10 Chinese Dishes That You Won't Find In China

Earlier this month, we read about the different types of Italian food that you'd never actually see in Italy. (That, and these Olive Garden dishes that aren't really Italian either.)

So, that got us thinking: What other types of culinary inaccuracies are being pawned off on us? Our minds went immediately to Chinese food which can vary as much from block to block as it does from East to West.

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Tso's Chicken

Nowadays, this sweet and spicy fried chicken dish is perhaps the most quintessential of American Chinese food offerings. Though it can trace some roots to the cooking of Hunan, the version Americans know and love was invented in 1970s New York, according to Salon.

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