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麻豆腐
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蓝芷怡
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羊油麻豆腐 海碗居 2012
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Charles Haynes
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麻豆腐

mádòufu
noun Mild

Measure Word

一盘麻豆腐 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 madoufu
  2. 2 fried fermented mung bean pulp

About the dish

京菜 Beijing · 热菜 Hot dish

A soft, grey-green mash of fermented mung bean pulp, fried in mutton fat, often with pickled greens, and topped with chili oil. Sour, earthy and strong-smelling. Not tofu, and not numbing. A Beijing dish.

Usually contains soy

Examples

HSK 7-9
麻豆腐是用做豆汁剩下的绿豆渣炒的。
Mádòufu shì yòng zuò dòuzhī shèngxià de lǜdòu zhā chǎo de.
Madoufu is stir-fried from the mung bean pulp left over from making douzhi.
HSK 7-9
炒麻豆腐要用羊油，出锅前再浇上一勺辣椒油。
Chǎo mádòufu yào yòng yángyóu, chūguō qián zài jiāoshàng yì sháo làjiāoyóu.
Madoufu is fried in mutton fat, with a spoonful of chili oil poured on just before it comes out of the wok.

Tips

mistakes
Despite the name, 麻豆腐 is not tofu, and it is not numbing like 麻辣 food: it is a soft, gray-green mash of mung bean pulp.

Stroke Order

麻 má
豆 dòu
腐 fǔ