Eating in China
AI-generated ingredient illustration: raw beef marrow bones in cross-cut and lengthwise split sections for stock.

Beef bones

牛骨Niúgǔ

Cattle bones simmered as a stock ingredient rather than a sliced meat topping.

Type
Meat

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How to recognize it

Cattle bones simmered as a stock ingredient rather than a sliced meat topping.

In the kitchen

An ingredient in Guilin rice-noodle broth.

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这道菜里有牛骨吗?

Does this dish contain Beef bones?

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