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Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles 河套面筋
Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles (河套面筋) are a cold dish known to every household in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔): glossy, springy sheets made from wheat flour, cut into strips and dressed with sauces.
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Pork and Chicken Braise 猪肉勾鸡
Pork and Chicken Braise (猪肉勾鸡) is a one-pot dish of the Hetao (河套) plain around Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Inner Mongolia: pork belly, pork ribs and free-range chicken braised in a sugar-browned sauce with potatoes and tofu, with leavened bread cooked in the same pot.
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Fried Millet Cakes 油炸糕
Fried Millet Cakes (油炸糕) are a festive food in the Hetao (河套) area of Bayannur (巴彦淖尔). Yellow millet flour is steamed into dough, worked smooth, filled with beans and fried in linseed oil.
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Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin 华莱士瓜拌奶皮
Wallace Melon Tossed with Milk Skin (华莱士瓜拌奶皮) is listed among the local specialties of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. It is grouped here with sweets & desserts; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Lamb with Broth-Soaked Roasted Millet 羊肉泡炒米
Lamb with Broth-Soaked Roasted Millet (羊肉泡炒米) is listed among the local specialties of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. The name includes 羊肉 (lamb or mutton). 炒 describes stir-frying.
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Naked-Oat Flour Noodles 莜面
Naked-Oat Flour Noodles (莜面) are the foods made from youmian, the flour of the naked oat, a common food across central and western Inner Mongolia and parts of northern China.
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Liangcheng Chopped Sheep Offal 凉城县羊杂碎
Liangcheng Chopped Sheep Offal (凉城县羊杂碎) is listed among the local specialties of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia. The name includes 羊杂 (sheep offal).
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Chayouhouqi Red-Braised Lamb 察右后旗红炖羊肉
Chayouhouqi Red-Braised Lamb (察右后旗红炖羊肉) is listed among the local specialties of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia. The name includes 羊肉 (lamb or mutton). 炖 describes slow simmering.
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Potato Banquet 土豆宴
Potato Banquet (土豆宴) is a spread of potato dishes served in Ulanqab (乌兰察布), a city that holds the title "China's Potato Capital" (中国薯都).
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Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread 王小二大饼
Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread (王小二大饼) is a flatbread from Tuquan County (突泉县) in Hinggan League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia. China National Radio credits it to the late Hui chef Wang Xiao'er (王小二) of Hinggan League.
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Horqin Hand-Held Boiled Lamb 科尔沁手把肉
Horqin Hand-Held Boiled Lamb (科尔沁手把肉) is lamb boiled on the bone and eaten by hand, a Mongol dish that Hinggan League (兴安盟) in Inner Mongolia serves to visitors on its grasslands.
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Pot-Cooked Tea 锅茶
Pot-Cooked Tea (锅茶) is Mongolian milk tea that is brewed first and then cooked on in the pot with dried meat, dairy foods and roasted millet, so that it is eaten as much as drunk.
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