干烧虾仁 (gānshāo xiārén) · dry-braised shrimp

Measure Word

一盘干烧虾仁 pán

Meanings

1 dry-braised shrimp

Made with

虾仁 xiārén 豆瓣酱 dòubànjiàng 酒酿 jiǔniàng 姜 jiāng 大蒜 dàsuàn

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Shelled shrimp cooked in a sauce of chili bean paste, ginger and garlic, reduced until it clings to them. Sweet, savoury and mildly hot. A Sichuan way of cooking.

Usually contains shellfish

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

这道干烧虾仁有点儿辣，小孩子可能吃不了。

Zhè dào gānshāo xiārén yǒudiǎnr là, xiǎoháizi kěnéng chībuliǎo.

This dry-braised shrimp is a bit spicy, so small children may not be able to eat it.

HSK 7-9

干烧虾仁的汤汁收得很干，酱都裹在虾仁上。

Gānshāo xiārén de tāngzhī shōu de hěn gān, jiàng dōu guǒ zài xiārén shàng.

In dry-braised shrimp the sauce is reduced right down, so it all clings to the shrimp.

Tips

usage

干烧 "dry-braising" means cooking until the liquid has almost all gone, so the sauce sticks to the food instead of pooling on the plate. 干 is "dry" here.