Eating in China
Generated ingredient guide illustration of cleaned sheep stock bones, including rib and cut bone pieces.

Sheep bones

羊骨Yánggǔ

Sheep bones used to make the broth for a water-basin lamb preparation. In one method, the bones and sheep meat are blanched and cooked together.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Bones from a sheep, listed separately from sheep meat in this water-basin lamb recipe.

In the kitchen

Blanched with sheep meat and then cooked together to prepare the broth.

This preparation uses both bones and meat. The bones contribute to the broth, while cooked meat is sliced for serving.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有羊骨吗?

Does this dish contain Sheep bones?

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