Soups & stews 汤羹炖煨

Ginseng chicken soup 人参鸡汤

The soup is savory and aromatic, with a root-like, sometimes slightly bitter note from ginseng rather than a simple sweet herbal taste.

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Yanji soybean-paste soup 延吉酱汤

The taste is deeply savory, salty and gently earthy, with soft tofu balancing the fermented aroma. Chili levels vary.

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Shulan iron-pot goose 舒兰铁锅炖大鹅

Goose has a substantial chew and fuller flavor than many chicken stews. The sauce gathers rendered fat and aromatics during cooking.

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Deer Antler Three-Treasure Soup 鹿茸三珍汤

Deer Antler Three-Treasure Soup (鹿茸三珍汤) is a tonic soup from Jilin (吉林) city made from three parts of the sika deer (梅花鹿) of Changbai Mountain (长白山): the antler velvet, the tendons and the pizzle.

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Pork Belly Stewed with Pickled Cabbage 酸菜炖白肉

Pork Belly Stewed with Pickled Cabbage (酸菜炖白肉) combines Northeastern sauerkraut and pork belly, the two main ingredients Chinese Wikipedia gives for the region's sauerkraut-and-white-pork hotpot.

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Frozen Tofu Stewed with Chinese Cabbage 冻豆腐炖白菜

Frozen Tofu Stewed with Chinese Cabbage (冻豆腐炖白菜) is a home-style stew of frozen tofu and Chinese cabbage.

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Ginseng Chicken Soup 参鸡汤

Ginseng Chicken Soup (参鸡汤) is chicken stewed with ginseng. In Tonghua (通化), which People's Daily describes as a core producing area of Changbai Mountain (长白山) ginseng, the soup is made with Tonghua-grown ginseng and free-range local chickens.

Chicken Stewed with Matsutake 松茸炖鸡

Chicken Stewed with Matsutake (松茸炖鸡) is listed among the local specialties of Baishan, Jilin. The name includes 鸡 (chicken), 松茸 (matsutake mushrooms). 炖 describes slow simmering.

Forest Frog Stewed with Potatoes 林蛙炖土豆

Forest Frog Stewed with Potatoes (林蛙炖土豆) is a stew of forest frogs and potato chunks braised in Northeast yellow soybean paste.

Bighead Carp Stewed with Tofu 胖头鱼炖豆腐

Bighead Carp Stewed with Tofu (胖头鱼炖豆腐) is listed among the local specialties of Songyuan, Jilin. The name includes 豆腐 (bean curd), 鱼 (fish). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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Iron-Pot Stewed Fish 铁锅炖鱼

Iron-Pot Stewed Fish (铁锅炖鱼) in Songyuan (松原) is fish from Chagan Lake (查干湖) stewed with bean paste in a large iron wok.

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Lamb Offal Soup 羊杂汤

Lamb Offal Soup (羊杂汤) is listed among the local specialties of Songyuan, Jilin. The name includes 羊杂 (sheep offal). The term 汤 points to soup.