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干烧鱼

乾燒魚
gānshāoyú
noun Spice varies

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 dry-braised fish

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

A whole fish, briefly fried, then braised in a spicy bean sauce with minced pork until the sauce cooks down and clings to it. Rich, salty and a little sweet. A Sichuan dish; watch for small bones.

Usually contains fish

Examples

HSK 5
Niányèfàn shàng yídìng yào yǒu yú, wǒmen jiā měi nián dōu zuò gānshāoyú.
There has to be fish at the New Year's Eve dinner, and our family makes dry-braised fish every year.
HSK 7-9
Gānshāoyú de tāngzhī hěn shǎo, dōu guǒ zài yú shēnshang le.
Dry-braised fish has very little sauce left; it all clings to the fish.

Tips

usage
干烧 means braising until the sauce has nearly all cooked away. 干 here is gān, dry, not gàn.

Stroke Order

干 gān
烧 shāo
鱼 yú