毛血旺 (máoxuèwàng) · maoxuewang, spicy duck-blood stew

Meanings

1 maoxuewang
2 spicy duck-blood stew

Made with

鸭血 yāxuè 毛肚 máodǔ 午餐肉 wǔcānròu 豆芽 dòuyá 干辣椒 gānlàjiāo 花椒 huājiāo

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Cubes of duck blood, beef tripe, luncheon meat and sometimes eel or squid, simmered over bean sprouts in a broth under a thick layer of chili oil, dried chili and Sichuan pepper. The blood cubes are soft, like tofu.

Characters

flourishing (here: fresh blood curd)

Examples

HSK 3

毛血旺是重庆磁器口的名菜。

Máoxuèwàng shì Chóngqìng Cí qì kǒu de míngcài.

Maoxuewang is a famous dish of Ciqikou in Chongqing.

HSK 6

他点了一盆毛血旺，辣得直冒汗。

Tā diǎn le yì pén máoxuèwàng, là de zhí màohàn.

He ordered a basin of maoxuewang - it was so spicy he was dripping sweat.

Tips

culture

毛血旺 comes from the riverside town of 磁器口 in Chongqing in the 1940s. 毛 means 'roughly/casually prepared', 血 is duck or pig blood, and 旺 is local slang for fresh blood curd. The dish piles blood cubes, tripe, luncheon meat, and bean sprouts into a red-oil Sichuan broth.