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Sichuan

Chicken douhua in clear broth 鸡豆花

Chicken douhua in clear broth (鸡豆花) is a traditional Sichuan dish made from chicken but named after douhua (豆花), soft bean curd, because it looks and feels like it in the mouth.

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Sichuan

Weiyuan Mutton Soup 威远羊肉汤

Weiyuan Mutton Soup (威远羊肉汤) is made with local black goats from Weiyuan (威远). Its characteristic broth is creamy white and aromatic, with a mild flavour and tender meat.

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Sichuan

Ziyang Mutton Soup 资阳羊肉汤

Ziyang Mutton Soup (资阳羊肉汤) is part of winter-solstice eating in Ziyang (资阳), where residents cook it at home, take freshly made soup away from markets, or eat in soup shops.

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AI illustration: A ceramic bowl of light savory soup with small pale cooked morsels.
Sichuan

Yi Pickled Vegetable Soup 彝族酸菜汤

Yi Pickled Vegetable Soup (彝族酸菜汤) is a fragrant sour soup in the Yi (彝族) food traditions of Liangshan (凉山). It uses leafy greens or leaves of the local yuangen (圆根) vegetable, preserved as dried or wet-pickled sour vegetables.

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Sichuan

Pickled Vegetable and Potato Soup 酸菜土豆汤

Pickled Vegetable and Potato Soup (酸菜土豆汤) appears in Yi (彝族) home cooking in Liangshan (凉山). Potatoes cook with preserved leafy vegetables in a sour soup seasoned with ginger and peppers.

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AI illustration: A deep ceramic bowl of cooked bone-in fish chunks in pale broth.
Guizhou

Miao Fish in Sour Soup 苗家酸汤鱼

Miao Fish in Sour Soup (苗家酸汤鱼) is fish cooked in the fermented sour soup of the Miao, a dish of the Miao villages around Kaili (凯里) in Qiandongnan (黔东南), Guizhou; the technique for making Kaili sour-soup fish entered China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2021.

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Guizhou

Pickled Vegetable and Red Bean Soup 酸菜红豆汤

Pickled Vegetable and Red Bean Soup (酸菜红豆汤) is listed among the local specialties of Liupanshui City, Guizhou. The name includes 酸菜 (pickled vegetables), 红豆 (red beans). The term 汤 points to soup.

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