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Food 招牌豆腐, 椒鹽鮮蝦, 御鼎香脆皮烤鴨餐廳, 御鼎香, 台北 (16696786338)
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椒盐虾

椒鹽蝦
jiāoyánxiā
Also on menus as 椒盐大虾
noun Mild

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 salt and pepper shrimp

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

Shrimp deep-fried in their shells, often with the heads on, then tossed with salt, pepper, fried garlic and chili. The shells turn crisp and some people eat them whole. Salty and fragrant, only mildly hot.

Usually contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jiāoyánxiā shì dài ké zhá de, wàiké hěn cuì.
Salt and pepper shrimp are fried with their shells on, and the shells come out crisp.
HSK 7-9
Wǒmen diǎn le yì pán jiāoyánxiā, lián ké yìqǐ chī le.
We ordered a plate of salt and pepper shrimp and ate them shells and all.

Stroke Order

椒 jiāo
盐 yán
虾 xiā