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Inner Mongolia

Mutton-Stuffed Pancake 羊肉馅饼

Mutton-Stuffed Pancake (羊肉馅饼) is listed among the local specialties of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. The name includes 羊肉 (lamb or mutton). The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads.

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Inner Mongolia

Hada Flatbread 哈达饼

Hada Flatbread (哈达饼) is a flaky, sweet filled flatbread from Chifeng (赤峰) in Inner Mongolia. It takes its name from Ulanhad (乌兰哈达), a historical Mongolian name for the Chifeng area meaning "red mountain".

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Inner Mongolia

Mongolian Meat Pie 蒙古馅饼

Mongolian Meat Pie (蒙古馅饼) is listed among the local specialties of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. The term 饼 points to cakes or flatbreads.

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Inner Mongolia

Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists 羊油馓子

Mutton-Fat Fried Dough Twists (羊油馓子) are an Ordos (鄂尔多斯) fried dough food, formed into bundles of thin strands. Sheep fat is the frying medium, and the finished bundles are brownish yellow.

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AI illustration: A bowl of broad rustic wheat or oat dough ribbons and short handmade pasta pieces.
Inner Mongolia

Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles 河套面筋

Hetao Cold Wheat Sheet Noodles (河套面筋) are a cold dish known to every household in Bayannur (巴彦淖尔): glossy, springy sheets made from wheat flour, cut into strips and dressed with sauces.

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Fried Millet Cakes (油炸糕) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Fried Millet Cakes 油炸糕

Fried Millet Cakes (油炸糕) are a festive food in the Hetao (河套) area of Bayannur (巴彦淖尔). Yellow millet flour is steamed into dough, worked smooth, filled with beans and fried in linseed oil.

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Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread (王小二大饼) — dish photograph
Inner Mongolia

Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread 王小二大饼

Wang Xiao'er Big Flatbread (王小二大饼) is a flatbread from Tuquan County (突泉县) in Hinggan League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia. China National Radio credits it to the late Hui chef Wang Xiao'er (王小二) of Hinggan League.

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Inner Mongolia

Camel Meat Pie 骆驼肉馅饼

Camel Meat Pie (骆驼肉馅饼) is a pie of hand-kneaded dough filled with chopped camel meat and baked on a griddle, a traditional wheaten food of Alxa League (阿拉善盟) in Inner Mongolia.

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AI illustration: A plate of small golden Chinese flaky pastries and a round stamped mooncake.
Inner Mongolia

Juyan Sweet Melon Pastry 居延蜜瓜酥

Juyan Sweet Melon Pastry (居延蜜瓜酥) is listed among the local specialties of Alxa League, Inner Mongolia. The term 酥 points to flaky pastry or crisp preparation.

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