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20150217 潮州牛肉福 10 蔥爆牛肉 (16623579481)
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挪威 企鵝
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HK 沙田北 Shatin North 石門 Shek Mun 安群街 On Kwan Street 京瑞廣場 Kings Wing Plaza shop 南京金陵湯包 Nanjing Jinling Dumpling Restaurant Feb 2019 SSG 08
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Limsd Parrk Yuewai
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葱爆牛肉

蔥爆牛肉
cōngbào niúròu
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 beef with scallions

About the dish

鲁菜 Shandong · 热菜 Hot dish

Thin slices of beef flash-fried over very high heat with lots of scallion in a savoury soy sauce. Tender and fragrant with scallion, and not hot.

Examples

HSK 5
Zuò cōngbào niúròu, huǒ yídìng yào dà, chǎo jǐshí miǎo jiù chūguō.
For beef with scallions the heat must be high, and it comes out of the wok in under a minute.
HSK 7-9
Cōngbào niúròu lǐ de cōng bǐ niúròu hái duō.
Beef with scallions has even more scallion than beef.

Tips

usage
爆 is a cooking word here: flash-frying over very high heat for only seconds. The same pattern names 葱爆羊肉, the lamb version.

Stroke Order

葱 cōng
爆 bào
牛 niú
肉 ròu