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Shanghai-style fried pork chop (20191206031332)
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Shanghai-style fried pork chop at Deda Western Restaurant (20191114173614)
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N509FZ
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Zhazhupai in Shanghai02
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Coolmanjackey
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炸猪排

炸豬排
zházhūpái
Also on menus as 吉列猪排
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fried pork cutlet
  2. 2 pork schnitzel

About the dish

本帮菜 Shanghai · 热菜 Hot dish

A pork cutlet pounded thin, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried until crisp. In Shanghai it comes with 辣酱油, a dark, sweet and sour sauce like Worcestershire sauce, only faintly hot.

Usually contains egg and wheat

Examples

HSK 3
Shànghǎi de zházhūpái hěn yǒumíng.
Shanghai's fried pork cutlet is famous.
HSK 5
Wǒ yào yí fèn zházhūpái pèi fàn.
I'd like a fried pork cutlet with rice.

Tips

culture
Shanghai-style 炸猪排 is typically served with 辣酱油 (Worcestershire-like sauce), a legacy of the city's early twentieth-century Western influence.

Stroke Order

炸 zhà
猪 zhū
排 pái