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Chongqing

Chengkou Smoked Cured Sausage 城口腊香肠

Chengkou Smoked Cured Sausage (城口腊香肠) is the pork sausage of Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing, filled from mid-October onwards and smoked on the same racks as the county's cured pork.

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成都板鸭 · Cheng Du Ban Ya · AI dish illustration
Sichuan

Chengdu Cured and Smoked Duck 成都板鸭

Expect a concentrated cured aroma and firmer meat than a fresh poached duck. The regional account describes cooking strips with winter bamboo shoots as one way to use it, bringing the duck's richness into another dish.

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AI illustration: A white platter of sliced roast duck or goose with rich amber skin and visible meat cross sections.
Sichuan

Shifang Cured Duck 什邡板鸭

Shifang Cured Duck (什邡板鸭) is a cured-duck speciality of Shifang (什邡). Bamboo frames stretch the duck into a flat shape during drying and curing, explaining the Chinese name banya (板鸭), or board-shaped duck.

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Pingwu Cured Pork (平武腊肉) — dish photograph
Sichuan

Pingwu Cured Pork 平武腊肉

Pingwu Cured Pork (平武腊肉) includes smoked black-pig pork described by Pingwu’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau at a Chengdu (成都) produce fair. The meat in the boiling pot was dark and glossy, with a strong smoke aroma.

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AI illustration: A white platter of sliced roast duck or goose with rich amber skin and visible meat cross sections.
Sichuan

Yingshan Cured Duck 营山板鸭

Yingshan Cured Duck (营山板鸭) is a cured-duck speciality of Yingshan (营山), with both an uncooked cured form and a braised form sold ready to eat.

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