Eating in China
Soft moist dark burgundy duck blood curd pieces with porous cut faces on a plain plate.

Duck blood curd

鸭血Yāxuè

Coagulated duck blood formed into soft, moist curd that can be cut into cubes.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Coagulated duck blood formed into soft, moist curd that can be cut into cubes.

In the kitchen

Cut into pieces and cooked in the spicy broth of Maoxuewang.

It has a tender, bean-curd-like texture in the Nanjing preparation and is cooked in spicy broth in the Chongqing preparation. It is an animal blood ingredient, not soybean tofu.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鸭血吗?

Does this dish contain Duck blood curd?

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