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

Guangdong Crispy-Skin Roast Goose 广东脆皮烧鹅
Guangdong Crispy-Skin Roast Goose (广东脆皮烧鹅) is Cantonese roast goose, a whole goose roasted over charcoal and prized for its crisp skin.
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Guangzhou Wenchang Chicken 广州文昌鸡
Guangzhou Wenchang Chicken (广州文昌鸡) is a Cantonese dish of poached chicken taken off the bone and served with ham, chicken liver and vegetable.
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Hakka Hand-Torn Salt-Baked Chicken 客家手撕盐焗鸡
Hakka Hand-Torn Salt-Baked Chicken (客家手撕盐焗鸡) is a whole chicken wrapped in paper and baked buried in hot coarse salt, then pulled apart by hand rather than cut.
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Bubbled-Skin Roast Suckling Pig 麻皮乳猪
Bubbled-Skin Roast Suckling Pig (麻皮乳猪) is a whole suckling pig roasted over open charcoal while being basted with oil, so that the skin puffs into fine, sesame-like bubbles and turns golden and crisp.
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Roast Goose 烧鹅
Roast Goose (烧鹅) is a goose coated with seasoning and roasted at high heat, one of the siu mei (烧味) roast meats of Cantonese cooking and a very common dish across Guangdong.
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Roast Suckling Pig 烧乳猪
Roast Suckling Pig (烧乳猪) is an unweaned piglet, opened up and roasted over fire until the skin is thin and crisp.
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Beef Offal Trio Soup 牛三星
Beef Offal Trio Soup (牛三星) is a well-known street snack of Xiguan (西关), the old quarter of Guangzhou (广州).
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Spiced Braised Beef Offal 牛杂
Spiced Braised Beef Offal (牛杂) is beef offal stewed slowly in a thick, spiced sauce, usually with radish, and snipped into pieces to order at street stalls in Guangzhou (广州).
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Soy Sauce Chicken 豉油鸡
Soy Sauce Chicken (豉油鸡) is a Cantonese chicken dish, served in Guangzhou (广州) and across Guangdong, in which the chicken is cooked by steeping it in hot, spiced soy sauce.
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Cantonese Sweet and Sour Pork 咕噜肉
Cantonese Sweet and Sour Pork (咕噜肉) is a Cantonese dish of boneless pork that is fried crisp and coated in a sweet-and-sour sauce. It is also called gulao rou (古老肉, "old pork").
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Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple 菠萝咕噜肉
Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple (菠萝咕噜肉) is the Cantonese dish of starch-coated, deep-fried pork tossed in a thick sweet-and-sour sauce with peppers, onion and pineapple.
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Nanxiong Duck with Sour Bamboo Shoots 南雄酸笋鸭
Nanxiong Duck with Sour Bamboo Shoots (南雄酸笋鸭) is duck cooked with pickled bamboo shoots and chilli in Nanxiong (南雄), in the Shaoguan (韶关) area of northern Guangdong.
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