牛杂 (niúzá) · beef offal

Measure Word

一份牛杂 fèn

Meanings

1 beef offal
2 stewed beef organ stew (Cantonese street food)

About the ingredient

Mixed cow offal, such as stomach, intestines, lungs, heart and liver, cleaned and cooked together. It is simmered for hours until tender, best known in the Cantonese stew with white radish, and also served on noodles.

Also called 牛杂碎

Used in 3 dishes

跷脚牛肉 qiāojiǎo niúròu

牛肉粉丝汤 niúròu fěnsītāng

车仔面 chēzǎimiàn

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

广州街边的牛杂摊很热闹。

Guǎngzhōu jiē biān de niúzá tān hěn rènao.

Beef offal stalls on the streets of Guangzhou are very lively.

HSK 7-9

他点了一碗萝卜牛杂。

Tā diǎn le yì wǎn luóbo niúzá.

He ordered a bowl of beef offal with daikon.

Tips

culture

杂 ('mixed') is the standard food-name suffix for assorted offal: 牛杂 = mixed beef offal (tripe, lung, liver, intestine, tendon). The Cantonese street version 萝卜牛杂 simmers it with daikon and star anise - sold by weight, eaten with toothpicks from a paper bowl.