Eating in China
Two examples of beef offal: honeycomb tripe and a pale hollow intestine segment.

Beef offal

牛杂Niúzá

An assortment of edible cattle organs rather than a single muscle cut; niuza can include stomach, intestine and lung.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

An assortment of edible cattle organs rather than a single muscle cut; niuza can include stomach, intestine and lung.

In the kitchen

Simmered in Huainan beef soup.

Stomach, intestine and lung are examples used in Guangzhou. The name of Huainan beef soup does not guarantee any particular organ.

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Does this dish contain Beef offal?

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