凉拌 (liáng bàn) — to dress cold; to prepare a cold dish with sauce (a cooking method)

Definition

A Chinese cooking method: tossing cold, usually blanched or raw vegetables (or other ingredients) in sauce, with no further cooking. Often appears as 凉拌X (e.g. 凉拌黄瓜).

verb
to dress coldto prepare a cold dish with sauce (a cooking method)

Examples

  • 凉拌
    Zhè dào liáng bàn huáng guā hěn hǎo chī.
    This cold dressed cucumber dish is very tasty.
  • 凉拌
    Xià tiān wǒ xǐ huan liáng bàn yì xiē shū cài chī.
    In summer I like to dress some vegetables cold and eat them.
  • 凉拌
    Nǐ liáng bàn de shí hou fàng le duō shǎo cù?
    How much vinegar did you put in when you dressed it cold?
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