Braised Rabbit Heads 兔头

Braised Rabbit Heads (兔头) are a snack of Quzhou (衢州) in western Zhejiang: rabbit heads braised in a seasoned liquor. They belong to the city's best-known food group, the 'three heads and one palm' (三头一掌), which Chinese Wikipedia names as the most famous food of Quzhou. The 'three heads' are duck heads, rabbit heads and fish heads; the 'palm' is duck feet.

How it is made

Hangzhou Metropolis Express (都市快报) describes the three heads and one palm as dishes made by braising in a seasoned liquor (卤煮, lu braising), and credits them with a flavour that is both fresh and hot. Xinhua's Quzhou travel feature files the group under the spiciness of Quzhou food and states that Quzhou rabbit heads have been listed among the 'Ten Famous Snacks of Zhejiang' (浙江十大名小吃).

How it is eaten

Braised Rabbit Heads are sold as a flavour snack (风味小吃) alongside duck heads and duck feet. Over the 2025 May Day holiday, with Quzhou's government compound open to the public again, a Quzhou culture and tourism bureau report carried by Xinhua noted that diners at the municipal government canteen could add rabbit heads, duck heads and duck feet to their set meals as Quzhou specialities. In January 2021 Quzhou railway station began cooking the three heads and one palm to order and delivering them to passengers on trains, according to People's Daily Online's Zhejiang channel.