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酱骨头

醬骨頭
jiànggǔtou
Also on menus as 酱大骨, 酱骨架
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一盘酱骨头 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 soy-braised pork bones

About the dish

东北菜 Northeast · 热菜 Hot dish

Big, meaty pork bones simmered for hours in soybean paste, soy sauce and spices until the meat falls off. Savoury and rich. Eaten with the hands, often in disposable gloves; the marrow is sucked out. A Northeast dish.

Examples

HSK 4
这家店的酱骨头三十块一斤，两个人点两斤就够了。
Zhè jiā diàn de jiànggǔtou sānshí kuài yì jīn, liǎng ge rén diǎn liǎng jīn jiù gòu le.
At this restaurant, soy-braised pork bones cost thirty yuan a jin (500 g), and two jin is enough for two people.
HSK 7-9
酱骨头上的肉炖得很烂，一咬就掉。
Jiànggǔtou shàng de ròu dùn de hěn làn, yì yǎo jiù diào.
The meat on soy-braised pork bones is so tender that it comes off at the first bite.

Tips

culture
It is eaten with the hands. Restaurants hand out disposable gloves, and the marrow is sucked straight out of the bone, sometimes through a straw.

Stroke Order

酱 jiàng
骨 gǔ
头 tóu