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

Fengkai Xinghua Chicken 封开杏花鸡
Fengkai Xinghua Chicken (封开杏花鸡) is a small, yellow-feathered meat chicken from Fengkai County (封开县) in Zhaoqing (肇庆), Guangdong, and the dishes made from it, above all white-cut chicken.
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Salt-Baked Chicken 盐焗鸡
Salt-Baked Chicken (盐焗鸡) is a whole chicken cooked buried in hot sea salt, and in Huizhou (惠州), on the Dongjiang (东江) or East River in Guangdong, it counts as one of the city's "three treasures" (惠州三宝).
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Hakka Rice Wine Chicken 客家娘酒鸡
Hakka Rice Wine Chicken (客家娘酒鸡) is chicken cooked with ginger and niangjiu (娘酒), the sweet or semi-sweet Hakka yellow wine brewed from brown glutinous rice.
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Open-Pot Pork Meatballs 开锅肉丸
Open-Pot Pork Meatballs (开锅肉丸) are Hakka pork balls, bound with cassava starch and steamed in small bamboo steamers, from Meixian District (梅县区) in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong.
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East River Salt-Baked Chicken 东江盐焗鸡
East River Salt-Baked Chicken (东江盐焗鸡) is a whole chicken cooked buried in hot salt, a traditional dish of the Hakka East River (东江) region that is eaten in Heyuan (河源), Huizhou (惠州), Meizhou (梅州) and Shenzhen (深圳).
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Chicken Simmered with Five-Finger Fig Root 五指毛桃鸡
Chicken Simmered with Five-Finger Fig Root (五指毛桃鸡) is a Hakka chicken dish cooked with the root of the five-finger fig (五指毛桃).
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Yangchun Steamed Pork Ribs with Amomum 阳春春砂仁蒸排骨
Yangchun Steamed Pork Ribs with Amomum (阳春春砂仁蒸排骨) is a traditional dish of Yangchun (阳春), a small city in western Guangdong, built around a local speciality, Yangchun amomum (春砂仁), the dried fruit of a plant of the ginger family.
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Qingyuan White-Cut Chicken 清远白切鸡
Qingyuan White-Cut Chicken (清远白切鸡) is a whole free-range Qingyuan chicken (清远鸡) poached in barely simmering water, cooled, chopped and served with dipping seasonings, from Qingyuan (清远) in north-western Guangdong.
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Qingyuan Chicken Claypot 清远鸡煲
Qingyuan Chicken Claypot (清远鸡煲) is listed among the local specialties of Qingyuan, Guangdong. The name includes 鸡 (chicken). 煲 describes pot cooking.
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Lianzhou Braised Beef Offal 连州牛杂
Lianzhou Braised Beef Offal (连州牛杂) centres on beef tripe, intestines and lungs. In Lianzhou (连州), diners can share the dish around a steaming pot, adding vegetables and tofu to their order.
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Zhouxin Crispy Roast Pork 洲心烧肉
Zhouxin Crispy Roast Pork (洲心烧肉) is whole roast pig from Zhouxin (洲心), a subdistrict of Qingcheng District (清城区) in Qingyuan (清远), Guangdong.
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Shiqi Crispy Fried Squab 石岐乳鸽
Shiqi Crispy Fried Squab (石岐乳鸽) is a young pigeon of the Shiqi breed, marinated, air-dried and fried under ladled oil until the skin is crisp and the meat stays juicy.
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