五花肉 (wǔhuāròu) · pork belly, streaky pork

Measure Word

一块五花肉 kuài

Meanings

1 pork belly
2 streaky pork

About the ingredient

Its layers of fat and lean turn soft and rich with long cooking, so it is the usual cut for red-braised and twice-cooked pork, and it is grilled in slices at Korean barbecue.

Also called 三层肉

Used in 33 dishes

红烧肉 hóngshāoròu

回锅肉 huíguōròu

手撕包菜 shǒusī bāocài

莴笋炒肉片 wōsǔn chǎo ròupiàn

猪肉炖粉条 zhūròu dùn fěntiáo

干锅土豆片 gānguō tǔdòupiàn

东坡肉 dōngpōròu

干煸花菜 gānbiān huācài

烧白 shāobái

板栗红烧肉 bǎnlì hóngshāoròu

花菜炒肉 huācài chǎo ròu

干锅茶树菇 gānguō cháshùgū

客家小炒 Kèjiā xiǎochǎo

干锅千页豆腐 gānguō qiānyè dòufu

辣白菜炒五花肉 làbáicài chǎo wǔhuāròu

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

红烧肉一定要用五花肉。

Hóngshāoròu yídìng yào yòng wǔhuāròu.

Red-braised pork must be made with pork belly.

HSK 5

他买了半斤五花肉准备做回锅肉。

Tā mǎi le bàn jīn wǔhuāròu zhǔnbèi zuò huíguōròu.

He bought half a jin of pork belly to make twice-cooked pork.

Tips

memory

五花 = 'five flowers', referring to the alternating layers of fat and lean meat visible on the cut - five 'patterns' stacked like blossoms. Once you see a slab, the name locks in.