香辣蟹 (xiānglàxiè) · spicy stir-fried crab, fragrant-spicy crab

Measure Word

一盘香辣蟹 pán

Meanings

1 spicy stir-fried crab
2 fragrant-spicy crab

Made with

螃蟹 pángxiè 干辣椒 gānlàjiāo 大蒜 dàsuàn 姜 jiāng 花椒 huājiāo 土豆 tǔdòu

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Crab chopped in the shell, coated in starch and deep-fried, then tossed with heaps of dried chili, garlic, ginger and some Sichuan pepper, often over potatoes or rice cakes. Eaten with your hands.

Usually contains shellfish

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

这家店的香辣蟹排队都值得。

Zhè jiā diàn de xiānglàxiè páiduì dōu zhíde.

This place's spicy crab is worth waiting in line for.

HSK 7-9

吃香辣蟹要戴手套，边剥边吃。

Chī xiānglàxiè yào dài shǒutào, biān bāo biān chī.

To eat spicy crab, put on gloves and shell it as you go.

Tips

culture

Sichuan/Chongqing-style crab: blue crab or Dungeness chopped, dusted in starch, fried, then tossed in a heap of dried chili, Sichuan peppercorn, ginger, garlic and scallion. A 1990s nightlife dish that rode out of Chongqing and became nationwide. 麻辣蟹 is the peppery cousin.