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Heilongjiang

Russian-Style Smoked Sausage 俄式香肠

Russian-Style Smoked Sausage (俄式香肠) is the dark-red smoked sausage that Heilongjiang knows as red sausage (红肠), a Lithuanian-style sausage that came to Harbin (哈尔滨) in the railway era and is still called Russian red sausage.

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Shanghai sweet-soy fish · 上海熏鱼 · AI dish illustration
Shanghai

Shanghai sweet-soy fish 上海熏鱼

The result is sweet-savoury and concentrated, with a firmer edge around the softer fish inside. It is very different from a delicate steamed fillet or a smoky slice of cured salmon.

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Nanjing roast duck · 南京烤鸭 · AI dish illustration
Jiangsu

Nanjing roast duck 南京烤鸭

Expect rich duck meat, browned skin and a sweet-savoury sauce. Skin texture changes after saucing, while breast and leg pieces differ in fat and firmness. Bones remain a normal part of a chopped serving.

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Jiangsu

Binhai Cured Sausage 滨海香肠

Binhai Cured Sausage (滨海香肠) is a dried pork sausage from Binhai (滨海) in Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu. The Yancheng city government lists its making technique (滨海香肠制作技艺) among the city-level items of intangible cultural heritage.

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酱鸭 · Hangzhou Soy-Sauce Duck · AI dish illustration
Zhejiang

Hangzhou Soy-Sauce Duck 酱鸭

Soy sauce and sugar contribute the central savoury-sweet balance, with aromatics such as ginger and spices in the documented version. The drying stage gives a different texture from a duck served directly out of a broth.

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

Jiaxing Soy-Sauce Duck 嘉兴酱鸭

Jiaxing Soy-Sauce Duck (嘉兴酱鸭) is represented locally by Wenhu Duck (文虎酱鸭). A Nanhu District Archives (南湖区档案馆) account traces this named preparation to Wang Youbao’s (王有宝) cooked-food stall in Shaibang Village (晒浜村) in 1934, followed by her son Zhu Wenhu’s (朱文虎) duck business.

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

Shaoxing Soy-Cured Duck 绍兴酱鸭

Shaoxing Soy-Cured Duck (绍兴酱鸭) is prepared through salting, soaking in soy sauce, drying and steaming. A preparation shown by CCTV in 2016 finishes the duck with Shaoxing rice wine (绍酒), sugar, spring onion and ginger.

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

Wuzhou Roast Duck 婺州烤鸭

Wuzhou Roast Duck (婺州烤鸭) is listed among the local specialties of Jinhua, Zhejiang. The name includes 鸭 (duck). 烤 describes roasting or grilling.

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