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HK SKD 將軍澳 TKO 將軍澳廣場 Tseung Kwan O Plaza K-mart 菜市場 indoor wet market food 甜梅菜 Meigan cai June 2022 Px3
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SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 福田 Futian 金田路 Jintian Road shop 福伴超市 Fuban Supermarket food salted 咸梅菜 Meigan Cai May 2026 N13P 01
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梅干菜

梅乾菜
méigāncài
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 preserved mustard greens
  2. 2 meigan cai
  3. 3 mui choy

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Mustard greens salted and dried until reddish brown and fragrant. Hakka and Cantonese cooks steam it with pork belly, chop it into steamed pork patties or use it as a filling for buns.

Also called  梅菜

Examples

HSK 7-9
梅干菜是腌过再晒干的芥菜。
Méigāncài shì yān guo zài shàigān de jiècài.
Preserved mustard greens are mustard greens that have been salted and then dried in the sun.
HSK 7-9
梅干菜和五花肉一起蒸，特别下饭。
Méigāncài hé wǔhuāròu yìqǐ zhēng, tèbié xiàfàn.
Steamed with pork belly, preserved mustard greens go especially well with rice.

Tips

usage
In Guangdong and in Hakka cooking it is usually called 梅菜, as in 梅菜扣肉 (pork belly steamed with it). Shaoxing cooks call their version 霉干菜.

Stroke Order

梅 méi
干 gān
菜 cài