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

Zhuhou Sauce Braised Chicken 柱侯鸡
Zhuhou Sauce Braised Chicken (柱侯鸡), also called Foshan Zhuhou chicken, is a chicken cooked in Zhuhou sauce (柱侯酱), a fermented soybean-paste sauce that is a specialty of Foshan (佛山), Guangdong.
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Stuffed Pork Trotter Roll 扎蹄
Stuffed Pork Trotter Roll (扎蹄) is the Foshan (佛山) dish known in full as yunza zhuti (酝扎猪蹄), "steeped and bound pork trotter": a boned trotter skin packed with layers of fat and lean pork, tied into shape, simmered in a specially prepared braising liquid and served in slices.
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Xinhui Tangerine Peel Duck 新会陈皮鸭
Xinhui Tangerine Peel Duck (新会陈皮鸭) is duck cooked with the aged dried tangerine peel of Xinhui District (新会区) in Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong.
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Duruan Stir-Fried Beef with Bitter Melon 杜阮凉瓜炒牛肉
Duruan Stir-Fried Beef with Bitter Melon (杜阮凉瓜炒牛肉) pairs beef with the bitter melon grown in Duruan (杜阮镇), a town in Pengjiang District (蓬江区) of Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong.
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Heshan Shangnan Roast Pork 鹤山上南烧肉
Heshan Shangnan Roast Pork (鹤山上南烧肉) is whole roast pig from Shangnan (上南) in Yayao (雅瑶), Heshan (鹤山), a city in Jiangmen (江门), Guangdong.
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Zhanjiang White-Cut Chicken 湛江白切鸡
Zhanjiang White-Cut Chicken (湛江白切鸡) is the Zhanjiang (湛江) version of white-cut chicken (白切鸡), a Cantonese dish in which the chicken is steeped in hot water, cooked without other ingredients to keep its own flavour, and eaten with a dip.
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Lianjiang Anpu White-Cut Chicken 廉江安铺鸡
Lianjiang Anpu White-Cut Chicken (廉江安铺鸡) is poached capon from Anpu (安铺), a town in the southwest of Lianjiang (廉江) in Zhanjiang (湛江), Guangdong, chopped and eaten with a soy-sauce dip.
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Huazhou Fragrant-Oil Chicken 化州香油鸡
Huazhou Fragrant-Oil Chicken (化州香油鸡) is a whole chicken from Huazhou (化州) in Maoming (茂名), Guangdong, steamed or poached until just cooked, chopped and reassembled, and dressed with Huazhou's own spiced fragrant oil.
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Huazhou Spiced Beef Offal 化州牛杂
Huazhou Spiced Beef Offal (化州牛杂) is a street snack from Huazhou (化州市) in Maoming (茂名), Guangdong: beef offal and brisket simmered in a clear, spiced broth and made up with radish, Chinese cabbage and fried tofu.
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Gaozhou Salt-Baked Chicken 高州盐焗鸡
Gaozhou Salt-Baked Chicken (高州盐焗鸡) is a traditional Cantonese dish from Gaozhou (高州), a city in Maoming (茂名), Guangdong.
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Huaixiang Free-Range Chicken 怀乡鸡
Huaixiang Free-Range Chicken (怀乡鸡) is a local chicken breed named after Huaixiang (怀乡镇), a town in Xinyi (信宜) in Maoming (茂名), Guangdong.
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Sihui Camellia Oil Chicken 四会茶油鸡
Sihui Camellia Oil Chicken (四会茶油鸡) is chicken cooked in wild camellia-seed oil, a speciality of the city of Sihui (四会) in Zhaoqing (肇庆), Guangdong.
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