Eating in China
Offal ingredient on a plain plate.

Offal

内脏Nèizàng

A collective name for animal organs, not a single cut.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A collective name for animal organs, not a single cut. Ask which animal and which organs are used. Recipes using this broad label can differ; the linked dishes show recorded examples, not a guarantee about every restaurant.

In the kitchen

Cooked with duck blood in the spicy broth of maoxuewang.

The added organs and their animal species depend on the cook. No individual organ is guaranteed by this broad label.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有内脏吗?

Does this dish contain Offal?

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