🍽️ Jun'an Steamed Pig

Whole pig steamed, crisp skin juicy meat.

Jun'an Steamed Pig is a traditional grand dish of Jun'an town in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, known for its whole-pig steaming and crisp skin, tender meat. A medium-sized pig is prepared, marinated whole with salt, wine and spices, then steamed for a long time in a large purpose-made bamboo steamer over high heat. The skin comes out pale, crisp and springy, the meat juicy and lean, not greasy, served in cuts with fat and lean alternating. Shunde cooking prizes the craft of steaming, believing fierce, quick heat best preserves the natural taste of pork, and this dish embodies that. Long served at village weddings and clan feasts where one pig is shared among many, it is now a signature of Shunde cuisine. Visitors to Jun'an come for the crisp skin and tender flesh, tasting Shunde's pursuit of pure ingredient flavor.