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Hunan Twice-Cooked Pork
Smokier and tangier than its Sichuan cousin, using fermented salted chilies (duo jiao).
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All Hunan Recipes
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10 recipes
Medium
Mao's Red Braised Pork
Shaoshan's iconic caramelized pork — glossy, sweet-savory, fall-apart tender.
Easy
Hunan Stir-Fried Pork (Xiao Chao Rou)
The ultimate Hunan home cooking — quick, spicy, perfect with rice.
Medium
Steamed Fish Head with Duo Jiao
Hunan's most famous dish — tender fish under a mountain of fermented chilies.
Medium
Dong'an Chicken
A 1,200-year-old recipe — tangy, aromatic, and delicately spicy.
Easy
Hunan Spicy Shrimp (Kou Wei Xia)
Changsha's legendary street food — fiery, numbing, finger-licking good.
Advanced
Hunan Smoked Pork Belly (La Rou)
The foundation of Hunan winter cooking — traditional wood-smoking process.
Advanced
Hunan Cured Sausage (Xiang Chang)
Air-cured sausages with Hunan chilies, fennel, and Sichuan peppercorn.
Easy
Hunan Rice Noodles (Mifen)
Changsha's beloved breakfast bowl — silky noodles in chili-tomato broth.
Advanced
Changsha Stinky Tofu
The iconic black street food — jet-black fermented tofu fried crisp.
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