The food is loaded with fatty meat, mostly pork and lamb.
It is a rather fatty meat and is usually eaten with vegetables.
Campaigners say fatty meats like pork increase the risk of heart disease, the country's biggest killer.
It is typically a cheap, tough and fatty meat.
Ethnic markets also tend to carry the tough, fatty meats that mainstream America has yet to try at home.
"People don't know how good rare breed meat is because they are used to fatty meat," she said.
The results are not the same as with the fattier meats, but they are satisfying in their own right.
Saturated fat is found in fatty meats, whole milk, ice cream, and cheese.
Five spice may be used with fatty meats such as pork and duck.
It may occur, however, when grilling fatty meats over hot coals.