“湘菜：中国八大菜系之一，是我国历史悠久的一个地方风味菜。湘西菜擅长香酸辣，具有浓郁的山乡风味。湘西多山，盛产笋、蕈和山珍野味；湘东南为丘陵和盆地，家牧副渔发达；湘北是著名的洞庭湖平原，素称"鱼米之乡"。 
Hunan 
Cuisine, with long history and extensive praise, is one of the most well-known 
eight local styles of cooking in China. It is famous for its fragrant, delicate 
and pepery flavor. The raw materia of Hunan Cuisine, from the moutainous area 
and rural area, contains no toxic or harmful elements for human health. Hunan 
Cuisine is called XiangCai in Chinese, named after its producing place Hunan 
Province, the mountainous west of which teems with bamboo shoot, mushroom and 
other wild tastes; the southeast, dotted with hills and basins, well developed 
domestic fowls, stock raising, fishery and etc.; the north area of Hunan, famed 
as A Land of Fish and Rice, is the famous Dongting Lake Plain 
经典湘菜菜名 
1、姊妹团子：Steamed Glutinous Rice Ball ( 
with meat/sugar in it) 
2、发丝牛百叶：Quick-fried julienne ox tripe(one 
of the Islamic dishes) 
3、剁椒鱼头：Steamed fish head with chopped 
pepper 
4、毛氏红烧肉：Braised Pork 
5、东安子鸡：Dong’an chicken 
6、洞庭酱板鸭：Spicy Salted Duck 
7、尖椒皮蛋：Preserved Egg wih Hot Pepper 
8、麻辣子鸡：Chicken with cayenne pepper 
9、腊味合蒸：Steamed Multiple Preserved Hamss(with 
cured meat, fish and chicken) 
10、洞庭金龟：Simmered Dongting turtle(be 
good for ladies and children) 
11、网油叉烧洞庭桂鱼：Barbecued Dongting Mandarin Fish 
12、蝴蝶飘海：Hotpot of snakeheaded fish 
slices as butterflies out of the soup 
13、红烧寒菌：Braised Mushrooms 
14、板栗烧菜心：Braised Chestnut and Green 
Cabbage 
15、炒血鸭：Fried duck pieces together with 
its blood in peanut oil 
16、宁乡口味蛇：Ningxiang tasted snake meat 

17、金鱼戏莲：Oil-fried squid files and 
steamed shrimp meat, albumen and lima bean 
18、岳阳姜辣蛇：Steamed nontoxic black-tail 
snake with ginger and cayenne pepper 
19、永州血鸭：Yongzhou fried duck pieces 
together with its blood and balsam pear 
20、面包全鸭：Deep-fried bread and full 
course duck 
21、油辣冬笋尖：Fried Winter Bamboo Shoots 
22、五元神仙鸡：Steamed whole hen with litchi, longan, 
jujube, lotus and medlar 
23、醉鱼干：Dried fish pieces with alcohol 
24、芥末薄片肉：Boiled hammed pork slices with musturd and 
soft green beans 
25、干椒鹅肠： Goose gut with paprika（ready-to-eat） 
26、脆萝卜皮：Preserved 
crisp radish cortex 
27、手撕蒜苗：Fragments of Garlic bolt 
without using knife 
28、洞庭小炒肉：Sautéed Pork，Dongting 
style 
29、青椒剔骨肉：Boneless Pork with Green Pepper 
30、粉蒸肉：Steamed Pork with Rice 
31、红椒酿肉：Pork Stuffing with Red Pepper 
32、孜然寸骨：Sautéed Spare Ribs with Cumin 
33、油豆腐烧腊肉：Fried Tofu with Preserved Pork 
34、萝卜干炒腊肉：Sautéed Gristles Preserved Pork 
with Pickled Turnip 
35、爆炒肚丝：Sautéed Shredded Pig Trip 
36、酸辣腰花：Hot and Sour Pig Kidney 
37、小炒蹄花：Sauteed joint of pork in brown 
sauce 
38、走油猪蹄：Braised Pig Knuckle in Brown Sauce 
39、小炒黑山羊：Sautéed Sliced Lamb with Pepper 
and Parsley 
40、玉米烧牛肚：Braised Trip with Sweet Corn 
41、魔芋煨牛腩：Stewed Beef Brisket with Moyu 
42、洞庭炭烧狗肉：Dongting BBQ Spare Dog 
43、芷江鸭：Zhijiang Duck(stewed ) 
44、蒜蓉红菜苔：Garlic with Red Vegetables 
45、青豆角炒茄子：Green String Beans with Eggplant 
46、葱油金针菇：Golden Mushroom with Scallion 
Oil 
47、攸县香干：Dried Tofu ，Youxian Style 
48、油炝板栗：Chestnuts 
49、平锅煎豆腐：Fried Tofu by Pan 
50、长沙臭豆腐：Changsha Preserved Smelly Tofu