Rarest Chinese Dish — All 54 Answers Ranked by Rarity

54 answers are accepted for “Name a Chinese dish”. Chao hongguo is the rarest Chinese dish in this ranking, with 180 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Juanfen is the second-rarest with 599 monthly Wikipedia views, 3.33× the figure for Chao hongguo. Century egg is the most common Chinese dish in this ranking, with 350,285 monthly Wikipedia views, 1,946× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 54 answers: 1,808,276. Chao hongguo is under 0.1% of that total. 11 answers are Epic or Legendary: Chao hongguo (Legendary), Juanfen (Legendary), Bai ye (Legendary), and 8 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

54 answers to “Name a Chinese dish”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Chao hongguo on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	180
2	Juanfen on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.981	599
3	Bai ye on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.962	670
4	Tang bu shuai on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.943	1,040
5	Mianwo on Wikipedia	Epic	0.925	1,345
6	Baodu on Wikipedia	Epic	0.906	1,519
7	Crab jujube on Wikipedia	Epic	0.887	1,731
8	Jiaoquan on Wikipedia	Epic	0.868	1,893
9	Cantonese seafood soup on Wikipedia	Epic	0.849	2,511
10	Mao xue wang on Wikipedia	Epic	0.830	2,533
11	Eight treasure rice on Wikipedia	Epic	0.811	3,545
12	Babaocai on Wikipedia	Rare	0.792	3,630
13	Lychee pork on Wikipedia	Rare	0.774	3,650
14	Chinese walnut cookie on Wikipedia	Rare	0.755	3,922
15	Pork knuckles and ginger stew on Wikipedia	Rare	0.736	4,054
16	Corn crab soup on Wikipedia	Rare	0.717	4,095
17	Yin yang fried rice on Wikipedia	Rare	0.698	4,844
18	Oil noodles on Wikipedia	Rare	0.679	5,233
19	Patriotic soup on Wikipedia	Rare	0.660	5,494
20	Lung fung soup on Wikipedia	Rare	0.642	5,669
21	Maocai on Wikipedia	Rare	0.623	6,208
22	Shuizhu on Wikipedia	Rare	0.604	6,388
23	Zhangcha duck on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.585	6,401
24	Lo mai chi on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.566	6,499
25	Minchee on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.547	7,029
26	Fish with pickled mustard greens on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.519	9,586
27	Hujiao bing on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.519	9,586
28	Double skin milk on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.491	11,166
29	Yuxiang shredded pork on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.472	11,662
30	Black sesame soup on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.453	11,931
31	Qingtuan on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.434	14,249
32	Poon choi on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.415	15,046
33	Tangbao on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.396	15,575
34	Osmanthus cake on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.377	17,525
35	Shanghai fried noodles on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.358	17,810
36	Ngo hiang on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.340	18,265
37	Mala xiang guo on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.321	21,968
38	Bakpia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.302	22,202
39	Chongqing hot pot on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.283	22,271
40	Buddha's delight on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.264	24,811
41	Sweet and sour pork on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.245	25,191
42	Tong sui on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.226	27,751
43	Cha siu bao on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.208	29,404
44	Beef chow fun on Wikipedia	Common	0.189	38,419
45	Lamian on Wikipedia	Common	0.170	47,005
46	Meat floss on Wikipedia	Common	0.151	50,667
47	Zhajiangmian on Wikipedia	Common	0.132	59,469
48	Grass jelly on Wikipedia	Common	0.113	91,345
49	Malatang on Wikipedia	Common	0.094	97,863
50	Zongzi on Wikipedia	Common	0.075	126,495
51	Fried rice on Wikipedia	Common	0.057	148,403
52	Head cheese on Wikipedia	Common	0.038	179,178
53	Biangbiang noodles on Wikipedia	Common	0.019	202,466
54	Century egg on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	350,285

FAQ

What is the rarest Chinese dish?

Chao hongguo is the rarest Chinese dish in this ranking, with 180 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many Chinese dishes are there?

There are 54 Chinese dishes in this ranking, from Chao hongguo (rarest) to Century egg (most common).

What is the most common Chinese dish?

Century egg is the most common Chinese dish in this ranking, with 350,285 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.