Cured meats & roast-shop dishes 卤味腌腊烧腊

Braised cold cuts, preserved meats and roast-shop specialties.

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AI illustration: A platter of roasted chicken cut into substantial golden-brown skin-on pieces.
Yunnan

Mile Spiced Braised Chicken 弥勒卤鸡

Mile Spiced Braised Chicken (弥勒卤鸡) is chicken cooked in a seasoned braising liquid (卤), made in Mile (弥勒) in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan.

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Laowo Cured Ham (老窝火腿) — dish photograph
Yunnan

Laowo Cured Ham 老窝火腿

Laowo Cured Ham (老窝火腿) is the cured ham of Laowo (老窝), a Bai ethnic township in Lushui (泸水) city, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (怒江傈僳族自治州), Yunnan. It takes its name from the township where it is produced.

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Yak Jerky (牦牛肉干) — dish photograph
Tibet (Xizang)

Yak Jerky 牦牛肉干

Yak Jerky (牦牛肉干) is dried yak meat. In Damxung County (当雄县), a grassland county of Lhasa (拉萨), People's Daily reported in 2021 that most yak meat used to be sold fresh in nearby areas, and that only a small part, processed into yak jerky, could be sent further afield.

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Pingli Cured Pork (平利腊肉) — dish photograph
Shaanxi

Pingli Cured Pork 平利腊肉

Pingli Cured Pork (平利腊肉) is smoked pork from Pingli (平利). In a Zhengyang (正阳) household method, rectangular strips are seasoned, hung to dry and smoked over cypress wood and sawdust.

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