A FOOD TRADITION
Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine emphasizes fresh ingredients, restrained seasoning, roasting, steaming, stir-frying, dim sum, and clear soups.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Baked pork buns
Yeasted wheat-flour buns are filled with seasoned pork and baked, often with a lightly sweet glaze or egg wash.
Beef chow fun
Beef chow fun is a wok-fried Cantonese dish of broad rice noodles with beef, bean sprouts, aromatics, and savory seasoning.
Braised goose
Goose is gently braised in a seasoned liquid commonly based on soy sauce, ginger, green onion, sugar, and water until tender.
Cantonese beef balls
Cantonese beef balls are springy seasoned beef meatballs made by pounding or finely emulsifying beef with water, salt, and starch before cooking.
Cantonese fish balls
Cantonese fish balls are springy balls of seasoned fish paste bound with water, salt, and starch and then boiled or simmered.
Cantonese fried rice
Cooked rice is stir-fried with egg, aromatics, seasonings, and varying combinations of pork, seafood, or vegetables.
Cantonese old-fire soup
A Cantonese old-fire soup preparation in which water and a variable combination of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, dried goods, herbs, or other soup ingredients are slowly simmered for an extended period to develop a clear, savory broth.
Cantonese steamed pork belly
Cantonese steamed pork belly consists of sliced pork belly seasoned with savory aromatics and sauces before steaming until tender.
Char siu
Char siu is Cantonese-style roasted, lacquered pork seasoned with a sweet-savory marinade and served warm or at room temperature.
Claypot rice
Claypot rice is short-grain rice cooked in a clay pot with pork or another savory topping and finished with seasoning sauce and aromatics.
Crispy fried milk
Sweetened milk custard is set, coated, and fried until the exterior is crisp.
Crispy-skin chicken
Chicken is roasted or pan-fried until the skin becomes crisp and the meat remains tender.
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