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Inner Mongolia

Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists 羊油馓子

Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists (羊油馓子) are an Ordos (鄂尔多斯) fried dough food, formed into bundles of thin strands. Sheep fat is the frying medium, and the finished bundles are brownish yellow.

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AI illustration: An oval white plate of thin layered cooked brown-red meat slices.
Inner Mongolia

Air-Dried Mutton 风干羊肉

Air-Dried Mutton (风干羊肉) in Ordos (鄂尔多斯) is meat cut into strips in early winter and hung in the shade to dry naturally until February or March.

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AI illustration: A plate of freshly cooked leafy greens with slender stems and a few garlic slices.
Inner Mongolia

Wild Wormwood Shoots 柳蒿芽

Wild Wormwood Shoots (柳蒿芽) are the young stems and leaves of a wild plant that the Daur (达斡尔族) people living along both banks of the Nen River (嫩江) pick and cook in soups and stews. The Daur name for the plant is 'kunmile' (昆米勒).

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AI illustration: A cup and a small bowl of warm pale beige milk tea.
Inner Mongolia

Salty Milk Tea 奶茶

Salty Milk Tea (奶茶) is Mongolian milk tea: green brick tea (青砖茶) boiled and mixed with fresh milk and salt.

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Inner Mongolia

Hulun Lake Whole Fish Banquet 呼伦湖全鱼宴

The Hulun Lake Whole Fish Banquet (呼伦湖全鱼宴) is a set meal of many fish and shrimp dishes made from the catch of Hulun Lake (呼伦湖), also called Dalai Lake (达赉湖), in the west of the Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔) grassland.

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AI illustration: A platter of thick browned roast meat cuts with caramelized edges and a small dish of cumin.
Inner Mongolia

Evenki Grilled Meat 鄂温克烤肉

Evenki Grilled Meat (鄂温克烤肉) belongs to the food traditions of the Evenki people in Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古).

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Bayannur Mixed Stew (巴盟烩菜) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Bayannur Mixed Stew 巴盟烩菜

Bayannur Mixed Stew (巴盟烩菜) is the pork stew of the Hetao Plain (河套平原) in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Inner Mongolia, cooked down with pickled Chinese cabbage, potatoes, wide vermicelli noodles and tofu.

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