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Do you like Kung Pao chicken? According to the China Hotel Association, you probably do. The dish is among the top 10 most popular in China.

All of the dishes on the list are easy to make and have interesting stories.

Shredded pork with garlic sauce鱼香肉丝 Does this dish have anything to do with fish? No! In fact, yuxiang is a Sichuan seasoning(调味料). The seasoning is made of red chili, green Chinese onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, and wine. It is said that a woman in Sichuan was good at cooking fish. Once, she used the seasoning for fish on her pork. Surprisingly, it tasted great!		Twice-cooked pork slices in hot sauce回锅肉 There are different stories about this dish. One says that the dish came about by accident. A person in Sichuan boiled some pork to remember his ancestors(祖先). After the ceremony(仪式), his family wanted to eat the pork. To make it more delicious, he stir-fried(炒) the pork and added salt, sauce and garlic. Many people started to cook pork this way.	Kung Pao chicken 宫保鸡丁 People believe that the dish was named after Ding Baozhen(1820-1886). He was an official(官员) during the Qing Dynasty. He liked chicken that was stir-fried with chili and peanuts. And as his title(头衔)）was gongbao, people named the dish Kung Pao chicken.
Interesting stories behind some Chinese dishes
Things they have in common	✱They are popular dishes in China. ✱They are easy to .
Shredded pork with garlic鱼香肉丝	✱It has nothing to do with fish. ✱Once a woman in Sichuan cooked pork with the seasoning for ✱To her surprise, it tasted great!
Twice-cooked pork slices in hot sauce回锅肉	✱A man in Sichuan boiled some pork to remember his ancestors. ✱To make the pork more for his family to eat after the ceremony, he added some salt and stir-fried the pork again.
Kung Pao chicken 宫保鸡丁	✱An official in the Qing Dynasty liked chicken stir-fried with chili and peanuts. ✱His title was gongbao. That's people called the dish Kung Pao chicken.