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AI illustration: A small plate of firm tofu cubes and slices with pale interiors and golden-brown edges.
Jiangsu

Meat-Stuffed Gluten Puffs 肉酿面筋

Meat-Stuffed Gluten Puffs (肉酿面筋) are a Wuxi (无锡) dish of fried wheat-gluten balls filled with seasoned minced pork and simmered in a soy-sauce broth.

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Reference photo for Taihu Lake Three Whites · 太湖三白同类菜品参考照片
Jiangsu

Taihu Lake Three Whites 太湖三白

Taihu Lake Three Whites (太湖三白) are three foods from Lake Tai (太湖): the whitefish (白鱼), the icefish (银鱼) and the white shrimp (白虾), named for their shared white colour.

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Bowl of sesame-coated pastry balls with one cut open showing the filling
Jiangsu

Huishan Flaky Pastries 惠山油酥

Huishan Flaky Pastries (惠山油酥) are a Wuxi (无锡) snack from the Huishan (惠山) area, pastries shaped like Chinese chess pieces, with a filling of more than ten ingredients inside a skin of refined flour and sesame.

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Jiangsu

Mirror-Box Stuffed Tofu 镜箱豆腐

Mirror-Box Stuffed Tofu (镜箱豆腐) is a traditional Wuxi (无锡) dish of stuffed tofu blocks, named because the blocks look like the mirror box (a dressing case) a woman used when doing her hair.

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Sweet Taro in Syrup (糖芋头) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

Sweet Taro in Syrup 糖芋头

Sweet Taro in Syrup (糖芋头) is medium-sized taro cooked with brown sugar and finished with sugared osmanthus, the dish Wuxi (无锡) households make for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which older people in the city call "Bayueban" (八月半, "the middle of the eighth month").

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Bazirou Braised Pork Belly (把子肉) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

Bazirou Braised Pork Belly 把子肉

Bazirou Braised Pork Belly (把子肉) is a snack of Shandong cooking (鲁菜) and of the Xuzhou-Haizhou kitchen (徐海菜), popular in the Jiangsu-Shandong-Henan-Anhui region, with Jinan (济南), Jining (济宁) and Xuzhou (徐州) as its centres.

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Spicy Pepper Soup (辣汤) — dish photograph
Jiangsu

Spicy Pepper Soup 辣汤

Spicy Pepper Soup (辣汤) is a peppery soup from Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu, cooked with chicken, pig bone and swamp eel. English Wikipedia's article on Xuzhou cuisine sets the Xuzhou version apart from the one made in Henan (河南).

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AI illustration: A shallow ceramic bowl of large boneless red-braised meat cubes.
Jiangsu

Peixian Dog Meat 沛县狗肉

Peixian Dog Meat (沛县狗肉) appears in the local food directory for Jiangsu. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.

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