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

Xiaolan Chrysanthemum Candied Pork Fat 小榄菊花肉
Xiaolan Chrysanthemum Candied Pork Fat (小榄菊花肉) is a sweet of Xiaolan (小榄) town in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong: cooked pork fat scattered with dried petals of a small local yellow chrysanthemum and covered in syrup.
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Shaxi Steamed Pork Belly 沙溪扣肉
Shaxi Steamed Pork Belly (沙溪扣肉) is a dish of fatty pork belly slices, marinated, braised and then steamed, from Shaxi town (沙溪镇) in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong.
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Dongsheng Crisp Grass Carp 东升脆肉鲩
Dongsheng Crisp Grass Carp (东升脆肉鲩) is grass carp raised in ponds in Dongsheng (东升), a former town now part of Xiaolan (小榄) in Zhongshan (中山), Guangdong, and, once grown, fed broad beans for a period, which makes its flesh firm and crisp.
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Yamunian Glutinous Rice Balls 鸭母捻
Yamunian Glutinous Rice Balls (鸭母捻) are filled glutinous rice dumplings cooked in sweet soup, a traditional snack of the Chaoshan (潮汕) region, with well-known dessert shops in Shantou (汕头), Chaozhou (潮州) and Jieyang (揭阳).
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Chaoshan Hand-Beaten Beef Balls 潮汕牛肉丸
Chaoshan Hand-Beaten Beef Balls (潮汕牛肉丸) are beef meatballs from the Chaoshan (潮汕) region of Guangdong, described by Chinese Wikipedia as a Hakka and Chaozhou speciality and also called Chaoshan shouda niuwan (潮汕手打牛丸).
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Luoding Cinnamon Braised Chicken 罗定肉桂焖鸡
Luoding Cinnamon Braised Chicken (罗定肉桂焖鸡) is listed among the local specialties of Yunfu, Guangdong. The name includes 鸡 (chicken).
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