A FOOD TRADITION
Jiangsu cuisine
Jiangsu cuisine is associated with delicate knife work, seasonal produce, freshwater ingredients, gentle braising, and balanced sweet-savory flavors.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Nanjing duck blood soup
A savory Nanjing soup combining duck blood, duck offal, tofu, and rice vermicelli in a seasoned duck broth.
Nanjing mung bean cake
Nanjing mung bean cake is a crumbly steamed or pressed sweet made from cooked mung beans, sugar, and oil.
Nanjing pan-fried beef dumplings
Nanjing pan-fried beef dumplings are wheat dumplings filled with seasoned beef and green onion, browned in vegetable oil and finished by steaming in the pan.
Nanjing salted duck
A Jiangsu specialty of duck cured in a salt brine and gently cooked to produce tender meat with a savory, lightly seasoned flavor.
Nanjing salted duck soup
A Nanjing-style soup made by simmering salted duck with aromatics to produce a savory duck broth.
Osmanthus sugar taro
A traditional Jiangsu sweet made by simmering taro with sugar and fragrant osmanthus flowers until tender and lightly syrupy.
Soft-shelled turtle with ham
Soft-shelled turtle is simmered with ham, ginger, green onion, and rice wine in a richly flavored broth.
Soup dumplings
Soup dumplings are steamed wheat wrappers filled with seasoned pork and concentrated pork stock that melts into soup during cooking.
Squirrel-shaped mandarin fish
A scored mandarin fish is coated, fried into a curled shape, and finished with a sweet-and-sour sauce in a classic Jiangsu presentation.
Su-style green bean cake
Su-style green bean cake is a delicate Jiangsu sweet made from a smooth mung-bean mixture with sugar and oil.
Suzhou pork mooncake
A flaky Suzhou-style pastry filled with seasoned pork and baked until crisp and golden.
Suzhou-style braised duck
A whole or jointed duck slowly braised in a sweet-savory soy-seasoned sauce until tender and richly colored.
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