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Village-Cured Smoked Pork 乡里腊肉
Village-Cured Smoked Pork (乡里腊肉) in Xiangtan (湘潭) is salted, dried and slowly smoked.
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Wugang Spiced Braised Tofu 武冈卤豆腐
Firm Wugang tofu repeatedly braised with aromatic stock and cooled between stages, giving it a dark surface and a concentrated savoury chew.
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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
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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Rucheng Pressed Salted Duck 汝城板鸭
Rucheng Pressed Salted Duck (汝城板鸭) is a duck cured with salt and dried in the open air in Rucheng County (汝城县), Chenzhou (郴州).
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Tongdao Dong-Style Cured Fish 通道侗家腌鱼
Tongdao Dong-Style Cured Fish (通道侗家腌鱼) is fish from the rice paddies of Tongdao (通道), Huaihua (怀化), cured with salt and chilli by Dong (侗族) households so that it keeps.
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Steamed barbecue pork buns 叉烧包
The bread is soft and fluffy, contrasting with the moist, richly flavored pork center.
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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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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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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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Raw Marinated Seafood 生腌海鲜
Raw Marinated Seafood (生腌海鲜) is raw shellfish, shrimp and crab steeped in a garlicky, sour-hot marinade and eaten uncooked and cold.
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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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