滑肉

huáròu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 starch-coated slippery pork
  2. 2 hua rou (pork velvet in broth or stir-fry)

Examples

Sìchuān huáròu tāng yòu nèn yòu huá.
Sichuan hua rou soup is tender and silky.
Huáròu de mìjué shì ròupiàn guǒ shàng hóngshǔ diànfěn.
The trick to hua rou is coating the pork slices in sweet potato starch.

Tips

usage
here describes the slippery texture from starch coating — similar to the Western 'velveting' technique. Found in Sichuan (滑肉) and Shanxi cuisines. Pork is thinly sliced, coated in sweet potato starch, and blanched in soup or stir-fried.

Stroke Order

huá
ròu