梅菜扣肉 (méicàikòuròu) · braised pork belly with preserved…

Measure Word

一道梅菜扣肉 dào

Meanings

1 braised pork belly with preserved mustard greens
2 mei cai kou rou

Made with

About the dish

Thick slices of fatty pork belly with the skin on, steamed on a bed of dark, salty-sweet preserved mustard greens, then turned out skin side up. Very soft and rich, with layers of fat and lean.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

梅菜扣肉是客家菜的代表。

Méicàikòuròu shì Kèjiā cài de dàibiǎo.

Mei cai kou rou is a signature Hakka dish.

HSK 6

这家店的梅菜扣肉肥而不腻。

Zhè jiā diàn de méicàikòuròu féi ér bú nì.

This restaurant's pork belly is rich but not greasy.

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culture

A classic Hakka (客家) dish from Guangdong. Pork belly is steamed upside-down in a bowl over preserved mustard greens, then flipped out at the table. 扣 literally means 'to invert'.