酸豆角 (suāndòujiǎo) · pickled long beans, pickled green beans

Meanings

1 pickled long beans
2 pickled green beans

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Long beans fermented in salted water with chili and Sichuan pepper until sour, crisp and golden, popular across southern China. They are eaten as a pickle, stir-fried with minced meat or used in fried rice.

Also called 酸豇豆

Used in 2 dishes

肉末酸豆角 ròumò suāndòujiǎo

桂林米粉 Guìlín mǐfěn

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

酸豆角是用盐水泡过的豆角。

Suāndòujiǎo shì yòng yánshuǐ pào guo de dòujiǎo.

Pickled long beans are long beans that have been soaked in brine.

HSK 7-9

吃螺蛳粉的时候，我总是让老板多放点酸豆角。

Chī luósīfěn de shíhou, wǒ zǒngshì ràng lǎobǎn duō fàng diǎn suāndòujiǎo.

When I have luosifen, I always ask the owner to add extra pickled long beans.

Tips

usage

豆角 here is the yard-long bean, 豇豆. Soaked in salted water with spices until sour, it is chopped and stir-fried with 肉末 (minced pork) and served on 桂林米粉 and 螺蛳粉.