酸辣汤 (suānlàtāng) · hot-and-sour soup

Measure Word

一碗酸辣汤 wǎn

Meanings

1 hot-and-sour soup

Made with

豆腐 dòufu 木耳 mù'ěr 鸡蛋 jīdàn 猪肉 zhūròu 醋 cù 白胡椒粉 báihújiāofěn

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 汤 Soup

A thick soup with shreds of tofu, wood ear mushroom and often pork, plus ribbons of egg, made sour with vinegar and hot with white pepper rather than chili. Some versions add chili oil.

Usually contains egg and soy

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

来一碗酸辣汤开开胃。

Lái yì wǎn suānlàtāng kāikai wèi.

Let's have a bowl of hot-and-sour soup as an appetizer.

HSK 7-9

他的酸辣汤放了很多白胡椒。

Tā de suānlàtāng fàng le hěnduō bái hújiāo.

His hot-and-sour soup has a lot of white pepper in it.

Tips

usage

The 'sour' comes from vinegar (醋), the 'hot' from white pepper (白胡椒) rather than chili - a key difference from mala dishes. Northern and Sichuan versions differ; the Sichuan version 醋椒汤 adds more chili.