Sichuan Menus Translation

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Chinese name	Pinyin	English description
水煮牛肉	shui3 zhu3 niu2 rou4	Boiled Beef Slices with Spicy Soup. Beef slices cooked in soy sauce, spicy bean paste, lettuce, chillies and meat stork.
灯影牛肉	deng1 ying3 niu2 rou4	Old Sichuan translucent beef slices. Spicy and delicious. So transparent that remind hand shadows. Prepared using calf shanks seasoned with chillies, soy sauce and ginger.
干煸牛肉丝	gan1 bian1 niu2 rou4 si1	Dry-fried Thin slices of beef. Seasoned with spicy bean sauce, pepper, chilli sauce. Dry-frying is a famous Sichuan cooking technique, which involves continuous stirring in a wok with a very small amount of oil.
火爆牛肚	huo3 bao4 niu2 du4	Stir-fried beef stomach.
请炖牛尾汤	qing3 dun4 niu2 wei3 tang1	Oxtail soup. Oxtail cooked with ginger, cooking wine, chilli, spicy red bean sauce and sesame oil.
回锅肉	hui2 guo1 rou4	Twice cooked pork. Slices of pork gristle, with a little bit of lean meat are cooked with hot peppers and onions in a red soy sauce. It is called “twice cooked” cause it is first boiled and then fried.
麻辣肉片	ma2 la4 rou4 pian4	Spicy Sliced Beef. Tender with a rich spicy flavour. Beef stir-fried with cornstarch and egg. Seasoned with ginger, Chinese prickly ash, soy bean paste and soy sauce
合川肉片	he2 chuan1 rou4 pian4	Hechuan-style sliced pork. Small pork cutlets fried with bamboo, ginger and spices.
板栗烧肉	ban3 li4 shao1 rou4	Stewed chestnuts with pork lard
荷叶蒸肉	he2 ye4 zheng1 rou4	Steamed pork wrapped in lotus leafs
狮子头	shi1 zi5 tou2	Fried pork meat balls (Lion heads)
榨菜肉丝	zha4 cai4 rou4 si1	Marinated mustard tubers with thin pork slices.
清蒸江团	qing1 zheng1 jiang1 tuan2	Steamed Yangtse river bream
干烧岩鲤	gan1 shao1 yan2 li3	Braised carp. Tender carp meat braised and seasoned with ginger, vinegar, garlic, onions and rice wine
干煸鳝丝	gan1 bian1 shan4 si1	Dry-fried eel shreds. Dry-frying is a famous Sichuan cooking technique, which involves continuous stirring in a wok with a very small amount of oil.
豆瓣鲫鱼	dou4 ban4 ji4 yu2	Fried small red fish with a spice bean paste
泡菜鱼	pao4 cai4 yu2	Fried small red fishes with pickled vegetables
糖醋脆皮鱼	tang2 cu4 cui4 pi2 yu2	Crispy sweet & sour fried carp
三色鱼丸	san1 se4 yu2 wan2	Carp fish balls of three colours. Fish balls cooked coated with egg white and spinach; egg white and egg yolk.
鱼香大虾	yu2 xiang1 da4 xia1	Spicy shrimps. Shrimps fried with chillies.
醉虾	zui4 xia1	Drunk shrimps. Fresh shrimps served in liquor.
翡翠虾仁	fei3 cui4 xia1 ren2	Emerald shrimps (shrimps cooked with peas)
干煸鱿鱼丝	gan1 bian1 you2 yu2 si1	Dry-fried squid shreds
酸辣鱿鱼汤	suan1 la4 you2 yu2 tang1	Sweet & spicy squid soup
宫保鸡丁	gong1 bao3 ji1 ding1	Chicken cubes Gongbao. Classical fried chicken cubes with chillies
碎米鸡丁	sui4 mi3 ji1 ding1	Chicken cubes fried with peanuts
溜鸡丝	liu1 ji1 si1	Chicken shreds fried with bamboo shoots
生烧鸡翅	sheng1 shao1 ji1 chi4	Stewed chicken wings
热味姜汁鸡	re4 wei4 jiang1 zhi1 ji1	Hot chicken with a ginger taste
鸡豆花	ji1 dou4 hua1	Chicken soup with white flowers
太白鸭子	tai4 bai2 ya1 zi5	Duck taibai. Steamed white duck meat with rice wine, ginger, onions and pepper
樟茶鸭子	zhang1 cha2 ya1 zi5	Smoked duck (Prepared with camphor laurel, jasmine tea) The duck is first marinated, then smoked with tea leaves. And finally steamed
虫草鸭子	chong2 cao3 ya1 zi5	Steamed duck with Chinese caterpillars
芥末鸭掌	jie4 mo5 ya1 zhang3	Duck webbed foot with mustard
开水白菜	kai1 shui3 bai2 cai4	Chinese cabbage soup
干煸冬笋	gan1 bian1 dong1 sun3	Dry-fried bamboo shoots.
酱烧冬笋	jiang4 shao1 dong1 sun3	Stewed bamboo shoots
冰糖银耳	bing1 tang2 yin2 er3	Steamed white fungus with candy sugar
软炸荷花	ruan3 zha2 he2 hua1	Fried lotus flower
春卷	chun1 juan3	Spring rolls
麻婆豆腐	ma2 po2 dou4 fu3	Mapo doufu
蛋酥花仁	dan4 su1 hua1 ren2	Fried peanuts with egg