Eating in China
Generated guide illustration of plain cooked sheep liver slices.

Sheep liver

羊肝Yáng gān

Sheep liver is edible offal with a distinctive liver flavor, served sliced or chopped into fillings.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Cooked slices are brown to gray-brown, with a dense, fine-grained cut surface. The image shows cooked liver.

In the kitchen

May be boiled, fried or stir-fried. Chopped sheep liver is mixed with rice and other ingredients in Xinjiang rice sausage.

Slice size, seasoning and cooking method vary. Liver is a different organ from sheep heart or lung.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有羊肝吗?

Does this dish contain Sheep liver?

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