Eating in China
Pork floss ingredient on a plain plate.

Pork floss

猪肉松Zhūròusōng

Cooked lean pork worked into loose, fluffy fibers; the Taicang form is pale golden yellow.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Cooked lean pork worked into loose, fluffy fibers; the Taicang form is pale golden yellow.

In the kitchen

Optional in cifantuan.

The Taicang method boils, stir-dries and rubs the meat into fibers. Fine floss differs from minced raw pork; commercial seasoning varies.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有猪肉松吗?

Does this dish contain Pork floss?

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