佛跳墙 (fótiàoqiáng) · Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Measure Word

一盅佛跳墙 zhōng

Meanings

1 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Made with

鲍鱼 bàoyú 海参 hǎishēn 扇贝 shànbèi 鱼肚 yúdǔ 鸡 jī 香菇 xiānggū

About the dish

闽菜 Fujian · 汤 Soup

A rich, slow-simmered soup of costly dried seafood such as abalone, sea cucumber, scallop and fish maw, with chicken, pork and mushrooms. Restaurants serve it in small jars, one per person.

Usually contains shellfish and fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

一盅佛跳墙要煨十多个小时。

Yì zhōng fótiàoqiáng yào wēi shí duō gè xiǎoshí.

A single pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall must be simmered for over ten hours.

HSK 7-9

佛跳墙里有鲍鱼、海参、鱼翅、花胶。

Fótiàoqiáng lǐ yǒu bàoyú, hǎishēn, yúchì, huājiāo.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall contains abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and fish maw.

Tips

culture

Fuzhou 福州 signature dish from the late Qing. Legend: a scholar, smelling the simmering pot from over the wall of 聚春园 restaurant, improvised a poem - 坛启荤香飘四邻，佛闻弃禅跳墙来 ('the jar opens, meaty scent drifts to the neighbours; a Buddha catches wind of it, abandons meditation and jumps the wall'). The name stuck. Traditionally simmered in a Shaoxing-wine jar over low heat for half a day.