Eating in China
Cooked sliced meat with visible fibers, shown without accompaniments.

Donkey meat

驴肉Lǘròu

Donkey meat, cooked in stock for huoshao.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

The cooked meat shown here has visible muscle fibres and is served sliced or chopped. Appearance alone cannot identify the animal species; confirm donkey meat on the menu or package label.

In the kitchen

Cooked donkey meat fills Baoding donkey huoshao.

Distinct from the rendered donkey fat in the bread.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有驴肉吗?

Does this dish contain Donkey meat?

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