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Pig Lung & Almond Soup
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雪梨艘肉汤 Pear and Lean Pork Soup - Soup, Box Hill (2171029193)
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合掌瓜炖老鸡汤 Double Boiled Chicken and Choko Soup - Kun Ming 阿二靓汤昆明
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老火汤

老火湯
lǎohuǒtāng
Also on menus as 老火靓汤
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一锅老火汤 guō

Meanings

  1. 1 slow-simmered soup

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 汤 Soup

A Cantonese soup simmered for hours from pork, chicken or other meat with vegetables, beans or dried herbs such as red dates and goji. Mild and lightly salted. Served first, before the other dishes.

Examples

HSK 7-9
老火汤要炖三四个小时才够味。
Lǎohuǒtāng yào dùn sānsì ge xiǎoshí cái gòu wèi.
Lao huo tang needs three or four hours of simmering to develop its flavor.
HSK 7-9
广东人宁愿不吃肉也要喝老火汤。
Guǎngdōng rén nìngyuàn bù chī ròu yě yào hē lǎohuǒtāng.
Cantonese people would rather skip the meat than skip their simmered soup.

Tips

culture
Short form of 老火靓汤. Cantonese soups long-simmered with herbs like goji, red dates, dried figs, and meat or bones.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo
火 huǒ
汤 tāng