姜母鸭 (jiāngmǔyā) · ginger duck stew

Measure Word

一锅姜母鸭 guō

Meanings

1 ginger duck stew

Made with

About the dish

闽菜 Fujian · 热菜 Hot dish

Duck chopped into pieces on the bone, fried in sesame oil with a lot of old ginger, then simmered in rice wine, often in a clay pot kept hot at the table. Sharp with ginger, but no chili. A Fujian and Taiwan dish.

Usually contains sesame

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

冬天台湾人爱吃姜母鸭。

Dōngtiān Táiwān rén ài chī jiāngmǔyā.

In winter, Taiwanese people love eating ginger duck.

HSK 4

这家姜母鸭店排队要等半小时。

Zhè jiā jiāngmǔyā diàn páiduì yào děng bàn xiǎoshí.

The queue at this ginger duck restaurant takes half an hour.

Tips

culture

A winter tonic stew popular in Taiwan and southern Fujian. Duck is braised with old ginger, sesame oil, rice wine, and Chinese medicinal herbs. Believed to warm the body and boost circulation in cold weather.