啤酒鸭 (píjiǔyā) · beer duck

Measure Word

一道啤酒鸭 dào

Meanings

1 beer duck

Made with

About the dish

湘菜 Hunan · 热菜 Hot dish

Duck chopped into small pieces on the bone and braised in beer with ginger, garlic and chili until the sauce is thick, dark and savoury. Mildly hot, with a faint sweetness from rock sugar. Expect small, sharp bones.

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

啤酒鸭是一道很下饭的菜。

Píjiǔyā shì yídào hěn xià fàn de cài.

Beer duck is a dish that goes great with rice.

HSK 7-9

他的拿手菜是啤酒鸭。

Tā de náshǒu cài shì píjiǔyā.

His signature dish is beer duck.

Tips

culture

Popular home-style dish across Sichuan, Hunan, and Guizhou. Duck pieces are braised with beer instead of water; the beer tenderizes the meat and adds a faint malty sweetness.