Eating in China
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Potato

馬鈴薯Mǎlíngshǔ

Potatoes vary in skin and flesh: russets have brown netted skin and pale flesh, while red potatoes have thin red skins.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Potatoes vary in skin and flesh: russets have brown netted skin and pale flesh, while red potatoes have thin red skins.

In the kitchen

Potato is mashed into bacalhau cakes and diced and crisped for minchi.

Floury russets become fluffy; waxier red potatoes hold their shape.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有馬鈴薯吗?

Does this dish contain Potato?

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