牛尾 (niúwěi) · oxtail, cow tail

Measure Word

一条牛尾 tiáo

Meanings

1 oxtail
2 cow tail

About the ingredient

The tail of a cow, cut into round pieces, each a bone ringed with lean meat, fat and gelatin-rich tissue, thinner toward the tip. It needs long, slow cooking and is mostly stewed, made into soup or braised in soy sauce.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

红酒炖牛尾是一道经典西餐。

Hóngjiǔ dùn niúwěi shì yí dào jīngdiǎn xīcān.

Red-wine braised oxtail is a classic Western dish.

HSK 7-9

牛尾汤需要慢炖几个小时。

Niúwěi tāng xūyào màn dùn jǐ gè xiǎoshí.

Oxtail soup needs to simmer slowly for several hours.

Tips

culture

Cherished in soups and slow-braised stews for the gelatin-rich, marrow-flavored stock it produces. Korean kkori-gomtang and Chinese 牛尾汤 both treat it as a tonic. In Western cooking, oxtail stew is traditional in Britain, Spain (rabo de toro), and the Caribbean.