黄鳝 (huángshàn) · Asian swamp eel

Measure Word

一条黄鳝 tiáo

Meanings

1 Asian swamp eel
2 rice paddy eel (Monopterus albus)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A slim, scaleless, brownish eel from rice paddies and ponds. It must be cooked fresh, so it is sold live and killed at the stall; the meat is cut into strips for stir-fries or into sections for braising.

Contains fish

Also called 鳝鱼

Used in 2 dishes

响油鳝糊 xiǎngyóu shànhú

鳝鱼意面 shànyú yìmiàn

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

夏天的黄鳝最肥美。

Xiàtiān de huángshàn zuì féi měi.

Summer swamp eels are the plumpest and most flavorful.

HSK 7-9

响油鳝糊是上海名菜，用的就是黄鳝。

Xiǎngyóu shànhú shì Shànghǎi míngcài, yòng de jiùshì huángshàn.

Sizzling-oil eel paste is a Shanghai specialty made from swamp eel.

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culture

黄鳝 is a freshwater staple of Jiangsu and Anhui cuisine, prized for summertime 吃鳝鱼 folklore (the saying 小暑黄鳝赛人参 means 'early-summer eel rivals ginseng').