Fujian food taste
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12-Day Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guilin, and Hong Kong Cuisine tour — This tour explores the most popular destinations in China and savors five different regional cuisines, and could be extended to Fujian.
Unlike most Western seafood restaurants where the main dishes include a few varieties of fish and oysters, the people of Fujian eat all these and things from the sea most people have never seen. It is a special local food in Fujian that is crisp, tender and refreshing with appealing appearance.
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Fuzhou Fish Balls
Minced pork or shrimp is wrapped into the dough of the mixture of potato flour and minced eel, shark or mackerel to make the fish balls.
In addition, pickling with red vinasee is the distinctive cooking technique of Fujian cuisine, such as Steamed Fish in Red Vinasse, the fish is pickled with red vinasse and then steamed.
Chiefs attaches great importance to cutting techniques as well. Woodland delicacies and seafoods are frequently used with varied cooking methods.
When you try these dishes, you’re experiencing a piece of Chinese culinary history.
Where to Find Authentic Fujian Dishes
Finding authentic Fujian cuisine can be a challenge, but it’s worth the effort. Whether you’re cooking at home or dining out, we hope this guide helps you appreciate the rich culinary traditions of Fujian cuisine.
Fujian Cuisine – Light, Fresh and Healthy
The region was a haven for refugees from the large Western Xia Empire and the Tang Empire. The cooking methods used in Fujian cuisine have been refined over generations, and each technique is designed to bring out the best in the ingredients.
Essential Ingredients for Fujian Cooking
To create authentic Fujian dishes, you’ll need access to specific ingredients that are central to this cuisine.
The famous Shuan Jiu Pin is similar to hot pot. This mold is slightly sweet, and it is thought of as having medicinal effects.
Best Places to Eat Authentic Fujian Cuisine in Xiamen
Xiamen is the biggest city in Fujian, and it is on the coast. Sugar is used to remove unwanted bad smell; vinegar is used to make food have a refreshing taste.
They'll use somewhat exotic ingredients such as wild foods, wild herbs, varieties of mushrooms, bamboo, and many kinds of seafoods. Selections include: Sleeve-fish cooked with soy sauce (酱油水鱿鱼), solen (竹蛭), clam (花蛤), sea cucumber (海瓜子), steamed crab (清蒸蟹), fried rice-flour noodles (炒米粉), shrimps (沙虾) and steamed sleeve-fish (清蒸鱿鱼).
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| English | Chinese | Pronunciation | Characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewed Chicken with Three Cups Sauce | sān bēi jī | Sann bay jee | 三杯鸡 |
| Steamed Chicken in Red Fermented Rice | zuì zāo jī | Dzway dzaoww jee | 醉糟鸡 |
| Sliced Chicken in Red Fermented Rice | shāo piàn zāo jī | Shaoww pyen dzaoww jee | 烧片糟鸡 |
| Buddha Jumping Wall (Sea Food and Poultry Casserole) | fú tiào qiáng | For tyaoww chyang | 佛跳墙 |
| Steamed Strengthening Fish | qīngzhēng jiā lì yú | Ching-jnng jyaa lee yoo | 清蒸加力鱼 |
| Tai Chi Prawns | tàijí míng xiā | Teye-jee ming sshyaa | 太极明虾 |
| Hot and Sour Squid | suān là làn yóuyú | Swann laa lan yoh-yoo | 酸辣烂鱿鱼 |
| Sweet and Sour Litchis | lìzhī ròu | Lee-jrr roh | 荔枝肉 |
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Have questions about Fujian cuisine or need help finding authentic restaurants in your area? From the late Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316 AD) to Five Dynasties and Ten States (907 - 960 AD), especially after the Min State (909 – 945 AD) was founded in Fuzhou, many people from the central plain migrated to Fujian and Fujian cuisine had a rudiment in this formative stage.
As there were more than one important harbors for international trade and Quanzhou in Fujian became the starting point of Maritime Silk Road in Song Dynasty (960 - 1279 AD), Fujian food, absorbing the cooking techniques of other places, developed quickly.
Sautéed Satay Beef, and Steamed Brisket Soup with Chinese Angelica Root are the best-known dishes.
Western Fujian Cuisine: Popular in Hakka areas in Fujian, the food tastes thicker with a strong aroma, which are a little salty and oily. The beef slices are cut off from nine different parts of cattle, and people eat the beef from a hotpot that the soup is boiled with rice wine as well as herbs.
- Last updated on Aug.
08, 2025 by Gabby Li -
Fujian Cuisine — Healthy Food of Fujian Province
Fujian Cuisine originates from the southeastern province of Fujian on the Pacific. Meals are often social events that bring families and communities together, and the act of sharing food is an important part of the culture.
Regional Variations
Even within Fujian cuisine, there are regional variations that reflect local preferences and available ingredients.
The position on the coast meant they had contact with Japanese and people from Southeast Asia too.
They use numerous methods to cook: pan-frying, deep-frying, boiling, baking, stewing, mixing, sautéing with wine, stewing in gravy, grilling, cooking with red rice wine, simmering, stir-frying, smoking, braising and salting.
Red rice wine: Their most peculiar method of cooking is cooking with red rice wine.
Red vinasse is the vinasse of rice wine or yellow wine fermented with red yeast, which is highly nutritive.