凤爪 (fèngzhǎo) · chicken feet (cuisine), phoenix claws

Measure Word

一份凤爪 fèn

Meanings

1 chicken feet (cuisine)
2 phoenix claws

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About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

Chicken feet: skin, tendon and small bones, with no real meat. Dim sum steams them soft in black bean sauce; 泡椒凤爪 are served cold, sour and hot from pickled chilies. Suck off the skin and spit out the bones.

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Examples

HSK 5

凤爪是粤式点心的经典。

Fèngzhǎo shì Yuèshì diǎnxin de jīngdiǎn.

Chicken feet are a classic of Cantonese dim sum.

HSK 7-9

我们点了一份豉汁凤爪。

Wǒmen diǎn le yí fèn chǐzhī fèngzhǎo.

We ordered a serving of chicken feet in black bean sauce.

Tips

culture

凤爪 (literally 'phoenix claws') is the polite menu name for chicken feet. The most famous version is steamed dim sum 豉汁凤爪 (black bean sauce), deep-fried then braised until the skin is gelatinous.

memory

Chinese cuisine often dresses up humble parts with poetic names: chicken = phoenix (凤), so chicken feet become 'phoenix claws'.