回锅肉

回鍋肉
huíguōròu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 twice-cooked pork (Sichuan classic)

Examples

Sìchuān de huíguōròu xiānglà xiàfàn.
Sichuan twice-cooked pork is fragrant, spicy and great with rice.
Tā chǎo de huíguōròu shì jiā lǐ de zhāopái cài.
His twice-cooked pork is the family's signature dish.

Tips

culture
Often called the king of Sichuan home cooking. Pork belly is first boiled, then sliced thin and 'returned to the wok' () with leeks, doubanjiang () and sweet bean paste — the second pass is what crisps the edges and curls the slices into the iconic 'lamp-shade' () shape.

Stroke Order

huí
guō
ròu