水煮鱼 (shuǐzhǔyú) · poached fish in chili oil, shuizhu fish

Measure Word

一份水煮鱼 fèn

Meanings

1 poached fish in chili oil
2 shuizhu fish

Made with

草鱼 cǎoyú 豆芽 dòuyá 干辣椒 gānlàjiāo 花椒 huājiāo 郫县豆瓣 Píxiàn dòubàn

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Slices of fish, often grass carp, poached and served in a large bowl over bean sprouts under a layer of chili oil, dried chilies and Sichuan pepper. You eat the fish, not the oil. Watch for a few small bones.

Usually contains fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

我们点了一份水煮鱼，超辣。

Wǒmen diǎn le yí fèn shuǐzhǔyú, chāo là.

We ordered a water-boiled fish - it was super spicy.

HSK 7-9

这家川菜馆的水煮鱼很正宗。

Zhè jiā Chuāncài guǎn de shuǐzhǔyú hěn zhèngzōng.

This Sichuan restaurant's shuizhu fish is very authentic.

Tips

mistakes

Don't take 水煮 'water-boiled' literally - it ends up swimming in chili oil with Sichuan peppercorns. The 'boiling' refers to how the fish is initially cooked, before being doused with hot oil over chilies.