水煮牛肉 (shuǐzhǔ niúròu) · Sichuan water-boiled beef

Measure Word

一道水煮牛肉 dào

Meanings

1 Sichuan water-boiled beef

Made with

牛肉 niúròu 豆芽 dòuyá 莴笋 wōsǔn 郫县豆瓣 Píxiàn dòubàn 干辣椒 gānlàjiāo 花椒 huājiāo

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Thin slices of beef poached in a spicy broth and served in a big bowl over bean sprouts, celtuce, cabbage or other greens, under a layer of chili oil, dried chilies and Sichuan pepper. Very hot and numbing despite the name 水煮 (boiled).

Characters

to boil; to cook in liquid

Examples

HSK 6

他点了一道水煮牛肉配米饭。

Tā diǎn le yídào shuǐzhǔ niúròu pèi mǐfàn.

He ordered water-boiled beef with rice.

HSK 7-9

水煮牛肉看起来辣得吓人。

Shuǐzhǔ niúròu kànqǐlái là de xiàrén.

Water-boiled beef looks frighteningly spicy.

Tips

culture

Classic Sichuan dish despite the mild name: 'water-boiled' refers to the original Zigong salt-worker technique of poaching beef, but the finished dish is drenched in chili oil, Sichuan peppercorns, and dried chilies.