Ankang specialties include catfish stewed tofu, steamed noodles, Kangkang steamed buns, bacon, bloodshot tofu, steamed vegetables, stewed chicken with chestnuts and mushrooms, fern skin, mutton steamed buns, stewed cabbage and so on. Tofu stew with catfish is an authentic northeast dish.

Fern vermicelli is a famous snack in Ankang, Shaanxi, especially in Hanyin. Shaanxi snack Pteridium aquilinum vermicelli is soft, tender, moist and refreshing, with special game flavor and excellent taste. Fern powder is fine and glutinous, pollution-free and nutritious, and it is a nourishing food, which is better than lotus root powder.