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

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Tujia Smoked Cured Pork (土家腊肉) — dish photograph
Hunan

Tujia Smoked Cured Pork 土家腊肉

Tujia Smoked Cured Pork (土家腊肉) is made in Zhangjiajie (张家界) during the final lunar month. Families slaughter home-raised pigs and cure much of the meat, first with salt and then with smoke from the household fire.

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Anhua Smoked Cured Pork (安化腊肉) — dish photograph
Hunan

Anhua Smoked Cured Pork 安化腊肉

Anhua Smoked Cured Pork (安化腊肉) is the salted and wood-smoked pork of Anhua County (安化县) in Hunan. The county's agriculture bureau presents it as one of the representative products of Hunan's smoked-cure (烟熏腊) school.

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

Chaoshan Soy-Braised Goose 潮汕卤鹅

Chaoshan Soy-Braised Goose (潮汕卤鹅) is whole goose simmered in a spiced soy braising liquid, a traditional dish of the Chaoshan (潮汕) area and a classic of Teochew (Chaozhou) cuisine.

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Guangdong

Char Siu Barbecued Pork 叉烧

Char Siu Barbecued Pork (叉烧) is Cantonese roast pork glazed with a red, sweet sauce and roasted at high heat; the name means 'fork-roasted', from the traditional method of holding the pork on a fork over a fire.

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

Songgang Cured Duck 松岗腊鸭

Songgang Cured Duck (松岗腊鸭) is listed among the local specialties of Shenzhen, Guangdong. The name includes 鸭 (duck). 腊 describes curing.

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AI illustration: An oval white plate of thin layered cooked brown-red meat slices.
Guangdong

Lianzhou Cured Meats 连州腊味

Lianzhou Cured Meats (连州腊味) are the air-dried sausages, pork, duck and other cured foods of Lianzhou (连州), in Qingyuan (清远), Guangdong.

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