Eating in China
Generated guide illustration of a cleaned, earless rabbit head with projecting front teeth removed

Rabbit head

Chinese name
兔头
Mandarin pinyin
Tùtóu

The head of a rabbit used as a bone-in food ingredient.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A distinct bone-in rabbit part, with small areas of meat around the skull.

In the kitchen

Cleaned, blanched and braised for spicy rabbit-head snacks.

Trimming and seasoning differ; this identity refers to the animal part, not a ready-seasoned dish.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有兔头吗?

Does this dish contain Rabbit head?

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