糖蒜 (tángsuàn) · sugar-pickled garlic

Measure Word

一头糖蒜 tóu

Meanings

1 sugar-pickled garlic
2 sweet-and-sour whole garlic bulbs (classic 涮羊肉 accompaniment)

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Whole heads of garlic pickled in sugar, vinegar and salt until white and translucent, sweet-sour and crisp. Eaten straight, with congee, with drinks, or beside fatty meat to cut the richness.

Used in 1 dish

牛肉泡馍 niúròu pàomó

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

吃涮羊肉怎么能没有糖蒜？

Chī shuànyángròu zěnme néng méiyǒu tángsuàn?

How can you have Mongolian hot pot without sugar-pickled garlic?

HSK 7-9

我奶奶每年腊月都要腌一坛糖蒜。

Wǒ nǎinai měi nián làyuè dōu yào yān yì tán tángsuàn.

Every twelfth lunar month my grandma pickles a jar of sugar garlic.

Tips

culture

A Beijing winter staple. Whole bulbs of spring garlic are soaked in sugar, vinegar, salt, and (often) a pinch of soy - the heat of the raw garlic mellows into a sweet-tart crunch over a few weeks. Served as the standard condiment with 涮羊肉 (Mongolian hot pot) to cut the richness of the mutton, alongside sesame sauce and fermented chive flower.