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红烧猪蹄

紅燒豬蹄
hóngshāo zhūtí
Also on menus as 红烧猪手, 红烧猪脚
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 red-braised pork trotters
  2. 2 pork trotters in soy sauce

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

Pig's trotters chopped into chunks and braised in soy sauce, rock sugar and spices until the skin is soft, sticky and dark red. Mostly skin, tendon and bone, with little meat.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Hóngshāo zhūtí dùn de ruǎn làn rùwèi.
The red-braised pork trotters are stewed until tender and full of flavor.
HSK 7-9
Chǎnfù cháng chī hóngshāo zhūtí bǔ shēntǐ.
New mothers often eat red-braised pork trotters to replenish their strength.

Tips

usage
Slow-braised in soy sauce, rock sugar, and spices until the skin turns glossy red. Traditionally recommended to nursing mothers for its collagen content.

Stroke Order

红 hóng
烧 shāo
猪 zhū
蹄 tí