卤肉

滷肉
lǔròu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 soy-braised meat
  2. 2 stewed pork (Chinese/Taiwanese style)

Examples

Māma lǔ le yī dà guō lǔròu.
Mom braised a big pot of soy-stewed pork.
Zǎocān chī lǔròu jiā mántou zuì xiāng.
Nothing beats braised pork in a steamed bun for breakfast.

Tips

usage
(lǔ) as a cooking verb means to slow-simmer in soy sauce, rock sugar, and spices (star anise, cinnamon, bay). The braise liquid itself is , and it's reused and aged — some shops have 老卤 running for decades.

Stroke Order

ròu