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Chongqing hot-and-sour noodles 重庆酸辣粉
The noodles are translucent and elastic, with a slippery chew that carries sourness and chili. Crunchy toppings contrast with their softness.
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Chongqing noodles with peas & minced pork 豌杂面
Expect tender peas, small meat pieces and springy noodles. A dry-mixed serving becomes rich and cohesive as the peas break down; a soup version keeps a looser texture. Chilli heat and pepper numbness are separate sensations.
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Wanzhou Minced Meat Sauce Noodles 万州杂酱面
Wanzhou Minced Meat Sauce Noodles (万州杂酱面) take their local character from Wanzhou broad-bean paste, local soy sauce and specially prepared red chilli oil.
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Wanzhou Zhajiang Noodles 万州炸酱面
Wanzhou Zhajiang Noodles (万州炸酱面) are noodles with a cooked minced-meat topping. Writer Li Xiao (李晓) remembers a particularly hands-on version at the Song family noodle shop in the old town of Wanzhou (万州), where the meat sauce and chilli seasoning were prepared separately.
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Shredded Pork and Preserved Mustard Noodles 榨菜肉丝面
Shredded Pork and Preserved Mustard Noodles (榨菜肉丝面) is listed among the local specialties of Fuling District, Chongqing. The term 面 points to noodles or flour-based food.
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Hechuan Mutton Rice Noodles 合川羊肉粉
Hechuan Mutton Rice Noodles (合川羊肉粉) are a breakfast bowl from Hechuan (合川) in Chongqing: rice noodles in mutton stock under a topping of mutton.
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Dazu Minced Pork Sauce Noodles 大足杂酱面
Dazu Minced Pork Sauce Noodles (大足杂酱面) are noodles topped with a pork sauce fried with bean paste, the standard breakfast in Dazu District (大足区), Chongqing.
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Quilt-Sheet Wide Noodles 铺盖面
Quilt-Sheet Wide Noodles (铺盖面) are a noodle soup from Rongchang (荣昌), Chongqing, named because each piece of dough is pulled so wide that it looks like a quilt (铺盖).
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Tongliang Lamb Rice Noodles 铜梁羊肉粉
Tongliang Lamb Rice Noodles (铜梁羊肉粉) is listed among the local specialties of Tongliang District, Chongqing. The name includes 羊肉 (lamb or mutton).
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Fengdu Charred Chilli Noodles 丰都糊辣壳小面
Fengdu Charred Chilli Noodles (丰都糊辣壳小面) are noodles seasoned with hulake (糊辣壳), chilli darkened by heat and rubbed into small particles.
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Fengdu Wontons 丰都抄手
Fengdu Wontons (丰都抄手) include a pungent local preparation served in hulake (糊辣壳) soup. In Fengdu (丰都), these small dumplings can also share a meal with noodles, a combination known as yuanyang mian (鸳鸯面).
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Yunyang Baomian Wontons 云阳包面
Yunyang Baomian Wontons (云阳包面) are the pork-filled wontons of Yunyang County (云阳县), Chongqing. Elsewhere these are known as huntun (馄饨) or chaoshou (抄手); in Yunyang everyone calls them baomian (包面).
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