Hunan Cuisine Menus Translation

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Chinese name	Pinyin	English description
走油豆豉扣肉	zou3 you2 dou4 chi3 kou4 rou4	Streaky bacon shreds first boiled and fried, seasoned with soy sauce, fermented sauce and rice wine, and steamed.
红煨方肉	hong2 wei1 fang1 rou4	Streaky bacon with candy sugar. Bacon with crisscross slashes braised in a mixture of ginger, rice wine, candy sugar, onion. Served in flavourful broth remains.
苦瓜酿肉	ku3 gua1 niang4 rou4	Bitter melon stuffed with ground pork, prawns and mushrooms
红椒酿肉	hong2 jiao1 niang4 rou4	Red peppers stuffed with pork, prawns.
腊味合蒸	la4 wei4 he2 zheng1	Mix of: smoked salted pork, carp fish and chicken steamed.
珍珠肉丸	zhen1 zhu1 rou4 wan2	Pearl Rice Balls with meat. Balls of glutinous rice stuffed with pork and ham. Traditional recipe may include a little bit of prawns and mushrooms.
火方冬菇	huo3 fang1 dong1 gu1	Steamed ham with winter mushrooms. Once cooked, a mixture of chicken and meat consommé is poured over.
吉首酸肉	ji2 shou3 suan1 rou4	Jishou acid pork. Pork meat conserved for 15 days in a marinade made of cornstarch and salt, and stir-fried with chillies.
奶汤生蹄筋	nai3 tang1 sheng1 ti2 jin1	Pork tendon stewed, served in a creamy soup (soup made by boiling for long hours chicken, pork and pig feet).
酸辣肚尖	suan1 la4 du4 jian1	Sweet & Spicy pork belly
红煨牛肉	hong2 wei1 niu2 rou4	Stewed beef in a soy sauce.
红烧牛蹄筋	hong2 shao1 niu2 ti2 jin1	Braised beef tendons with a sauce (soy, ginger)
发丝百页	fa1 si1 bai3 ye4	Stir fried pork belly shreds with bamboo shoots
红椒腊肉	hong2 jiao1 la4 rou4	Braised beef with chillies
红煨羊蹄花	hong2 wei1 yang2 ti2 hua1	Braised lamb leg cuts in a brown sauce (thick soy sauce)
红煨甲鱼裙爪	hong2 wei1 jia3 yu2 qun2 zhua3	Braised turtle meat in a thick soy sauce
酸辣鱿鱼丝	suan1 la4 you2 yu2 si1	Sweet and sour squid shreds
火把鱼卷	hou3 ba3 yu2 juan3	Fried mandarin fish rolls
紫菜汆鱼	zi3 cai4 cuan1 yu2	Stir fried carp fillets with seaweed
鸳鸯鲤	yuan1 yang5 li3	Two-colour Carp. Carp fried coated in egg white. One side of the fish is garnished with a combination of fried bamboo, mushrooms, ginger, green soy and ham and the other side with tomato and onion sauce.
银丝鲫鱼	yin2 si1 ji4 yu2	Soup made of crucian carp and shredded turnips
粉蒸白鳝	fen3 zheng1 bai2 shan4	Steamed eel sliced coated in rice flour. Sometimes accompanied by ginger-vinegar sauce.
红煨鱼翅	hong2 wei1 yu2 chi4	Stewed shark fins with sauce
东安鸡	dong1 an1 ji1	Probably the most famous dish outside of Hunan. Dong'an Chicken. Chicken strips stir fried with mushrooms, dried red chillies, ginger, onions and peppercorns
粉蒸鸡	fen3 zhen1 ji1	Steamed chicken with rice
麻辣子鸡	ma2 la4 zi5 ji1	Peppery and hot fried chicken. Changsha dish.
酸辣鸡丁	suan1 la4 ji1 ding1	Spicy and sour chicken cubes
酸辣大转弯	suan1 la4 da4 zhuan3 wan1	Spicy and sour chicken wings
清汤柴把鸭	qing1 tang1 chai2 ba3 ya1	Steamed duck. Duck pieces steamed with ham and bamboo shoots. At the end of preparation the dish is seasoned with chicken broth.
花菇无黄蛋	hua1 gu1 wu2 huang2 dan4	Steamed Egg white with stir-fried mushrooms.
糖醋皮蛋	tang2 cu4 pi2 dan4	Sweet and sour thousand years egg. Duck eggs that have been preserved for a period of a few months.
麻辣兔丁	ma2 la4 tu4 ding1	Fried diced rabbit meat in a spicy & peppery sauce
冰糖湘莲	bing1 tang2 xiang1 lian2	Lotus Seeds in rock sugar syrup
冰糖枇杷	bing1 tang2 pi2 pa5	Medlar fruits in rock sugar syrup
火腿蚕豆	huo3 tui3 can2 dou4	Stir fried green beans with ham
酿冬菇	niang4 dong1 gu1	Steamed mushrooms stuffed with prawns
焦溜豆腐丸	jiao1 liu1 dou4 fu5 wan2	Fried tofu balls
花菇烧菱角	hua1 gu1 shao1 ling2 jiao3	Stir-fried water chestnut with mushrooms
油辣冬笋尖	you2 la4 dong1 sun3 jian1	Stir-fried spicy bamboo shoots
干贝烩丝瓜	gan1 bei4 hui4 si1 gua1	Stir-fried Luffa (gourd) with dry clams
凉拌香椿	liang2 ban4 xiang1 chun1	Boiled Chinese cedar
纹丝酸辣汤	wen2 si1 suan1 la4 tang1	Spicy and sour soup made of tofu and chicken coagulated blood
火腿冬瓜汤	huo3 tui1 dong1 gua1 tang1	Clear soup made of pumpkin and ham