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Yellow River Fish 黄河鱼
Yellow River Fish (黄河鱼) in Wuhai (乌海), Inner Mongolia, means fish from the Yellow River (黄河) cooked in the city's fish restaurants and homes, above all stewed whole.
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Salted fish and grain cakes 大连咸鱼饼子
The fish is intensely savory and sometimes crisp at the edges, while the grain cakes provide a drier, gently sweet counterpoint.
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Yingkou pan-fried mackerel 营口香煎鲅鱼
The fish has a firm, substantial flesh and a rich marine flavor. Browning gives the outside a savory crust without changing the need to watch for bones.
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Liaoning Reduced-Sauce Braised Prawns 辽宁㸆大虾
Liaoning Reduced-Sauce Braised Prawns (辽宁㸆大虾) is listed among the local specialties of Liaoning. The name includes 虾 (shrimp or prawns).
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Quick-Fried Fish Slices in Sauce 熘鱼片
Quick-Fried Fish Slices in Sauce (熘鱼片) is listed among the local specialties of Liaoning. The name includes 鱼 (fish).
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Salted Fish with Grain Cakes 咸鱼饼子
Salted Fish with Grain Cakes (咸鱼饼子) pairs pan-fried salted sea fish with cornmeal cakes, and is one of the local foods of Dalian (大连) on the Liaoning coast.
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Iron-Plate Grilled Squid 铁板鱿鱼
Iron-Plate Grilled Squid (铁板鱿鱼) is fresh squid cooked on a hot iron griddle and brushed with seasoning.
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Dalian Sea Cucumber 大连海参
Dalian Sea Cucumber (大连海参) is the spiny sea cucumber (刺参) raised and harvested in the waters off Dalian (大连), at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula (辽东半岛) on the shores of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.
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Home-Style Braised Greenling 家焖黄鱼
Home-Style Braised Greenling (家焖黄鱼) is huangyu (黄鱼) braised in the home style (家常焖), the common way of cooking this fish in Dalian (大连).
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Steamed Egg Custard with Sea Urchin 海胆蒸蛋
Steamed Egg Custard with Sea Urchin (海胆蒸蛋) combines sea urchin with steamed egg.
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Stir-Fried Spoon Worms 炒海肠
Stir-Fried Spoon Worms (炒海肠) is a seafood dish made from the spoon worm Urechis unicinctus, a marine worm known in Chinese as haichang (海肠, 'sea intestine').
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Donggang Swimming Crab 东港飞蟹
Donggang Swimming Crab (东港飞蟹) is the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, from Dandong (丹东), Liaoning, sold under the Donggang (东港) name.
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