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手撕包菜

shǒusī bāocài
noun Mild

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hand-torn cabbage

About the dish

湘菜 Hunan · 热菜 Hot dish

Round cabbage torn into pieces by hand and stir-fried fast over high heat with dried chili, garlic and a splash of vinegar, so it stays crunchy. Often cooked with slices of pork belly.

Examples

HSK 6
Shǒusī bāocài yào yòng dàhuǒ kuài chǎo, chī qǐlai cái cuì.
Hand-torn cabbage has to be stir-fried fast over high heat to stay crunchy.
HSK 7-9
Zuò shǒusī bāocài búyòng dāo, yòng shǒu bǎ yèzi sīkāi jiù xíng.
You don't need a knife for hand-torn cabbage: just tear the leaves apart by hand.

Tips

mistakes
包菜 is round cabbage, the same vegetable as 卷心菜. Do not confuse it with 白菜, napa cabbage.

Stroke Order

手 shǒu
撕 sī
包 bāo
菜 cài