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Chinese Beef Dishes Menu

Skillet Beef Beef is more of a select meat in China, with very little land spare to graze cattle. It is sometimes considerably more expensive than pork, the Chinese staple meat, so be prepared to pay several yuan more for beef dishes.

Water buffalo or yak may be used instead of cow meat in some parts of China. In southern China the bovine of choice is not a milk cow, but a water buffalo, used for tilling rice paddies. In Tibet yak meat is more common than anything else.

See Chinese Common Dishes for other meat dishes and vegetarian dishes.

Beef Dishes

English	Chinese	Pronunciation	Characters
Skillet Beef	Tieban Niurou	Tyeah-ban nyoh-roh	铁板牛肉
Cumin Beef	Ziran Niurou	Dzrr-ran nyoh-roh	孜然牛肉
Black Pepper Beef	Heijiao Niurou	Hay-jyaoww nyoh-roh	黑椒牛肉
Stir-Fried Beef and Green Peppers	Qingjiao Chao Niuroh	Ching-jyaoww chaoww nyoh-roh	青椒炒牛肉
Stir-Fried Beef and Potatoes	Tudou Chao Niurou	Too-doh chaoww nyoh-roh	土豆炒牛肉
Water Boiled Beef	Shui Zhu Niurou	Shway joo nyoh-roh	水煮牛肉
Dry-Fried Cumin Beef (Hunan Style)	Piao Xiang Niurou	Pyaoww sshyang nyoh-roh	飘香牛肉
Beef Curry with Rice	Gali Niurou Fan	Gaa-lee nyoh-roh fan	咖喱牛肉饭
Slow-Cooked Beef with Potatoes	Tudou Shao Niurou	Too-doh shaoww nyoh-roh	土豆烧牛肉
Yak Hotpot (Lijiang)	Maoniu Huoguo	Maoww-nyoh hwor-gwor	牦牛火锅
Hand Torn Beef	Shou Si Niurou	Shoh srr nyoh-roh	手撕牛肉
Fried Beef in Oyster Sauce	Haoyou Niurou	Haoww-yoh nyoh-roh	蚝油牛肉
Guangdong Beef Flank	Guangdong Niunan	Gwung-dong nyoh-nan	广东牛腩
Beef Offal	Niuza	Nyoh-dzah	牛杂
Goose Liver Paté Steak	E Gan Jiang Niupai	Er gan jyang nyoh-peye	鹅肝酱牛排
Poached Sliced Beef in Hot Chili Oil	Shuizhu Niurou	Shway-joo nyoh-roh	水煮牛肉