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AI illustration: A bowl of broad rustic wheat or oat dough ribbons and short handmade pasta pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Guyang Naked-Oat Noodles 固阳莜面

Guyang Naked-Oat Noodles (固阳莜面) are made from youmian (莜面), the flour milled from naked oats (莜麦) grown in Guyang County (固阳县) in Baotou (包头), Inner Mongolia.

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AI illustration: A whole roasted lamb arranged flat on a long plain platter.
Inner Mongolia

Damao Roast Saddle of Lamb 达茂烤羊背

Damao Roast Saddle of Lamb (达茂烤羊背) is a roast back of lamb from Darhan Muminggan United Banner (达尔罕茂明安联合旗), usually shortened to Damao Banner, a herding banner of Baotou (包头) that borders Mongolia to the north.

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AI illustration: A bamboo steamer of open-topped pleated dumplings.
Inner Mongolia

Lamb Shaomai Dumplings 羊肉烧卖

Lamb Shaomai Dumplings (羊肉烧卖) are the northern, meat-filled form of shaomai (烧卖): steamed dumplings filled with mutton and spring onion rather than the glutinous rice used in the south.

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Roast Lamb Ribs (烤羊排) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Roast Lamb Ribs 烤羊排

Roast Lamb Ribs (烤羊排) belong to the barbecue of Wuhai (乌海), the Inner Mongolian city on the Yellow River with the Ordos grassland (鄂尔多斯草原) at its back.

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Scrambled Eggs with Sand Onion (沙葱炒鸡蛋) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Scrambled Eggs with Sand Onion 沙葱炒鸡蛋

Scrambled Eggs with Sand Onion (沙葱炒鸡蛋) is a stir-fry of eggs and sand onion (沙葱), the desert plant known to botanists as Mongolian chive (蒙古韭). Popular Science China (科普中国) calls it the most home-style way to cook sand onion.

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AI illustration: An oval plate with one cooked whole freshwater fish in light brown sauce.
Inner Mongolia

Yellow River Fish 黄河鱼

Yellow River Fish (黄河鱼) in Wuhai (乌海), Inner Mongolia, means fish from the Yellow River (黄河) cooked in the city's fish restaurants and homes, above all stewed whole.

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AI illustration: A plate of pale boiled lamb chunks with a few bone-in pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Hand-Held Boiled Mutton 手扒羊肉

Hand-Held Boiled Mutton (手扒羊肉) is lamb boiled in large pieces and eaten with the fingers, one of the Mongolian dishes served in the city of Wuhai (乌海), Inner Mongolia.

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

Hada Flatbread 哈达饼

Hada Flatbread (哈达饼) is a flaky, sweet filled flatbread from Chifeng (赤峰) in Inner Mongolia. It takes its name from Ulanhad (乌兰哈达), a historical Mongolian name for the Chifeng area meaning "red mountain".

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of fine wheat noodles in clear savory broth.
Inner Mongolia

Aohan Flicked Buckwheat Noodles 敖汉拨面

Aohan Flicked Buckwheat Noodles (敖汉拨面) are buckwheat noodles pushed out with a long two-handled blade, a method particular to Aohan Banner (敖汉旗) in Chifeng (赤峰), Inner Mongolia.

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