酸汤鱼 (suāntāngyú) · sour-soup fish, sour fish stew

Measure Word

一份酸汤鱼 fèn

Meanings

1 sour-soup fish
2 sour fish stew

Made with

About the dish

云贵菜 Yunnan and Guizhou · 热菜 Hot dish

Chunks of fish cooked in a pot of tart broth, often a red one of fermented tomato and chili, with vegetables added later; the pot often stays on the table. Sour first, then hot. A Guizhou dish. Mind the small bones.

Usually contains fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

酸汤鱼的汤底用红酸汤和白酸汤调成。

Suāntāngyú de tāng dǐ yòng hóng suān tāng hé bái suān tāng tiáo chéng.

The broth for sour-soup fish is made by combining red sour broth and white sour broth.

HSK 7-9

凯里的酸汤鱼是贵州最有名的菜之一。

Kǎilǐ de suāntāngyú shì Guìzhōu zuì yǒumíng de cài zhīyī.

Kaili sour-soup fish is one of Guizhou's most famous dishes.

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culture

The signature dish of Guizhou's Miao (苗族) people. The red 酸汤 is fermented with wild tomatoes; the white is fermented from rice water. Fish (often catfish or local river fish) is simmered in the tart, spicy broth.