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干锅虾

乾鍋蝦
gānguōxiā
noun Hot

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 dry-pot shrimp

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Whole shrimp fried until the shells are crisp, then stir-fried with pork belly, dried chili, Sichuan pepper, garlic and potato or lotus root slices, served in a small pot over a flame. Hot and numbing.

Usually contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 3
Xiàbān hòu, jǐ ge tóngshì yìqǐ qù chī le gānguōxiā, hē zhe píjiǔ liáo le hěn jiǔ.
After work a few colleagues went out for dry-pot shrimp and talked over beer for a long time.
HSK 7-9
Gānguōxiā lǐ chúle xiā, hái yǒu tǔdòu hé lián'ǒu.
Besides shrimp, dry-pot shrimp has potato and lotus root in it.

Tips

culture
The shrimp are fried until the shells turn crisp, and many people eat them shell and all.

Stroke Order

干 gān
锅 guō
虾 xiā