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113 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.
Old Beijing Zhajiangmian (老北京炸酱面)
Threat 1
No contact
Zhajiangmian is Beijing's everyday noodle dish: diced pork belly slow-fried in oil with salty dry yellow soybean…
Twice-Cooked Pork (回锅肉)
Threat 2
Light resistance
Huiguorou is the dish Sichuanese cooks call chuancai zhi shou, the head of Sichuan cuisine: a whole piece of…
Jiaozi (猪肉白菜水饺) — Boiled Pork and Napa Cabbage Dumplings
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No contact
Jiaozi are the wheat-dough dumplings of northern China, Shandong and Beijing in particular, where they are both an…
Mao-Style Red-Braised Pork Belly (毛氏红烧肉)
Threat 2
Light resistance
Hongshao rou is cooked all over China, but the Shaoshan version associated with Mao Zedong is the Hunanese one: no…
Mapo Doufu (麻婆豆腐)
Threat 4
Taking fire
Chengdu's defining dish: cubes of soft gypsum-set tofu simmered in a fierce red sauce built on Pixian chilli-bean…