夫妻肺片 (fūqīfèipiàn) · Husband-and-Wife Offal Slices

Measure Word

一份夫妻肺片 fèn

Meanings

1 Husband-and-Wife Offal Slices

Made with

牛肉 niúròu 牛肚 niúdǔ 牛舌 niúshé 辣椒油 làjiāoyóu 花椒 huājiāo 花生 huāshēng

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 凉菜 Cold dish

Thin slices of beef and beef offal, usually tripe, tongue and heart, served cold in chili oil with Sichuan pepper, peanuts and sesame. Despite 肺 (lung) in the name, lung is rarely included.

Usually contains peanuts and sesame

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

点一份夫妻肺片下酒正好。

Diǎn yí fèn fūqīfèipiàn xià jiǔ zhènghǎo.

A plate of fuqi feipian goes perfectly with drinks.

HSK 7-9

这家川菜馆的夫妻肺片麻辣鲜香。

Zhè jiā chuāncài guǎn de fūqīfèipiàn málà xiān xiāng.

This Sichuan restaurant's fuqi feipian is numbing, spicy, and savory.

Tips

history

Created in 1930s Chengdu by the husband-and-wife team Guo Chaohua (郭朝华) and his wife, who hawked spiced offal slices on the street. 肺 (lung) is actually a misnomer - the name was originally 废片 (scrap slices) for the cheap offal cuts used; 肺 was substituted for euphony.