脆皮乳鸽, photo 1 of 2
脆皮乳鸽, photo 2 of 2
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陶陶居之脆皮乳鸽
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Liuxingy
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Crispy (3185473791)
By
istolethetv
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CC BY 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

脆皮乳鸽

脆皮乳鴿
cuìpí rǔgē
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 crispy squab

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

A young pigeon, often simmered in spiced stock first, glazed, dried and deep-fried until the skin crackles, then chopped into pieces on the bone. The meat is dark and rich. The head is often on the plate.

Examples

HSK 6
Cuìpí rǔgē de pí yì yǎo jiù suì.
The skin of crispy squab shatters as soon as you bite into it.
HSK 7-9
Wǒmen diǎn le bàn zhī cuìpí rǔgē, pèi yì dié jiāoyán.
We ordered half a crispy squab with a little dish of pepper salt.

Tips

mistakes
Cantonese menus also list 红烧乳鸽, a close relative simmered and fried the same way. Neither is braised in soy sauce.

Stroke Order

脆 cuì
皮 pí
乳 rǔ
鸽 gē