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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Guizhou

Weining Small Buckwheat Pastries 威宁小粑粑

Weining Small Buckwheat Pastries (威宁小粑粑) are the small half-moon pastries of Weining (威宁) county in Bijie (毕节), Guizhou, made with a wheat-and-buckwheat skin around a ham-and-tofu filling and cooked in a covered flat pan until the base forms a thin crust.

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AI illustration: A deep bowl of slender white rice noodles in light broth with a few cooked meat slices and scallions.
Guizhou

Yinjiang Mung Bean Noodles 印江绿豆粉

Yinjiang Mung Bean Noodles (印江绿豆粉) are strips cut from thin sheets of cooked rice-and-mung-bean batter, a traditional food of Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (印江土家族苗族自治县) in Tongren (铜仁), Guizhou.

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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Guizhou

Wangmo Banchen Cake 望谟板陈糕

Wangmo Banchen Cake (望谟板陈糕) is a soft, sweet cake named for Banchen village (板陈村) in Zhexiang (蔗香), Wangmo (望谟). Its white exterior gives way to a layered cut surface dotted with numerous added ingredients.

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AI illustration: A plate of two round or oval browned stuffed flatbreads.
Guizhou

Xingren Pork-Filled Fried Batter Cakes 兴仁盒子粑

Xingren Pork-Filled Fried Batter Cakes (兴仁盒子粑) are a snack of Xingren (兴仁) in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔西南布依族苗族自治州), Guizhou: a batter of soybeans and rice fried in a purpose-made iron mould around a filling of shredded pork.

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AI illustration: A white plate of wide soft translucent steamed rice-sheet rolls.
Guizhou

Duyun Pork-Filled Rice Rolls 都匀肉卷粉

Duyun Pork-Filled Rice Rolls (都匀肉卷粉) are a street snack of Duyun (都匀) in Qiannan (黔南) prefecture, Guizhou: steamed rice sheets rolled up with minced meat, chopped spring onion and green chilli and eaten with a house sauce.

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Guizhou

Weng'an Spicy Chicken Rice Noodles 瓮安辣鸡粉

Weng'an Spicy Chicken Rice Noodles (瓮安辣鸡粉) are the breakfast bowl of Weng'an (瓮安) county in Qiannan (黔南), Guizhou: chicken cooked with chilli paste and then simmered for two hours, spooned over locally made dried rice noodles.

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