Meat (南县麻辣肉) includes both pork and beef versions. The Nan County (南县) culture and tourism bureau describes the Nanzhouwang (南洲王) maker’s pork slices as tender and springy, while its beef slices combine numbing heat with a slightly sweet finish.

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Anhua Pounded Tea 安化擂茶

Anhua's pounded tea combines roasted grains, peanuts, sesame and tea into a paste, loosened with boiling water and finished with toasted rice.

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Taojiang Pounded Tea 桃江擂茶

Taojiang Pounded Tea (桃江擂茶) is a drink of tea leaves, peanuts and sesame ground to a paste in an earthenware bowl and topped up with water, made in Taojiang County (桃江县), Yiyang (益阳).

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Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish 南县稻虾

Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish (南县稻虾) are raised in the rice fields of Nan County (南县).

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Yuanjiang Stir-Fried Pork with Reed Shoots 沅江芦笋炒肉

Yuanjiang Stir-Fried Pork with Reed Shoots (沅江芦笋炒肉) pairs pork with the young reed shoots that grow on the mudflats and wetlands of South Dongting Lake (南洞庭湖) around Yuanjiang (沅江), a city in Yiyang (益阳), Hunan.

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