Soups & stews 汤羹炖煨

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

Iron-Pot Stewed Fish 铁锅炖鱼

Iron-Pot Stewed Fish (铁锅炖鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Yichun, Heilongjiang. The name includes 鱼 (fish). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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

Fish Stewed with Pickled Cabbage 酸菜炖鱼

Fish Stewed with Pickled Cabbage (酸菜炖鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang. The name includes 鱼 (fish), 酸菜 (pickled vegetables). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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

Northeastern Stewed Fish 东北炖鱼

Northeastern Stewed Fish (东北炖鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Qitaihe, Heilongjiang. The name includes 鱼 (fish). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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

Stewed River Fish 炖江鱼

Stewed River Fish (炖江鱼) is listed among the local specialties of Heihe, Heilongjiang. The name includes 鱼 (fish). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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AI illustration: A ceramic casserole of large irregular duck or goose pieces simmered in dark savory sauce.
Heilongjiang

Qinggang Stewed Goose 青冈炖鹅

Qinggang Stewed Goose (青冈炖鹅) is listed among the local specialties of Suihua, Heilongjiang. The name includes 鹅 (goose). 炖 describes slow simmering.

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AI illustration: A rustic ceramic bowl of bone-in chicken pieces in golden-brown broth with mushrooms and a few ginger slices.
Heilongjiang

Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms 小鸡炖蘑菇

Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms (小鸡炖蘑菇) is a Northeast Chinese stew of chicken and hazel mushrooms (榛蘑), a mushroom local to the Northeast, and Chinese Wikipedia gives the Northeast as the place where it began.

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Jiangsu

Spicy Pepper Soup 辣汤

Spicy Pepper Soup (辣汤) is a peppery soup from Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu, cooked with chicken, pig bone and swamp eel. English Wikipedia's article on Xuzhou cuisine sets the Xuzhou version apart from the one made in Henan (河南).

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

Sha Soup 饣它汤

Sha Soup (饣它汤) is Xuzhou's (徐州) breakfast soup of old hen, pork and wheat kernels, sold at most of the city's breakfast stalls according to Ta Kung Pao (大公报).

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