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

Chengdu Cured and Smoked Duck 成都板鸭
Expect a concentrated cured aroma and firmer meat than a fresh poached duck. The regional account describes cooking strips with winter bamboo shoots as one way to use it, bringing the duck's richness into another dish.
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Shifang Cured Duck 什邡板鸭
Shifang Cured Duck (什邡板鸭) is a cured-duck speciality of Shifang (什邡). Bamboo frames stretch the duck into a flat shape during drying and curing, explaining the Chinese name banya (板鸭), or board-shaped duck.
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Pingwu Cured Pork 平武腊肉
Pingwu Cured Pork (平武腊肉) includes smoked black-pig pork described by Pingwu’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau at a Chengdu (成都) produce fair. The meat in the boiling pot was dark and glossy, with a strong smoke aroma.
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Beichuan Smoked Cured Pork 北川腊肉
Beichuan Smoked Cured Pork (北川腊肉) is a Qiang (羌族) cured-pork speciality documented by Mianyang (绵阳) Municipal Government.
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Qingchuan Cured Pork 青川腊肉
Qingchuan Cured Pork (青川腊肉) is listed among the local specialties of Guangyuan, Sichuan. 腊 describes curing.
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Zengjiashan Smoked Cured Pork 曾家山腊肉
Zengjiashan Smoked Cured Pork (曾家山腊肉) comes from Zengjiashan in Guangyuan’s (广元) Chaotian District (朝天区).
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Jiajiang Fermented Tofu 夹江豆腐乳
Jiajiang Fermented Tofu (夹江豆腐乳) is a fermented bean curd from Jiajiang County (夹江县) in Leshan (乐山), Sichuan, sold steeped in red chilli oil.
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Yingshan Cured Duck 营山板鸭
Yingshan Cured Duck (营山板鸭) is a cured-duck speciality of Yingshan (营山), with both an uncooked cured form and a braised form sold ready to eat.
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Yuechi Pressed Salted Duck 岳池板鸭
Yuechi Pressed Salted Duck (岳池板鸭) is listed among the local specialties of Guang'an, Sichuan. The name includes 鸭 (duck).
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Baoxing Cured Pork 宝兴腊肉
Baoxing Cured Pork (宝兴腊肉) is listed among the local specialties of Ya'an, Sichuan. 腊 describes curing.
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Bazhong Cured Pork 巴中腊肉
Bazhong Cured Pork (巴中腊肉) is listed among the local specialties of Bazhong, Sichuan. 腊 describes curing.
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Wenchuan Cured Pork 汶川腊肉
Wenchuan Cured Pork (汶川腊肉) includes the smoke-cured pork made in Qunyi village (群益村), Xuankou town (漩口镇), Wenchuan (汶川). Winter is a busy production season there, with pork prepared for smoking and packaging.
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