# The most classic famous Chinese dishes

The most famous and best-loved Chinese dishes, combining the 'top ten famous dishes of China' rankings with the signature dishes of each regional cuisine.

- 19 votes · 16 items
- Nov 15, 2025 · 杨思雨
- https://even.best/en/l/198/the-most-classic-famous-chinese-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Dongpo pork** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hangzhou pork belly slow-braised in Shaoxing wine, linked to the poet Su Dongpo.
2. **Peking duck** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beijing duck roasted over fruitwood, crisp skin and tender meat, with pancakes, scallions and sweet bean sauce; first in many rankings.
3. **Mapo tofu** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Qing-dynasty Chengdu dish of soft tofu with minced beef and chilli bean paste, dusted with Sichuan pepper.
4. **Shuizhu fish** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Chongqing dish of fish slices in hot oil loaded with chillies and Sichuan pepper.
5. **Buddha jumps over the wall** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fujian banquet soup of abalone, sea cucumber and a dozen other ingredients slow-cooked.
6. **Steamed Wuchang fish** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hubei dish made famous by Mao's line 'and eat Wuchang fish'.
7. **West Lake fish in vinegar sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hangzhou grass carp in sweet-and-sour sauce.
8. **Twice-cooked pork** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sichuan home cooking: boiled then stir-fried pork belly with garlic shoots and bean paste.
9. **Red-braised pork** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pork belly braised in soy and sugar; Mao-style is the Hunan classic.
10. **White cut chicken** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cantonese classic: poached chicken with ginger-scallion sauce.
11. **Fish head with chopped chillies** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hunan signature: steamed fish head covered in red pickled chillies.
12. **Sweet and sour pork tenderloin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Crisp pork in sweet-and-sour glaze, a Shandong classic.
13. **Kung Pao chicken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Said to be the private dish of Sichuan governor Ding Baozhen: diced chicken with peanuts and dried chillies.
14. **Xiaolongbao** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thin-skinned soup dumplings from Shanghai and Wuxi; Nanxiang's are the most famous.
15. **Beggar's chicken** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Changshu dish: whole chicken wrapped in lotus leaves and baked in clay.
16. **Lanzhou beef noodles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Clear broth, white radish, red chilli oil and green herbs, sold on every street in China.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.