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Sichuan

Goat meat steamed in small bamboo baskets

Chinese name
羊肉格格
Mandarin pinyin
Yángròu Gége

Small bamboo baskets of seasoned, rice-flour-coated meat, associated with Dazhou. A Kaijiang version uses strips of goat meat and is often eaten alongside a bowl of breakfast noodles.

Heat
Region
Sichuan
Type
Snacks
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Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.

Sichuan pepper, chili powder, scallions or coriander may be added at the table. Meat cuts and seasoning intensity vary.

Typical ingredients

Generated ingredient illustration: Goat meat.Goat meat山羊肉Generated guide illustration of rice flour.Rice flour大米粉Generated guide illustration of coarse chili broad-bean pasteChili broad-bean paste辣豆瓣酱Generated guide illustration of ginger; not a restaurant or product photograph.Ginger姜Generated guide illustration of garlic; not a restaurant or product photograph.Garlic大蒜AI-generated ingredient illustration: clear amber cooking wine in a bowl, one yellow-rice-wine appearance.Cooking wine料酒Generated guide illustration of salt; not a restaurant or product photograph.Salt食盐AI-generated ingredient illustration: golden-yellow rapeseed cooking oil in a bowl, an appearance example.Rapeseed oil菜油

In some versions

AI-generated ingredient illustration of fresh scallions, with white bulbs, roots, and tubular green leaves.Scallions葱Generated guide illustration of coriander; not a restaurant or product photograph.Coriander leaves香菜Generated guide illustration of dried red Sichuan peppercorn husksSichuan peppercorns花椒AI-generated ingredient illustration: dry ground red chili with fine powder and small flakes in a dish.Ground chili辣椒粉

Recipes vary by restaurant.

How does it taste?

Savory goat meat with ginger, garlic and chili-bean seasoning.

Chili heat
Texture
Tender strips of meat with a soft rice-flour coating.
How it’s made
Mix goat strips with rice flour and seasonings, pack into small bamboo steamers and steam.

Sichuan pepper, chili powder, scallions or coriander may be added at the table. Meat cuts and seasoning intensity vary.

A CONNECTION TO PLACE

Origin & regional roots

Sichuan
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Associated with Sichuan.

About this regional connection

Sichuan: Associated with Kaijiang and Dazhou, Sichuan; similar gege preparations occur beyond Sichuan.

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