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23 Worst Rated Asian Offal Dishes

Last update: Sat Apr 19 2025
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KARACHI, Pakistan
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Kata-kat
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Originating from the Pakistani city of Karachi, kata-kat is a traditional dish made with a combination of different parts of meat, typically offal, such as kidneys, brain, testicles, hearts, liver, and lungs. The meat is combined with various spices such as coriander, ginger, mint, chilis, and garam masala, along with tomatoes, garlic, and onions.


It is then cooked on a griddle and served with paratha or roti bread on the side.

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Duck blood and vermicelli soup is a traditional delicacy made by cooking vermicelli, duck liver, blood, and intestines with dried tofu, dried shrimp, ginger, sesame oil, and caraway seeds. Although the dish is consumed in many Chinese regions, it is a specialty of Nanjing, famous throughout the world for its duck dishes, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the capital of duck.


According to a popular story, a poor man in Nanjing had killed a duck and used a bowl to hold its blood. While cleaning the duck, he accidentally dropped some vermicelli into the bowl and cooked the stew afterwards. When he tasted the stew, he found it quite flavorful, and a wealthy man heard about the newly created dish, thus employing the poor man as a cook for his family. 
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Kuzu kelle is an intriguing Turkish dish employing an unusual ingredient – the sheep’s head. It is prepared in two traditional ways; boiled and served cold, known as kelle söğüş; or roasted and served hot, more familiar under the name tandur kelle.


The cold variety is usually cut in thin slices and is generously covered in salt, parsley, and onions before serving. The roasted head is usually served straight from the oven, while still steaming, and the juicy parts are usually delicately separated by the cook and presented to guests. 

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Thịt đông is a Vietnamese take on aspic. The dish is prepared by slowly boiling pork meat and various pork cuts such as trotters and hocks, as well as pork skin, carrots, mushrooms, and different spices. When cooked, the combination is left to set until it achieves its typical jellied texture.


The dish is usually associated with northern Vietnam, and it is often enjoyed on Vietnamese New Year. It is best served with pickled onions and a bowl of rice on the side.

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Korean sundae is a traditional blood sausage that usually consists of rice, glass noodles (dangmyeon), and pig’s blood, while the variations may also incorporate barely, bean sprouts, kimchi, perilla leaves, soybean paste, or scallions. Some regional varieties may even consist of squid or fish.


Sundae can be steamed and enjoyed on its own, but it is also incorporated into various dishes such as the hearty sundaeguk soup or the sundae bokkeum stir fry. It is believed that sundae originated sometime in the Goryeo period (918–1392).

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Offal Dish

CHENGDU, China
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Given that it was invented out of necessity to make use of any available animal parts, fuqi feipain surprisingly became the most popular snack in Sichuan cuisine. Shavings of beef (mostly offal) are doused in spicy, mouth-numbing sauce. Typical ingredients such as beef heart, head skin, tongue, and tripe are first cooked, then thinly sliced.


Once the meat and the spicy sauce are prepared, the dish is arranged; first comes fresh celery with shavings arranged on top, next, the beef soup is poured over the whole thing, followed by a sauce that's made with chili oil, sesame seeds, and Sichuan peppercorns. 
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İşkembe çorbası is a traditional tripe soup that is known as a great hangover cure. It consists of tripe, water, milk, flour, butter, and egg yolks. The soup is usually seasoned with salt and finished with red pepper, vinegar, and garlic, giving it a bold flavor.


It is recommended to serve the soup while still hot.

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Kawa is a traditional yakitori dish made with chicken skin as the main ingredient. It's believed that the best part for this type of yakitori comes from the neck of the chicken, but other parts of the skin are also commonly used. The skin is cut into strips which are then seasoned with salt, placed on skewers, and grilled until golden.


Due to the fact that chicken skin is high in fat, the flavor of kawa yakitori is very rich, while the texture is crispy on the exterior and soft inside. The dish can often be found in izakaya bars, where it's ideally paired with a cold beer on the side.

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Offal Soup

ILOCOS, Philippines
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The rich and flavorful papaitan is a popular Filipino soup which consists of goat or cow innards such as heart, tripe, or liver, simmered alongside garlic, onions, and various spices. The most important addition to the dish is bile - a bitter liquid extracted from animal livers, giving the soup its distinctive sour flavor and a light yellow color.


This popular Ilocano dish is always served hot and is usually garnished with sliced green onions and chili peppers.

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FUKUOKA PREFECTURE, Japan
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Motsunabe is a variety of nabemono, the versatile and hearty Japanese one-pot dishes. It consists of various pork, chicken, or beef offal cooked in the flavorful soy sauce or miso broth alongside cabbage, garlic chives, and occasionally other ingredients.


This nutritious dish is believed to have originated in Hakata, a district in the city of Fukuoka, from where it spread to other parts of the country to become one of the favorite meals enjoyed during the cold winter season.

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Offal Soup
CHAOZHOU, China  and  one more country
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PHILIPPINES
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