A FOOD TRADITION
Fujian cuisine
Fujian cuisine highlights seafood, mountain produce, delicate broths, red fermented rice, and aromatic soups and snacks.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Braised pork with preserved mustard greens
Pork is slowly braised with preserved mustard greens, aromatics, soy sauce, and sugar until tender and savory.
Buddha jumps over the wall
A luxurious Fujian slow-simmered soup combining seafood, poultry, pork, mushrooms, and aromatic broth.
Ding bian hu
A hot Fuzhou rice-flour soup in which thin rice sheets cook in a savory broth commonly enriched with seafood, pork, mushrooms, and green onion.
Fish maw soup
A Fujian-style soup that gently simmers fish maw with aromatics and a clear, savory broth.
Fujian braised sea cucumber
A Fujian braise of sea cucumber cooked slowly with pork or stock, soy sauce, ginger, green onion, water, and vegetable oil.
Fujian braised squid
Squid is gently braised with aromatics, scallions, and a savory soy-seasoned sauce in a Fujian-style preparation.
Fujian drunken chicken
Fujian drunken chicken is poached chicken chilled or rested in a fragrant rice-wine marinade with ginger and green onion.
Fujian fish head soup
A Fujian-style soup of fish head simmered with tofu, ginger, and green onion in a light salted broth.
Fujian fried rice
A Hong Kong-associated fried rice dish in which egg fried rice is topped with a thick savory gravy containing seafood and often vegetables; the name does not by itself establish Fujian origin.
Fujian meatball soup
A Fujian-style clear soup featuring seasoned pork meatballs with green onion and vegetables in a savory broth.
Fujian mung bean cake
A traditional Fujian pastry made with a sweet mung bean filling enclosed in an oil-layered wheat-flour wrapper and baked or pan-cooked.
Fujian oyster soup
A light Fujian soup of oysters and pork simmered with ginger, green onion, water, salt, and often sweet-potato starch for body.
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