Hotpot, noodles & dough dishes 火锅、粉面与面点

Compare shared hotpots, wheat and rice noodles, dumplings, and selected bread or rice-cake dishes. Ordinary soups appear under Regional cuisines.

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Henan

Lao Caiji Wontons 老蔡记馄饨

Lao Caiji Wontons (老蔡记馄饨) are the chicken-shred wontons of Cai Ji (蔡记), the house whose steamed dumplings are one of Zhengzhou's (郑州) three old names, and the wontons are sold alongside those dumplings as a pair.

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AI illustration: A shallow bowl of cooked wheat noodles with a modest brown savory dressing.
Henan

Braised Noodles 焖面

Braised Noodles (焖面) is listed among the local specialties of Zhengzhou, Henan. The term 面 points to noodles or flour-based food.

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AI illustration: A white plate of crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings with browned flat bottoms and pale pleated tops.
Henan

Kaifeng Pan-Fried Dumplings 开封锅贴

Kaifeng Pan-Fried Dumplings (开封锅贴) are guo tie, long filled wheat dumplings fried in a little oil and water, a dish that Chinese Wikipedia counts mostly as Kaifeng (开封) cooking in Henan.

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A plate of golden pan-fried guotie dumplings.
Henan

Pan-Fried Dumplings 锅贴

Pan-Fried Dumplings (锅贴) appears in the local food directory for Henan. The Chinese introduction below explains the named food and its preparation in the linked culinary reference.

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of fine wheat noodles in clear savory broth.
Henan

Yexian Huimian Noodle Soup 叶县烩面

Yexian Huimian Noodle Soup (叶县烩面) is the mutton noodle soup of Ye County (叶县), Pingdingshan (平顶山), Henan, made in the qiangguo (炝锅, "pan-searing") style: raw mutton is fried hot in the pot before stock and wide noodle strips go in.

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