Pig's ear (food)
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Pig's ear, as food for human consumption, is literally the cooked ear of pig served as a pork offal dish. It is found in a number of cuisines around the world.
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[edit] Chinese cuisine
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| Traditional Chinese: | 豬耳 | ||||||||||
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| Literal meaning: | pig's ear | ||||||||||
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[edit] General
In Chinese cuisine, pig's ear is often an appetizer or a side dish, called 豬耳朵 (pinyin: zhū ěr duo). Pig's ear can be abbreviated in Chinese to simply 豬耳. It can be first boiled or stewed, and then sliced thin, served with soy sauce or spiced with chili paste. When cooked, the outer texture is gelatinous, akin to tofu, and the center cartilage is crunchy. Pig's ear can be eaten warm or cold.
[edit] Cantonese cuisine
In Cantonese cuisine, it is another ingredient used in lou mei. The emphasis is on using all edible parts of the pig. Pigs' ears (and lou mei in general) are not considered as delicacies.
[edit] Japanese cuisine
In Okinawan cuisine, pig's ear is called mimigaa. It is prepared by boiling or pickling and is served with vinegar or in the form of sashimi.
[edit] United States cuisine
Pigs' ears are a part of the soul food cuisine which originated among African Americans in the southern United States.
[edit] External links
[edit] Chinese
- Photo (lower right corner of lunch box)
- China, a Nation of Pork Eaters
- Taiwanese Cuisine
[edit] Japanese
- Mimigaa sashimi recipe and photo (in Japanese)
- Okinawan regional cooking
- How About Some Pickled Pig’s Ear or Goat Soup?
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