Anhui Street Food

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5 street foods from Anhui, China: Qimen Keemun Black Tea, Huainan Niurou Tang, Mao Doufu, Fuliji Shao Ji and Bozhou Niurou Mo. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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Export Legend · Black Tea Qimen (祁门) Keemun Black Tea Keemun only dates to 1875, when Yu Ganchen, a former official, began making black tea in Qimen using methods he had learned in Fujian. Qimen, known internationally as Keemun, is a smooth black tea grown in the mountains of southern Anhui, brewed strong and dark at teahouses and roadside stalls across the province. Its…

Soup · Simmered Huainan Niurou Tang (Huainan Beef Soup) The soup is traditionally eaten with a crisp baked flatbread on the side, torn up and dunked into the chili-oil broth. A beef broth, simmered for hours with bones and offcuts, is ladled over glass-noodle vermicelli, sliced beef, tofu skin, and bean sprouts, finished with chili oil and cilantro.

Snack · Fermented & fried Mao Doufu (Hairy Tofu) The fuzzy white coating covering each block is a living mold, deliberately cultivated for days — the tofu is meant to look furry, not spoiled. Fresh tofu is inoculated with a mold culture and fermented until white, hair-like filaments grow across its surface, then pan-fried with scallions and chili until crisp.

Main · Fried & braised Fuliji Shao Ji (Fuliji Roast Chicken) Legend holds that the Qianlong Emperor tasted this chicken on one of his southern tours and praised it. A whole chicken is fried in sesame oil until the skin caramelizes with a thick maltose glaze, then braised in a spiced broth until tender. 🥧 Breakfast Stall · Griddled Bozhou Niurou Mo (Bozhou Beef-Layer Pie) A single pie is 35 to 40 cm across and 3 to 5 cm thick, and it takes around half an hour of slow griddling to cook through. Thin sheets of dough are rolled up with minced yellow beef, vermicelli, scallion and ginger into many layers, then slow-cooked in oil in a large round flat pan over low heat, turned…

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