# The best Shandong dishes

Shandong (Lu) cuisine is the benchmark of northern Chinese cooking and once set the standard for the imperial kitchens; it splits into Jinan and Jiaodong styles. Signature dishes from Wikipedia's article.

- 6 votes · 12 items
- Mar 14, 2020 · 杨思雨
- https://even.best/en/l/1713/the-best-shandong-dishes

## Top 12

1. **Sweet and sour carp** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jinan's Yellow River carp, fried and glazed in sweet and sour sauce.
2. **Braised sea cucumber with scallions** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Jiaodong signature: sea cucumber braised with scallions.
3. **Nine-turn intestines** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pork intestines cooked in many stages, combining all five flavours.
4. **Cattail in milky broth** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cattail shoots from Jinan's Daming Lake in milky broth.
5. **Sweet and sour pork shreds** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shredded pork loin fried and coated in sweet and sour sauce.
6. **Stir-fried pork kidneys** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scored pork kidneys flash-fried, a showcase of Jinan stir-frying.
7. **Oil-exploded double crisp** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork tripe and chicken gizzards flash-fried, all about timing.
8. **Dezhou braised chicken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dezhou's five-spice braised chicken, falling off the bone.
9. **Bazi pork** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jinan's big slabs of braised pork belly over rice.
10. **Pan-collapsed tofu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tofu coated in egg, pan-fried and simmered in sauce.
11. **Confucius mansion hot pot** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Confucius family mansion's assorted casserole.
12. **Red-braised prawns** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Jiaodong prawns braised in a red sauce.

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