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Mandarin fish with rice noodles 鳜鱼煮粉
Tender fish meets smooth noodles that carry the cooking liquid well. The bowl or pot can be rich without requiring a thick sauce.
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Soft-shell turtle with starch sheets 甲鱼粉皮
Expect a rich savory liquid, tender meat and slippery, elastic sheets, with gelatinous parts adding body to the sauce.
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Gannan vinegar-chilli fish 赣南小炒鱼
The signature contrast is tender fish against a sharp, savoury sauce. Chilli gives heat while vinegar provides a separate sourness. A dark sauce need not be sweet, and choosing less chilli does not remove the vinegar character.
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Poyang Lake Bighead Carp Head 鄱湖鳙鱼头
Poyang Lake Bighead Carp Head (鄱湖鳙鱼头) is a traditional dish of Jiujiang (九江), Jiangxi, made from the head of a bighead carp from Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖).
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Oil-Steeped Fish 油浸鱼
Oil-Steeped Fish (油浸鱼) is a Nanchang (南昌) dish of whole fish fried golden, heaped with chopped chillies and dried radish, and finished with chilli oil.
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Hukou Wine-Lees Cured Fish 湖口糟鱼
Hukou Wine-Lees Cured Fish (湖口糟鱼) is freshwater fish from Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) salted, dried and cured in glutinous-rice wine lees in Hukou County (湖口县), Jiujiang, where the lake meets the Yangtze.
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Pengze Crucian Carp 彭泽鲫
Pengze Crucian Carp (彭泽鲫) is a freshwater crucian carp from Pengze County (彭泽县) in Jiujiang (九江), on the northern edge of Jiangxi.
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Wuning Stick Fish 武宁棍子鱼
Wuning Stick Fish (武宁棍子鱼) is a small freshwater fish from Wuning (武宁), in Jiujiang (九江), Jiangxi, which the Jiujiang city government lists among the city's local foods as a specialty dish of the Wuning lake area (武宁湖区), cooked either red-braised or as a spicy stew.
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Poyang Lake Fish Head 鄱阳湖鱼头
Poyang Lake Fish Head (鄱阳湖鱼头) is a dish of Jiujiang (九江), Jiangxi, made from the head of a fat-head fish from Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖).
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Fenyi Dianchang River Snails 分宜电厂螺蛳
Fenyi Dianchang River Snails (分宜电厂螺蛳) are braised freshwater snails from Fenyi County (分宜县) in Xinyu, Jiangxi, named after the Fenyi power plant (分宜发电厂) beside Hengxi Village (横溪村), where the dish started in the mid-1990s.
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Hot and Sour Fish 酸辣鱼
Hot and Sour Fish (酸辣鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Xinyu, Jiangxi. The name includes 鱼 (fish).
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Longhu Mountain Luxi River Fish 龙虎山泸溪鱼
Longhu Mountain Luxi River Fish (龙虎山泸溪鱼) is fish from the Luxi River (泸溪河) fried and seasoned with local chilli. The Luxi runs through the Longhu Mountain (龙虎山) scenic area on the south-western outskirts of Yingtan (鹰潭), Jiangxi.
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