Liaoning Street Food

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7 street foods from Liaoning, China: Bawangsi Soda, Jijia, Laobian Jiaozi, Goubangzi Smoked Chicken and Kao Xianbei — Garlic Vermicelli Grilled Scallops and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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🍐 1920s Fizz · Shenyang Soda Bawangsi (八王寺) Soda Coca-Cola bought into the factory in 1993 and put the Bawangsi name aside; it took until 2004 for a local businessman to buy the trademark back and… Bawangsi is a soda that's been made in Shenyang since 1920, sold in classic glass bottles at corner stores and night markets across Liaoning. Its orange and other fruit sodas are a…

Snack · Charcoal-grilled Jijia (Grilled Chicken Frame) It became a Shenyang staple specifically because it was cheap: the bony carcass left after breast and legs are removed was once near-worthless… The chicken frame — mostly bone, cartilage, and skin — is marinated, then grilled or stir-fried with chili, cumin, and Sichuan peppercorn until the skin crisps.

Dumpling · Boiled Laobian Jiaozi (Old Bian's Dumplings) The restaurant, founded in 1829, is known for stir-frying its meat filling before wrapping — a technique called bian xian that keeps the dumplings… Boiled dumplings with a range of fillings — pork, seafood, vegetable — made with a technique the shop has used since the Qing dynasty, served with soy, vinegar, and garlic.

Main · Brined & smoked Goubangzi Smoked Chicken The recipe is said to have reached its creator through a chance meeting with an imperial chef — a secret royal smoking technique passed to an… A whole chicken is brined, boiled, and then smoked over a fire until the skin turns deep amber and the meat takes on a smoky aroma, served cold and sliced.

Night Market · Grilled Scallops Kao Xianbei (烤扇贝) — Garlic Vermicelli Grilled Scallops The tangle of glass noodles under each scallop is there to soak up the garlic oil and scallop juices — it often disappears before the scallop itself… Fresh scallops on the half-shell are topped with soaked glass vermicelli, chopped garlic and chili, and a drizzle of oil, then set straight on a charcoal grill until the shell edges char… 🍢 Barbecue Stall · Tiny Skewers Jinzhou Xiaochuan (Jinzhou Small Barbecue Skewers) In the 1980s and 1990s, as bicycle factories closed, Jinzhou grill shops bought up scrap spokes cheaply and turned them into skewers, which became a… Meat is cut into small pieces for 'xiaochuan' (small skewers) and cooked by the five steps of 'dip, brush, sprinkle, grill, turn' with a dozen or so seasonings. The menu runs to more than…

Snack-Stall Bowl · Fushun Original Fushun Malaban (Fushun Dressed Spicy Hot-Pot Bowl) It took shape in Fushun in the mid-1990s, when the government was encouraging laid-off workers to start small food businesses; vendors dropped… Diners pick ingredients such as potato, kelp knots, tofu skin, wide noodles and fried meatballs. These are blanched, drained and tossed with sugar, vinegar, salt and chili oil, then…

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