饵块 (ěrkuài) · erkuai, Yunnan pressed rice cake

Measure Word

一块饵块 kuài

Meanings

1 erkuai
2 Yunnan pressed rice cake

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Dense white slabs of steamed, pounded rice, chewy once heated. Slices are stir-fried with ham and greens or boiled in soup; thin rounds are grilled on charcoal and spread with sweet and chili sauces.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

饵块可以煮，也可以炒。

Ěrkuài kěyǐ zhǔ, yě kěyǐ chǎo.

Erkuai can be boiled or stir-fried.

HSK 7-9

昆明早餐最常见的就是烧饵块。

Kūnmíng zǎocān zuì chángjiàn de jiùshì shāo ěrkuài.

The most common Kunming breakfast is grilled erkuai.

Tips

culture

饵块 is a Yunnan specialty made by steaming long-grain rice and pounding it into a dense, chewy cake. It is sold as slabs (for grilling and wrapping around a 油条) or cut into slices (for the stir-fry 大救驾); cut into thin strands it becomes 饵丝. The name 饵 originally meant 'cake offering' in classical Chinese.