Sichuan local food
Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

Brown-sugar glutinous-rice cakes 红糖糍粑
Brown-sugar glutinous-rice cakes (红糖糍粑) are hand-pounded glutinous-rice cakes, or ciba (糍粑), rolled in soybean flour and eaten with brown-sugar syrup.
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Sichuan nine-bowl banquet 九大碗
Sichuan nine-bowl banquet (九大碗) is a Sichuan village feast rather than a single recipe.
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Tiaoshui Rabbit 跳水兔
Tiaoshui Rabbit (跳水兔) is listed among the local specialties of Zigong, Sichuan. The name includes 兔 (rabbit).
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Zigong Salt Merchant Cuisine 自贡盐帮菜
Zigong Salt Merchant Cuisine (自贡盐帮菜) includes a broad home-cooking repertoire in Zigong (自贡), shaped by local and seasonal ingredients.
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Fushun Soft Tofu Dipping Sauce 富顺豆花蘸水
Fushun Soft Tofu Dipping Sauce (富顺豆花蘸水) is the chilli dip that goes with Fushun douhua (富顺豆花), the soft bean curd of Fushun County (富顺县) in Zigong (自贡), Sichuan.
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Quick Pan-Fried Chicken Pieces 小煎鸡
Quick Pan-Fried Chicken Pieces (小煎鸡) is listed among the local specialties of Zigong, Sichuan. The name includes 鸡 (chicken). 煎 describes pan-frying.
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Cold Spicy Beef 冷吃牛肉
Cold Spicy Beef (冷吃牛肉) is listed among the local specialties of Zigong, Sichuan. The name includes 牛肉 (beef).
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Cold Spicy Chicken Knee Cartilage 冷吃掌中宝
Cold Spicy Chicken Knee Cartilage (冷吃掌中宝) is listed among the local specialties of Zigong, Sichuan. It is grouped here with regional dishes & banquets; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Rabbit with Young Ginger 仔姜兔
Rabbit with Young Ginger (仔姜兔) is rabbit cooked with plenty of young ginger and fresh chillies, a dish of Zigong (自贡) in Sichuan.
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Scallion-Heaped Crucian Carp 葱葱鲫鱼
Scallion-Heaped Crucian Carp (葱葱鲫鱼) is a Da’an District (大安区) speciality in Zigong (自贡). Its defining flavour is a generous quantity of scallion, joined by fresh and pickled chillies.
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Fresh Chilli Fish 鲜椒鱼
Fresh Chilli Fish (鲜椒鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Zigong, Sichuan. The name includes 鱼 (fish).
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Yanbian Mutton Rice Noodles 盐边羊肉米线
Yanbian Mutton Rice Noodles (盐边羊肉米线) combines thick, chewy rice noodles with an aromatic white mutton broth in Yanbian (盐边).
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