卤肉 (lǔròu) · soy-braised meat, stewed pork

Meanings

1 soy-braised meat
2 stewed pork

Made with

猪肉 zhūròu 酱油 jiàngyóu 冰糖 bīngtáng 八角 bājiǎo

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

Meat, usually pork, simmered for a long time in a dark broth of soy sauce, rock sugar and spices such as star anise. Tender and salty-sweet; served sliced with some of the broth, or over rice.

Characters

卤

lǔ

to braise in soy sauce

肉

ròu

meat

Examples

HSK 6

早餐吃卤肉夹馒头最香。

Zǎocān chī lǔròu jiā mántou zuì xiāng.

Nothing beats braised pork in a steamed bun for breakfast.

HSK 7-9

妈妈卤了一大锅卤肉。

Māma lǔ le yí dà guō lǔròu.

Mom braised a big pot of soy-stewed pork.

Tips

usage

卤 as a cooking verb means to slow-simmer in soy sauce, rock sugar, and spices (star anise, cinnamon, bay). The braise liquid itself is 卤水, and it's reused and aged. Some shops have 老卤 running for decades.