笋干 (sǔngān) · dried bamboo shoots

Meanings

1 dried bamboo shoots

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Bamboo shoots boiled, pressed and dried until yellow, a product of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi. They need days of soaking and boiling to soften, then are braised with pork belly or stewed with duck.

Used in 2 dishes

笋干老鸭煲 sǔngān lǎoyābāo

老鸭煲 lǎoyābāo

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

笋干是晒干的竹笋。

Sǔngān shì shàigān de zhúsǔn.

Dried bamboo shoots are bamboo shoots dried in the sun.

HSK 7-9

泡软的笋干和五花肉一起烧，吸足了肉汁，越嚼越香。

Pàoruǎn de sǔngān hé wǔhuāròu yìqǐ shāo, xīzú le ròuzhī, yuè jiáo yuè xiāng.

Soaked until soft and braised with pork belly, dried bamboo shoots soak up the meat juices and taste better the more you chew.

Tips

usage

Made by boiling bamboo shoots, pressing them flat and drying them. Before cooking they are soaked for hours, with the water changed a few times, until soft. Not the same as 酸笋, which is fermented, not dried.