Guangdong local food
Local dishes, ingredients and the stories behind them.

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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Liannan Yao-Style Cured Pork 连南瑶家腊肉
Liannan Yao-Style Cured Pork (连南瑶家腊肉) is the stove-smoked pork made by the Yao people of Liannan (连南), in the hills of Qingyuan (清远), Guangdong.
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Dongguan Cured Sausage 东莞腊肠
Dongguan Cured Sausage (东莞腊肠) is the Cantonese-style cured pork sausage made across Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong.
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Huangpu Cured Meats 黄圃腊味
Huangpu Cured Meats (黄圃腊味) are the Cantonese-style cured sausages, bacon, fish and duck of Huangpu (黄圃镇), a town in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong.
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Chaozhou Soy-Braised Goose 潮州卤鹅
Chaozhou Soy-Braised Goose (潮州卤鹅) is a whole goose cooked in a spiced soy-sauce master stock, a Teochew dish from Chaozhou (潮州), Guangdong.
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Fermented Tofu Pastry 腐乳饼
Fermented Tofu Pastry (腐乳饼) is a small Chaozhou (潮州) pastry whose filling is seasoned with red fermented bean curd and strong aged liquor, giving it a sweet, salty and wine-like taste.
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Chaoshan Raw Marinated Seafood 潮汕生腌
Chaoshan Raw Marinated Seafood (潮汕生腌) is shellfish and other seafood from the Chaoshan (潮汕) coast of Guangdong that is marinated and eaten without cooking.
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