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木须肉

木須肉
mùxūròu
Also on menus as 木樨肉
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一盘木须肉 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 moo shu pork

About the dish

鲁菜 Shandong · 热菜 Hot dish

Thin slices of pork stir-fried with scrambled egg, wood ear mushroom and often cucumber or carrot in a light, savoury sauce. In China it is a plain stir-fry eaten with rice, without pancakes.

Usually contains egg

Examples

HSK 6
北京的小饭馆几乎都有木须肉，配米饭正好。
Běijīng de xiǎo fànguǎn jīhū dōu yǒu mùxūròu, pèi mǐfàn zhènghǎo.
Almost every small restaurant in Beijing has moo shu pork, and it goes perfectly with rice.
HSK 7-9
木须肉是用肉片、鸡蛋和木耳炒的。
Mùxūròu shì yòng ròupiàn, jīdàn hé mù'ěr chǎo de.
Moo shu pork is made by stir-frying sliced pork, egg and wood ear mushrooms.

Tips

usage
The 木须 in the name means scrambled egg. It stands for 木樨 (osmanthus), whose small yellow flowers the bits of egg resemble, and some menus write 木樨肉.
culture
Moo shu pork in American Chinese restaurants comes wrapped in thin pancakes. In China 木须肉 is a plain stir-fry eaten with rice.

Stroke Order

木 mù
须 xū
肉 ròu