糖醋排骨 (tángcù páigǔ) · sweet and sour spare ribs

Measure Word

一盘糖醋排骨 pán

Meanings

1 sweet and sour spare ribs

Made with

About the dish

浙菜 Zhejiang · 热菜 Hot dish

Short pieces of pork rib, fried, then cooked down in a sticky glaze of sugar and dark vinegar, often topped with sesame seeds. Sweet and sour, with bones to eat around. Served hot or cold.

Usually contains sesame

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

妈妈做的糖醋排骨我能吃两碗饭。

Māma zuò de tángcù páigǔ wǒ néng chī liǎng wǎn fàn.

With Mom's sweet and sour spare ribs I can eat two bowls of rice.

HSK 7-9

这盘糖醋排骨酸甜平衡得刚刚好。

Zhè pán tángcù páigǔ suān tián pínghéng de gānggāng hǎo.

The sweet-sour balance on this plate of spare ribs is just right.

Tips

culture

Classic Jiangsu-Zhejiang (本帮菜) home dish: pork ribs braised in a glaze of sugar, black vinegar, soy and cooking wine in a roughly 1:2:3:4 ratio (醋糖酱酒). Shanghai and Wuxi versions push the sweetness; the vinegar version is sharper.