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菠萝咕噜肉
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Walter Grassroot
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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マカオ酢豚
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OJ-JP
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

咕咾肉

gūlǎoròu
Also on menus as 古老肉, 咕噜肉
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一盘咕咾肉 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 sweet and sour pork

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

Chunks of pork in a crisp batter, deep-fried and tossed in a bright red sweet and sour sauce with pineapple, green pepper and onion. Very sweet and tangy.

Usually contains wheat

Examples

HSK 4
咕咾肉酸酸甜甜的，孩子们都爱吃。
Gūlǎoròu suānsuāntiántián de, háizimen dōu ài chī.
Sweet and sour pork is tangy and sweet, and kids all love it.
HSK 6
在广东，咕咾肉里常常加菠萝。
Zài Guǎngdōng, gūlǎoròu lǐ chángcháng jiā bōluó.
In Guangdong, sweet and sour pork often has pineapple in it.

Tips

usage
Menus also write it 咕噜肉 or 古老肉. All three names are the same dish.
mistakes
糖醋里脊 is a different sweet and sour dish: strips of pork tenderloin in a glossy sugar and vinegar glaze, with no fruit or peppers.

Stroke Order

咕 gū
咾 lǎo
肉 ròu