Eating in China
A whole black carp with an elongated body, dark back, pale belly and large rounded scales.

Black carp

青鱼Qīngyú

An elongated, nearly cylindrical freshwater fish with a dark blue-black back, gray-white belly and large rounded scales.

Type
Fish and seafood

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

An elongated, nearly cylindrical freshwater fish with a dark blue-black back, gray-white belly and large rounded scales.

In the kitchen

Fried topping for Aozao noodles.

The scales and flesh are separate ingredients in Aozao stock and its topping. This fish is distinct from grass carp.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有青鱼吗?

Does this dish contain Black carp?

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