Jiangsu cuisine
Regions ofChina's "Eight Cuisines"
Traditional Chinese	江蘇菜
Simplified Chinese	江苏菜
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāngsū cài
Su cuisine
Traditional Chinese	蘇菜
Simplified Chinese	苏菜
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sū cài

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Jiangsu cuisine (simplified Chinese:江苏菜;traditional Chinese:江蘇菜;pinyin:Jiāngsū cài), also known asSu cuisine (simplified Chinese:苏菜;traditional Chinese:蘇菜;pinyin:Sū cài), is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions ofChinese cuisine. It is derived from the native cooking styles ofJiangsu Province. In general, Jiangsu cuisine's texture is characterized as soft, but not to the point of mushy or falling apart. In addition, Jiangsu cuisine also focuses on heating temperature.^[1] For example, the meat tastes quite soft but would not separate from the bone when picked up. As the style of Jiangsu cuisine is typically practised near the sea, fish is a very common ingredient in cooking. Other characteristics include the strict selection of ingredients according to the seasons, with emphasis on the matching color and shape of each dish and using soup to improve flavor. The municipality ofShanghai was formerly a part of Jiangsu thus the great deal of similarity between the two, andShanghai cuisine is sometimes classified as a part of Jiangsu cuisine.

Jiangsu cuisine is sometimes simply called Su cuisine, and one of its major styles isHuaiyang cuisine. Although Huaiyang cuisine is one of several sub-regional styles within Jiangsu cuisine, it is widely seen in Chinese culinary circles as the most popular and prestigious style of Jiangsu cuisine – to a point where it is considered to be one of the four most influential regional schools (四大菜系) that dominate the culinary heritage of China, along withCantonese cuisine,Shandong cuisine andSichuan cuisine.

Jiangsu cuisine actually consists of several other sub-regional styles, including:

• Nanjing style: Its dishes emphasize an even taste and matching colors, with dishes incorporating river fish/shrimp and duck.
• Suzhou style: The emphasis is on the selection of ingredients. It has a stronger taste than Nanjing style cuisine as well as a tendency to be sweeter than the other varieties of Jiangsu cuisine.
• Wuxi style: Wuxi's proximity toLake Tai means it is notable for a wide variety of freshwater produce, such as the "Three Whites" – white bait (银鱼;銀魚;yín yú), white fish (白鱼;白魚;bái yú) and white shrimp (白虾;白蝦;bái xiā).
• Nantong style: The dishes emphasize a flavor of freshness on the ingredients which cover a variety of seafood, since Nantong is located at the intersection of the local Hao River, theYangtze River and theYellow Sea.

InWuxi, the common cooking method is characterized by the addition of sugar and soy sauce to many savory dishes, often in the form ofhongshao (红烧;紅燒;hóngshāo; 'red braised'). This often results in a fragrant, caramelized flavor. In addition, Wuxi cuisine often has sweeter versions of dishes found in its neighboring regions.

Notable Wuxi dishes include:

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  Shrimp cakes
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  Tougan shrimp soup
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  Stir-fried shreddedeel with hot oil and ginger
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  Nanjing salted duck
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  Fish head casserole

• List of Chinese dishes

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• To taste Jiangsu is to know China
• China.com description

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