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红烧鸡块

紅燒雞塊
hóngshāo jīkuài
noun Spice varies

Measure Word

一盘红烧鸡块 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 red-braised chicken

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

Chicken chopped into chunks on the bone, fried, then braised in soy sauce and sugar, often with potato, bamboo shoots or green pepper. Savoury and a little sweet, with small, sharp pieces of bone. Some versions add dried chili.

Examples

HSK 6
食堂的红烧鸡块骨头多肉少，我不太喜欢。
Shítáng de hóngshāo jīkuài gǔtou duō ròu shǎo, wǒ bú tài xǐhuan.
The canteen's red-braised chicken is mostly bone and little meat, so I'm not keen on it.
HSK 7-9
红烧鸡块里常加几块土豆，跟鸡块一起炖。
Hóngshāo jīkuài lǐ cháng jiā jǐ kuài tǔdòu, gēn jīkuài yìqǐ dùn.
Red-braised chicken often has a few chunks of potato stewed in with the chicken.

Tips

usage
In a home or canteen dish, 鸡块 means chicken chopped into chunks, bone and all. At fast-food chains the same word means chicken nuggets.

Stroke Order

红 hóng
烧 shāo
鸡 jī
块 kuài